Bechtel, David B. - biography
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Bechtel, David B. - biography
| CDavis9347 (View posts) | Posted: 4 Nov 2001 8:06PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Bechtel, Castle, Overholtzer
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from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record†by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p.130.
DAVID B. BECHTEL, an active and enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of Ward Township, is a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, born November 5, 1831. His parents, John and Elizabeth Bechtel, were natives of the same county, where they remained till their death. They had a family of eleven children--six sons and five daughters--of whom our subject is the youngest son living. David B. was reared on the home farm, in his native county, till seventeen years of age, when he started in life on his own account. He attended school one year, then entered a hotel in Philadelphia, where he held the position of clerk for six months. He then learned the art and engaged in making daguerreotypes for six months, after which he went to Ohio, where he worked in a flouring mill for one year. He then clerked in a dry-goods store for one year, when he worked at wagon and carriage-making for four years, the last two years working on shares.
He came to Iowa in the spring of 1857, locating near DeWitt, in Clinton County, where he was engaged in farming for fourteen years. He was married in 1858 to Miss Mary C. Castle, a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, but at the time of her marriage living in Clinton County, Iowa. They have five children--Emily, the wife of A. Overholtzer; Inez, William H., Susannah and Effie.
In 1871 Mr. Bechtel left Clinton County, removing with his family to Medina County, Ohio, where he followed the butcher’s trade for four years. In 1875 he returned to Iowa, and settled on his present farm in Ward Township, Clarke County, where he has 200 acres of choice land all under cultivation, well adapted for grain and stock-raising.
Mr. Bechtel is one of the self-made men of Ward Township, having commenced on his own account without means, and by his habits of industry and frugality, combined with his good management, he has become one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. He is a member of the Evangelical denomination, his wife being a member of the German Baptist church.
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record†by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p.130.
DAVID B. BECHTEL, an active and enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of Ward Township, is a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, born November 5, 1831. His parents, John and Elizabeth Bechtel, were natives of the same county, where they remained till their death. They had a family of eleven children--six sons and five daughters--of whom our subject is the youngest son living. David B. was reared on the home farm, in his native county, till seventeen years of age, when he started in life on his own account. He attended school one year, then entered a hotel in Philadelphia, where he held the position of clerk for six months. He then learned the art and engaged in making daguerreotypes for six months, after which he went to Ohio, where he worked in a flouring mill for one year. He then clerked in a dry-goods store for one year, when he worked at wagon and carriage-making for four years, the last two years working on shares.
He came to Iowa in the spring of 1857, locating near DeWitt, in Clinton County, where he was engaged in farming for fourteen years. He was married in 1858 to Miss Mary C. Castle, a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, but at the time of her marriage living in Clinton County, Iowa. They have five children--Emily, the wife of A. Overholtzer; Inez, William H., Susannah and Effie.
In 1871 Mr. Bechtel left Clinton County, removing with his family to Medina County, Ohio, where he followed the butcher’s trade for four years. In 1875 he returned to Iowa, and settled on his present farm in Ward Township, Clarke County, where he has 200 acres of choice land all under cultivation, well adapted for grain and stock-raising.
Mr. Bechtel is one of the self-made men of Ward Township, having commenced on his own account without means, and by his habits of industry and frugality, combined with his good management, he has become one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. He is a member of the Evangelical denomination, his wife being a member of the German Baptist church.