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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  JOHN DeBOER, senior member of the firm of DeBoer & TenCate, proprietor of the

general merchandise store at Leota, is a native of Dolton, Cook county, Ill.,

where he was born Aug. 7, 1868.



  The parents of our subject were John and Anke (Sieben) DeBoer. The father was

born in Edam, Holland, in 1834, and came to the United States in the early

sixties. He bought a farm in Cook county, Illinois, adjoining Chicago on the

south, where he resided until his death in 1878. This farm was held by the heirs

until 1907, when it was sold for $500 per acre. Anke DeBoer was also born in

Holland. She died in Cook county July 16, 1884, at the age of 39 years. John is

one of a family of seven children.



  John DeBoer lived in Cook county, Ill., until he came to Nobles county in

1892. During the first eighteen years of his life he lived on his father's farm.

He then began working at the carpenter trade, which he followed in Chicago and

the suburban towns for a number of years. In January, 1892, he came to Nobles

county and in partnership with His brother, Nicholas DeBoer, and James TenCate,

established the firm of DeBoer & TenCate and started a store in Leota township,

where the little village of Leota has since made its appearance. At the time the

only other building in the vicinity was the Dutch Reformed church. The store has

been conducted under the same management ever since, and the partners have

always enjoyed a prosperous business.



  Mr. DeBoer was married in South Holland, Cook county, Ill., March 4, 1898, to

Mande Bode, a native of Riverdale, Ill., and a daughter of Henry Bode, of South

Holland. This union has resulted in the birth of four children: John S., Henry

B., Anke and Elizabeth.



  Mr. DeBoer owns the northwest quarter of section 2, Leota township, and six

acres in Leota village. He is the chairman of the Leota township board of

supervisors and has held the office four years. He served as township treasurer

two years.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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