San Joaquin County Biographies
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HENRY LINDEMANN, JR.
For the past nine years Henry Lindemann, Jr., has been actively and prominently identified with the section of San Joaquin County known as Bethany, owning extensive holdings in this rich and productive territory. A native of Benton County, Iowa, he was born near Blairstown on April 10, 1878, and when he was four years old his parents removed to Plymouth County, Iowa, locating at Remsen, where Henry received his preliminary education and was graduated from the Remsen high school with the class of '01; he then entered the Highland Park University, Des Moines, for a short business course; then in 1904 he entered the College of LeMars. Finishing his education, he took a position as clerk in a merchandise store in Remsen, Iowa, which covered a period of seven years.
At Remsen, Iowa, in 1906, Mr. Lindemann was married to Miss Bertha A. Ohlendorf, a native of Remsen, Iowa, where she was reared and schooled, graduating from the high school in 1904. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohlendorf, residents of Remsen. She became identified with the educational profession as a teacher in Plymouth County, Iowa, and taught from the time of her graduation from the high school until she was married. Mr. and Mrs. Lindemann are the parents of five children; Lafe W.; Lyle H.; June K.; Raymond; and Evelyn. Mr. Lindemann's parents, Detlef and Florena (Haupt) Lindemann, both natives of Holstein, Germany, also reside in Remsen, Iowa. Mr. Lindemann was preceded to California in 1907 by an uncle, Henry Lindemann, a wealthy rancher of Alameda County, Cal.
During 1912, Mr. Lindemann purchased a tract of 708 acres near Bethany without having seen it, and the following year removed his family from the East and located upon it, arriving in February of 1913; these lands were formerly owned by Shattuck & Edinger, general engineers and contractors of canals and roads throughout California. The land was not in condition to please the eye of a newcomer, especially one who was unacquainted with the difficulties to be encountered in this arid country before the development of the irrigating systems, but now the splendid system of improvements and developments show the care and attention, as well as energetic ability of Mr. Lindemann. He has installed two powerful Byron-Jackson centrifugal pumps, run by electric power, which force the water to the highest point on his land, distributing it by gravity flow through canals and over the land, which, with the exception of forty acres, has been planted to alfalfa, from which wonderful results are obtained, five cuttings in one season being the maximum of production. In 1919 Mr. Lindemann became a member of the Federation of American Farmers and is a strong advocate of the Marshall plan for irrigating 5,000,000 acres of California arid lands. In politics he is a Democrat. He is enthusiastic over farming, and believes that the Bethany district, with its natural resources, is destined to attract settlers from all parts of the country.
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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