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Benjamin F. Deppe It
is doubtful if any people that go to make up our cosmopolitan civilization have
better habits of life than those who came originally from the great German
empire. The descendants of these people are distinguished for their thrift and
honesty, and these two qualities in the inhabitants of any country will
eventually make that country great among the nations of the earth. When with
these two qualities are coupled the other attributes of sound sense and correct
habits, as most all German descendants seem to possess, there are afforded such
qualities as will enrich any land and place it in the front rank of the nations
of the earth in the scale of elevated humanity. Of this excellent people came the Deppe family, one of the
best known of Jasper County, where they have long been well established and of
whom Benjamin F. Deppe, progressive farmer of Malaka Township, is a worthy
representative, being of the second generation of the family in America. He has
been a diligent worker in his chosen field of endeavor and has been rewarded by
large success, and, having minded well his own affairs and kept the even tenor
of his way through all the years, he has earned the good will and esteem of his
neighbors and many acquaintances. Mr.
Deppe was born in Malaka Township, Jasper County, Iowa, and here he grew to
manhood, received his education and has spent his life in agricultural pursuits,
although he prepared himself for a business career, having completed the
commercial course in the Newton Normal College. His birth occurred on February 14, 1874, and he is the son of
Adolph and Wilhelmina (Schroeder) Deppe, both natives of Germany, from which
country they immigrated to the United States, locating in Jasper County, Iowa,
where they became well established, the death of the father occurring here in
1884. He assisted in laying the foundation of the recent Jasper County
courthouse. There were six children in this family, all living, namely: Mrs.
Etta Berkey, born September 17, 1857, lives in Baxter; Mrs. Mary Krampe lives in
Baxter; William lives in Malaka Township; Edward lives in Malaka Township;
Benjamin, of this sketch; Mrs. Emma Kresan, of Frankville. These children were
born and reared in Jasper County. Benjamin
F. Deppe was married February 25, 1903, to Anna Stock, who was born in
Independence Township, this County, October 26, 1882, and here she grew to
womanhood and received her education in the public schools. She is the daughter
of Frank and Frederika (Boedeker) Stock, the father born in Lippe-Detmold,
Germany, and the mother in Wisconsin. They
are now living in Baxter, he being seventy years old and she sixty. Nine
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stock, eight of whom are living,
namely: Lena, born August 10, 1876,
lives with her parents in Baxter; August, born in 1878, lives in Independence
Township; Anna, wife of Mr. Deppe, of this sketch; Mrs. Lydia Kanne, born April
20, 1881, lives in Malaka Township; William lives in Independence Township;
Henry, born in 1885, is deceased; Clara lives at home in Baxter; Emma and
Lizzie, twins, born in 1890, live with their brother on the home farm in
Independence Township. These
children were born and reared in this Township. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Deppe, namely: Reuben A., born November 20, 1905; Edna A., born October 6, 1907. These children were born in Malaka Township, and the eldest is attending school here. Politically,
Mr. Deppe is a Republican, and he has been school director in this community. He
and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church in Independence Township. Mr.
Deppe is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres in
Malaka Township, which he has brought up to a high state of improvement and
cultivation, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising
successfully. He has a very
pleasant and well-furnished home and substantial outbuildings. The Past and Present of Jasper County,
Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN,
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