Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Dirks, J. P. 1875 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

J. P. DIRKS

FIFTEEN and a half miles southwest of Great Bend and six and a half miles
northwest of Pawnee Rock, in Pawnee Rock township, one of the finest wheat
producing sections in the world, is one of the pretty farms in a pretty country.
It is the property of Jacob P. Dirks, the eldest son of Susan and Peter H.
Dirks. Born February 12, 1875, and educated in the public schools, he early took
to farming for himself. He was married on February 23, 1898 to Miss Lizzie C.
Schultz of Clarence township. They are the parents of three children: Maggie,
twelve years of age, Elmer Jacob, ten years and Pearl Lena, five years of age.
They bought the land they live on, 160 acres, and on it have a one and a half
story frame residence with eight rooms and basement. A good barn, granaries,
chicken houses, etc., are found on the place and it is one of the well improved
farms of the neighborhood. The family is a popular one and merits its standing
in the community. He rents and farms two hundred acres of land. Mr. Dirk's birth
will long be remembered by those who came to this country with his parents
because it is said they occupied a box car on a siding in Pawnee Rock at the
time of his birth, and that he first saw the light in such surroundings. From
that fact it was then argued that he would be a great traveler and never settle
down to a peaceful life, but he has and is one of the most contented in his
community and rarely rides in anything faster than an automobile.

[photo] Farm and Home of J. P. Dirks



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