CASPER BEEKMAN
Casper Beekman, a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Schon) Beekman, was born in Germany, on the 4th of March, 1847. His father died in October, 1847, and his mother, a sister of Casper Schon, died in 1870. Casper came to America in 1865, and located in Pike county, Ohio, where he remained with his friends until January, 1866, when he came to Cass county, Iowa, and settled in Atlantic township. About three years after his arrival to this township, he bought some land north of where he now lives, and remaining there about three years, when he sold his farm, and purchased his present farm and moved there in the spring of 1874. He now owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, has a fine residence, terraced lawn and a large barn. Mr. Beekman was married in Cass county, in September, 1869, to Lizzie Schon, a daughter of Casper Schon, one of the earliest settlers of the county. They have been blessed by four children--Frank aged fourteen; Charles F., aged twelve; Katy, aged seven, and Edward, aged four.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 846-847.
