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Francis Rosemund “Frank” Behm

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Francis Rosemund “Frank” Behm

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
4 Feb 1948 (aged 88)
Holden, Johnson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Frank was the son of Henry and Magdelena (Young) Behm. He married Phebe Scwertley on July 1, 1882 in Harrison Co., IA.
they were the parents of Frederick, Clara, Henry, Lewis, Francis, Leo, Frances, Salome, Paul, John and Marie.


Biographical Sketch of Frank Behm
Johnson County, Chilhowee Township, Missouri, USA

Frank Behm, a prominent farmer and stockman of Chilhowee Township, is the owner of one of the beautiful country places in this section of Missouri. He is a native of Illinois, born in Chicago in 1859, a son of Henry and Lena Behm. Henry Behm was a skilled cabinet maker and for 21 years followed his trade in the city of Chicago. In 1870, he moved with his family to Nebraska, where he homesteaded 160 acres. Here the Behm family endured countless hardships and misfortunes. During the grasshopper visitation, 1874 and 1875, their entire crops were destroyed and the Behms were left in destitute circumstances. They wore tow sacks for clothing and the father made wooden shoes for each member of the family. Supplies could be obtained at a place 36 miles distant from their dugout, provided, of course, that one had the money, for no one sold on credit. The family, in consequence, really suffered from lack of food many, many times in the new Western home. The father and mother died there and later, their son, Frank, left for Nebraska and moved to Iowa, where he engaged in farming for 28 years. In 1881, Frank Behm and Phoebe Schwertley, a native of Harrison county, Iowa, born in 1860, and a daughter of Fred and Mrs. Schwertley, of Iowa, were united in marriage. To this union have been born eleven children: Fred, Modale, Iowa; Clara, at home, Denton, Missouri; Henry, Modale, Iowa; Louis, Los Angeles, California; Frank, Jr., Modale, Iowa; Leo, at home; Frances, at home; Salome, the wife of Mr. Laudbender, Glencoe, Iowa; Paul, John B. and Marie, at home with their parents at Denton. Three of the Behm boys are engaged in farming in Harrison County, Iowa, on their father's farm of 560 acres. In 1910, Mr. Behm moved to Missouri and purchased a farm in Johnson County at Denton, in Chilhowee Township. This place comprises 640 acres of land, well watered, splendidly equipped for handling a large number of stock, and conveniently located. Four hundred acres of the Behm farm are in grass and pasture land and last season Mr. Behm had 40 acres in oats and 40 acres in wheat. He annually harvests about 150 tons of hay. Mr. Behm is not a graduate of a school of agriculture, but he has learned much in the hard school of experience and there is no more capable, intelligent, progressive farmer in this state than he. He is a strong advocate of crop rotation and of the manure spreader. At the present time, Mr. Behm has 150 head of Red Polled cattle and the same number of Duroc Jersey hogs. He was milking 13 cows at the time of this writing, in 1917. In 1911, Mr. Behm built a handsome residence, a structure of nine rooms, which is generally considered to be the finest home in Johnson County. It is well constructed, conveniently arranged, and nicely lighted. The owner said, at the time the residence was in the process of construction, that after spending nine years of his life in a dugout in Nebraska, he believed he deserved a "real, sure enough house" in which to live, and it is the consensus of opinion that for many other reasons Mr. Behm richly deserves his beautiful home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Behm are worthy and consistent members of the Catholic Church. Politically, Mr. Behm is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The Behms are numbered among Johnson County's most substantial citizens.


HISTORY OF JOHNSON COUNTY 640

Frank Behm, a prominent farmer and stockman of Chilhowee township, is the owner of one of the beautiful country places in this section of Missouri. He is a native of Illinois, born in Chicago in 1859, a son of Henry and Lena Behm. Henry Behm was a skilled cabinet maker and for twenty-one years followed his trade in the city of Chicago.
In 1870, he moved with his family to Nebraska, where he homesteaded one hundred sixty acres. Here the Behm family endured countless hardships and misfortunes. During the grasshopper visitation, 1874 and 1875, their entire crops were destroyed and the Behms were left in destitute circumstances. They wore tow sacks for clothing and the Father made wooden shoes for each member of the family. Supplies could be obtained at a place thirty-six miles distant from their dugout, provided, of course, that one had the money, for no one sold on credit. The family, in consequence, really suffered from lack of food many, many tines in the new Western home. The father and mother died there and later, their son, Frank, left Nebraska and moved to Iowa, where he engaged in farming for twenty-eight years.

In 1881, Frank Behm and Phoebe Schwertley, a native of Harrison County, Iowa, born in 1861. and a daughter of Fred and Mrs. Schwertley, of Iowa, were united in marriage. To this union have been born eleven children; Fred, Modale, Iowa; Clara, at home, Denton, Missouri; Henry, Modale, Iowa; Louis, Los Angeles, California; Frank, Jr., Modale, Iowa; Leo. at home; Frances, at home; Salome, the wife of Mr. Laudbender, Glencoe, Iowa; Paul, John B., and Marie, at home with their parents at Denton. Tiiree of the Behm boys are engaged in farming in Harrison county, Iowa, on their father's farm of five hundred sixty acres.

In 1910, Mr. Behm moved to Missouri and purchased a farm in Johnson County at Denton, in Chilhowee Township.

HISTORY OF JOHNSON COUNTY 641

This place comprises six hundred forty acres of land, well watered, splendidly equipped for handling a large number of stock, and conveniently located. Four hundred acres of the Behm farm are in grass and pasture land and last season Mr. Behm had forty acres in oats and forty acres in wheat. He annually harvests about one hundred titty tons of hay. Mr. Behm is not a graduate of a school of agriculture, but he has learned much in the hard school of experience and there is no more capable, intelligent, progressive farmer in this state than he. He is a strong advocate of crop rotation and of the manure spreader. At the present time, Air.
Behm has one hundred fifty head of Red Polled cattle and the same number of Duroc Jersey hogs. He was milking thirteen cows at the time of this writing, in 1917. In 1911, Mr. Behm built a handsome residence, a structure of nine rooms, which is generally considered to be the finest home in Johnson county. It is well constructed, conveniently arranged, and nicely lighted. The owner said, at the time the residence was in the process of construction, that after spending nine years of his life in a dugout in Nebraska, he l) believed he deserved a "real, sure-enough house" in which to live, and it is the consensus of opinion that for many other reasons Mr. Behm richly deserves his beautiful home.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Behm are worthy and consistent members
of the Catholic Church. Politically, Mr. Behm is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The Behms are numbered among Johnson County's most substantial citizens.

Frank was the son of Henry and Magdelena (Young) Behm. He married Phebe Scwertley on July 1, 1882 in Harrison Co., IA.
they were the parents of Frederick, Clara, Henry, Lewis, Francis, Leo, Frances, Salome, Paul, John and Marie.


Biographical Sketch of Frank Behm
Johnson County, Chilhowee Township, Missouri, USA

Frank Behm, a prominent farmer and stockman of Chilhowee Township, is the owner of one of the beautiful country places in this section of Missouri. He is a native of Illinois, born in Chicago in 1859, a son of Henry and Lena Behm. Henry Behm was a skilled cabinet maker and for 21 years followed his trade in the city of Chicago. In 1870, he moved with his family to Nebraska, where he homesteaded 160 acres. Here the Behm family endured countless hardships and misfortunes. During the grasshopper visitation, 1874 and 1875, their entire crops were destroyed and the Behms were left in destitute circumstances. They wore tow sacks for clothing and the father made wooden shoes for each member of the family. Supplies could be obtained at a place 36 miles distant from their dugout, provided, of course, that one had the money, for no one sold on credit. The family, in consequence, really suffered from lack of food many, many times in the new Western home. The father and mother died there and later, their son, Frank, left for Nebraska and moved to Iowa, where he engaged in farming for 28 years. In 1881, Frank Behm and Phoebe Schwertley, a native of Harrison county, Iowa, born in 1860, and a daughter of Fred and Mrs. Schwertley, of Iowa, were united in marriage. To this union have been born eleven children: Fred, Modale, Iowa; Clara, at home, Denton, Missouri; Henry, Modale, Iowa; Louis, Los Angeles, California; Frank, Jr., Modale, Iowa; Leo, at home; Frances, at home; Salome, the wife of Mr. Laudbender, Glencoe, Iowa; Paul, John B. and Marie, at home with their parents at Denton. Three of the Behm boys are engaged in farming in Harrison County, Iowa, on their father's farm of 560 acres. In 1910, Mr. Behm moved to Missouri and purchased a farm in Johnson County at Denton, in Chilhowee Township. This place comprises 640 acres of land, well watered, splendidly equipped for handling a large number of stock, and conveniently located. Four hundred acres of the Behm farm are in grass and pasture land and last season Mr. Behm had 40 acres in oats and 40 acres in wheat. He annually harvests about 150 tons of hay. Mr. Behm is not a graduate of a school of agriculture, but he has learned much in the hard school of experience and there is no more capable, intelligent, progressive farmer in this state than he. He is a strong advocate of crop rotation and of the manure spreader. At the present time, Mr. Behm has 150 head of Red Polled cattle and the same number of Duroc Jersey hogs. He was milking 13 cows at the time of this writing, in 1917. In 1911, Mr. Behm built a handsome residence, a structure of nine rooms, which is generally considered to be the finest home in Johnson County. It is well constructed, conveniently arranged, and nicely lighted. The owner said, at the time the residence was in the process of construction, that after spending nine years of his life in a dugout in Nebraska, he believed he deserved a "real, sure enough house" in which to live, and it is the consensus of opinion that for many other reasons Mr. Behm richly deserves his beautiful home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Behm are worthy and consistent members of the Catholic Church. Politically, Mr. Behm is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The Behms are numbered among Johnson County's most substantial citizens.


HISTORY OF JOHNSON COUNTY 640

Frank Behm, a prominent farmer and stockman of Chilhowee township, is the owner of one of the beautiful country places in this section of Missouri. He is a native of Illinois, born in Chicago in 1859, a son of Henry and Lena Behm. Henry Behm was a skilled cabinet maker and for twenty-one years followed his trade in the city of Chicago.
In 1870, he moved with his family to Nebraska, where he homesteaded one hundred sixty acres. Here the Behm family endured countless hardships and misfortunes. During the grasshopper visitation, 1874 and 1875, their entire crops were destroyed and the Behms were left in destitute circumstances. They wore tow sacks for clothing and the Father made wooden shoes for each member of the family. Supplies could be obtained at a place thirty-six miles distant from their dugout, provided, of course, that one had the money, for no one sold on credit. The family, in consequence, really suffered from lack of food many, many tines in the new Western home. The father and mother died there and later, their son, Frank, left Nebraska and moved to Iowa, where he engaged in farming for twenty-eight years.

In 1881, Frank Behm and Phoebe Schwertley, a native of Harrison County, Iowa, born in 1861. and a daughter of Fred and Mrs. Schwertley, of Iowa, were united in marriage. To this union have been born eleven children; Fred, Modale, Iowa; Clara, at home, Denton, Missouri; Henry, Modale, Iowa; Louis, Los Angeles, California; Frank, Jr., Modale, Iowa; Leo. at home; Frances, at home; Salome, the wife of Mr. Laudbender, Glencoe, Iowa; Paul, John B., and Marie, at home with their parents at Denton. Tiiree of the Behm boys are engaged in farming in Harrison county, Iowa, on their father's farm of five hundred sixty acres.

In 1910, Mr. Behm moved to Missouri and purchased a farm in Johnson County at Denton, in Chilhowee Township.

HISTORY OF JOHNSON COUNTY 641

This place comprises six hundred forty acres of land, well watered, splendidly equipped for handling a large number of stock, and conveniently located. Four hundred acres of the Behm farm are in grass and pasture land and last season Mr. Behm had forty acres in oats and forty acres in wheat. He annually harvests about one hundred titty tons of hay. Mr. Behm is not a graduate of a school of agriculture, but he has learned much in the hard school of experience and there is no more capable, intelligent, progressive farmer in this state than he. He is a strong advocate of crop rotation and of the manure spreader. At the present time, Air.
Behm has one hundred fifty head of Red Polled cattle and the same number of Duroc Jersey hogs. He was milking thirteen cows at the time of this writing, in 1917. In 1911, Mr. Behm built a handsome residence, a structure of nine rooms, which is generally considered to be the finest home in Johnson county. It is well constructed, conveniently arranged, and nicely lighted. The owner said, at the time the residence was in the process of construction, that after spending nine years of his life in a dugout in Nebraska, he l) believed he deserved a "real, sure-enough house" in which to live, and it is the consensus of opinion that for many other reasons Mr. Behm richly deserves his beautiful home.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Behm are worthy and consistent members
of the Catholic Church. Politically, Mr. Behm is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The Behms are numbered among Johnson County's most substantial citizens.

Gravesite Details

Information found by: mmendon1 (#47860497)- Cause of Death: Chronic Myacarditis: Lived to the Age 88 Yrs. 4 Months 10 Days



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