P. Dietrich Benjegerdes

P. Dietrich Benjegerdes, who is actively engaged in general farming on section 32, Lincoln township, Worth county, was born May 30, 1882, upon the place which is still his home, his parents being John D. and Christina (Hinch) Benjegerdes, who are mentioned on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of G. Henry Benjegerdes.

In the district schools P. Dietrich Benjegerdes began his education, which he continued in the Cedar Valley Seminary at Osage and in the Nora Springs Seminary. On reaching his twenty-second year he began farming on his own account, cultivating the old home place of two hundred and forty acres on shares. Three years later his father retired and removed to Manly, at which time Mr. Benjegerdes of this review purchased his father's personal property, including the stock, and rented the land. He has since continued the cultivation of the farm, which he has wisely and carefully improved. His attention is given to general agricultural pursuits and his labors have brought to him a gratifying measure of prosperity. He is also a stockholder in the Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company of Manly.

On the 30th of August, 1913, Mr. Benjegerdes was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth McKercher, a daughter of Theodore E. McKercher, now deceased. To them has been born a son, Marvin Herbert.

In his political views Mr. Benjegerdes is a republican, staunchly advocating the principles of the party. He and his wife are members of the Evangelical church. His entire life has been passed in the county where he now resides, covering a period of thirty-six years. He has thus witnessed much of its development and progress and throughout the entire period has been identified with farming interests. He is now cultivating an excellent tract of land, which he has brought under a high state of development. The fields annually bring forth rich harvests as a reward for his care and labor and everything about the place indicates his persistency of purpose, his unfailing energy and his sound judgment.

SOURCE: HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1918, VOL. II; PAGES 602 & 603

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, October 26, 2006