Jackson-Clinton County IA Archives Biographies.....Beeck, Claus 
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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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