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Benjamin
Carver One of
the most painstaking and successful farmers of northwestern Jasper County is
Benjamin Carver, a man who has always advocated that whatever was worth doing at
all was worth doing well, hence his continued success in his chosen line of
endeavor. Being an omnivorous
reader, he keeps well abreast of the times, not only in matters pertaining to
agricultural affairs, but general topics, keeping the best current literature in
his home. Mr.
Carver, like many of the enterprising people of this section of the Hawkeye
state, is a Pennsylvanian by birth, the record showing that he was born in
Pennsylvania on November 22, 1856. In early life he moved with his parents to
Wisconsin, later to Illinois, thence to Story County, Iowa, and in 1880 the
family came to Jasper County, where they have since lived.
He is the son of Jabez and Ellen (Jackson) Carver, both natives of
Pennsylvania, the father born on September 2, 1822, and the mother on January 9,
1831. They grew up in
their native state and were educated and married there and devoted their lives
to agricultural pursuits. They both
died in Jasper County, Iowa, the father on August 10, 1886, and the mother on
December 10, 1894. Their family consisted of thirteen children, twelve of whom
are living, namely: Mrs. Lydia Stark, born August 1, 1850, lives in Sycamore,
Illinois; John, born October 29, 1851, lives in Minnesota; Samuel, born May 7,
1853, lives in Jasper County; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Dixon, born November 15, 1854,
lives in Collins, this County; Benjamin, of this sketch; Mrs. Sarah Jane Stark,
born May 21, 1858, lives in Maxwell, Iowa; Mrs. Ada Eizona Hughes, born August
30, 1860, is living in Webster City, Iowa; Jabez, born May 23, 1863, died
October 29, 1909; Mrs. Minnette Teeter, born October 28, 1865, is living in
Marshall County, Iowa; Dewitt Edwin, born August 9, 1867, lives in Jasper
County; Mrs. Mary Ellen Garret, born May 24, 1870, lives in Aurora, Nebraska;
Florence Louisa Carver, born December 1,1873, of Sycamore, Illinois; Ira
Douglas, born April 10, 1875, lives in Dakota.
The seven eldest children were born in Pennsylvania and the four
following were born in Wisconsin, while the two youngest were born in Illinois. Benjamin
Carver is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres
of choice land in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, which he has placed under
a high state of improvement. Although
the work is done by a tenant, Mr. Carver has the directing of the crops and the
general overseeing of the place. Through his industry and application, he has
secured a competency. He raises
large numbers of grade stock. Politically,
he is a Democrat. He has never
assumed the responsibilities of the married state. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1231. |
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