Beeck, Claus L.

BEECK, INGERLAND, ARP

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Date: 7/6/2026 at 02:26:35

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Source: History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910
Author: J. W. Ellis

CLAUS L. BEECK.

Claus L. Beeck, who devotes his time and energies to the pursuits of farming
and stock raising, is the owner of two hundred acres of rich and productive
land on sections 1 and 2, Fairfield township. His birth occurred in Hampshire
township, Clinton county, Iowa, on the 24th of January, 1869, his parents being
Claus and Margaretha (Ingerland) Beeck, both natives of North Schleswig-
Holstein, Germany. The father was a blacksmith by trade and followed that
occupation while a resident of his native land. In 1868 he crossed the Atlantic
to the United States, taking up his abode near Lyons, Clinton county, Iowa,
where he turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits. His farm in
Hampshire township remained his place of residence until he was called to his
final rest on the 1st of April, 1893. His widow, who still survives and has
attained the age of seventy-five years, makes her home in Preston, Iowa.
Claus L. Beeck supplemented his preliminary education, obtained in the district
schools, by a course of study in the Northern Illinois Business College at
Fulton, Illinois. Following the death of his father he purchased the interest
of the other heirs in the old homestead farm and successfully conducted the
place for a period of six years. In 1898 he disposed of his land in Clinton
county and the following year bought his present farm of two hundred acres on
sections 1 and 2, Fairfield township, where he has since resided. The fields
yield their annual tribute of golden grain as a reward for the care and labor
which he bestows upon them, and in addition to his farming interests he is also
engaged in the raising of stock to some extent. He is likewise a stockholder in
the Preston Telephone Company and has won an enviable reputation as a
successful and enterprising agriculturist and representative citizen.
On the 12th of May, 1897, Mr. Beeck was united in marriage to Miss Amolie K. E.
Arp, a native of Germany and a daughter of Hans Arp, who came to this country
from the fatherland on the 1st of April, 1881. Mr. Arp is now resident of
Preston, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Beeck have six children, as follows: Vertus, who
was born August 16, 1898; Emma, June 8, 1900; Helma, October 4, 1902; Marvin,
June 15, 1904; Albert, July 20, 1907; and Irene, whose birth occurred on the
3Oth of October, 1909.
Mr. Beeck is a democrat in his political views and for two terms served as
township clerk, while at present he is capably discharging the duties devolving
upon him in the office of township trustee. He is a member of the Modern
Woodmen camp, No. 6462, at Spragueville, and in religious faith both he and his
wife are Lutherans. They have gained an extensive circle of friends throughout
the community, their genuine personal worth commending them to the confidence
and esteem of all with whom they have come in contact.

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