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Born 1875
From History of Boone County, Iowa (1914)
D. A. BURKHART.
Boone county numbers D. A. Burkhart among her native sons and those who know him — and he has a wide acquaintance — entertain for him warm regard and friendship. He is now engaged in general farming, cultivating a quarter section of land in the township in which he was born on the 2d of September, 1875.
The usual experiences of a farm lad fell to the lot of D. A. Burkhart, who spent his boyhood and youth in Peoples township, where he still makes his home. He early learned lessons of industry, for at an early age he began to work in the fields and throughout his life he has followed farming and stock-raising. He is today busily engaged in the further development and cultivation of one hundred and sixty acres of land situated on section 14, Peoples township, and in addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he is engaged in raising graded stock, meeting with a fair measure of success in this undertaking.
On the 24th of December, 1902, Mr. Durkhart was united in marriage to Miss Luella Loretta Pentico, who was born in Prairie City, Jasper county, Iowa, on the 22d of November, 1882. Her father, Emanuel Pentico, was born in Westover, Cleveland county, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1854, and when a youth of seventeen years, or in 1871, came to the middle west, settling in Iowa. He was married in Jasper county, this state, on the 20th of March, 1879, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary Wiggins, who was born in Prairie City, Jasper county, November 4, 1858. The parents removed to Boone county in 1890. The parents of Mrs. Pentico were among the early settlers of Jasper county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Pentico were: Lucy, deceased; Frank, a resident of Peoples township; Mrs. Burkhart, wife of the subject of this review; Mrs. Etta Olson, whose home is in Regent, North Dakota; Orville, of Cylinder, Iowa; and Mrs. Myrtle Sparks, of Marcy township.
Mrs. Burkhart was reared to womanhood in her native county and attended the public schools near her father's home. By her marriage she has become the mother of one son, Raymond LeRoy, who was born April 1, 1904, and is attending school near his parents' home. In his political views Mr. Burkhart is a republican, voting for the men and measures of the party yet never seeking office as a reward for party fealty. He has been an active, energetic man, carefully directing his business affairs, and he is well known as one of the pioneer settlers of Peoples township, his life being in every respect worthy of the regard which is accorded him.
As printed in History of Boone County, Iowa (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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