San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/8/2009
BERT A. BENEDICT
An enterprising rancher whose success as an almond grower has made his progressive methods an object of special interest to all concerned with the advancement of California agriculture, is Bert A. Benedict, who resides on a place owned by his brother, E.A. Benedict, three miles northwest of Acampo. He was born near Nora Springs, Floyd County, Iowa, April 12, 1871, a son of Francis and Abigail Benedict, and was fortunate in entering the family of a farmer, and so, from his boyhood, getting familiar with farm life. The worthy couple were blessed with five children, three of whom are now in California: Louis lives in Iowa; Lyman L. is deceased; E.A. Benedict of Lodi; Harrison, in Iowa; and Bert, the subject of our interesting review.
Bert Benedict attended the district schools in Iowa, and afterward enjoyed one year at the high school. His father had come to Iowa in frontier days, and in time he cultivated some 200 acres of rich land and the "stick-to-it-iveness" with which he pursued his work may be judged from the fact that at one time he walked 100 miles in the direction of Cedar Rapids to locate some of his horses that had strayed. Bert remained on his father's farm until he was married on December 22, 1898, at Nora Springs, Iowa, to Miss Anna L. Darling, who was born and reared in that part of the country: Her father, Charles Darling, was a farmer by occupation, and owned land at Nora Springs, on the east side of the river. Mr. and Mrs. Darling had three children, and Miss Anna was given a high school education.
Bert Benedict cultivated a farm of 120 acres at Nora Springs until 1910, and then he came out to California and settled at Lodi. Here he purchased an almond orchard of five acres on Acacia Avenue, west of Cherokee Lane; and this well-irrigated ranch, bearing I.X.L., Ne Plus and Non Parael almonds, he still owns. The past year he has helped to care for his brother's ranch of sixty acres three miles to the northwest of Acampo, one of the very desirable ranch properties in this part of the county.
Public-spirited to a degree that makes it impossible for him to be merely a partisan voter, although he endorses heartily the general principles of the Republican party, Mr. Benedict is keenly interested in all that makes for the progress of the Golden State, and is known as one of the effective local "boosters."
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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