Bio of Befort, John (b.1869) Wabasha Co., MN
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Befort, John (p. 722), a representative farmer of Chester Township, where
he has resided all his life, was born here March 30, 1869, son of William
and Anna (De Ville) Befort. The parents were natives respectively of
Germany and France who came to this country in the early sixties, and who,
after residing in New York State for several years, came west to
Wisconsin, thence to Goodhue County, Minn., and later to Chester Township,
Wabasha County, where they spent the rest of their lives in farming. The
mother died in 1908 and the father in 1909. They were members of the
Catholic church. Their children were William, Mary, Anna, John (first),
John (second), Katherine, Frank, Lena and Agnes. The first John died in
infancy and Katherine is also now deceased. The subject of this sketch,
who was the second child of his parents to be named John, was educated in
the district school and learned agriculture on the home farm, working for
his father until 1895. Then for four years he operated 80 acres of land
which he rented of his father. In 1899 he moved to the main part of the
home farm, which consisted of 160 acres in section 30, and which he
afterwards purchased, improving the property by the erection of a barn and
outbuildings. Here he has since carried on general farmin, raising good
stock. For eight years he has served as clerk of the school board of
District No. 91, and still holds that position. He is a member of the
Catholic church and also belongs to the Catholic order of Foresters. Mr.
Befort was married April 23, 1895, to Rose Redie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Redie of Mazeppa. She was one of two children, having a sister Mary.
Mr. and Mrs. Befort are the parents of five children, who were born as
follows: Mary, November 16, 1896; Annie, June 19, 1899; Viola J., December
7, 1901; William R., December 3, 1904, and Caroline G., July 6, 1908. Mary
is now the wife of Joseph Reuter and Annie the wife of Theodore Manthei.