CHRIS INABNIT
Chris Inabnit is a widely known and much
respected agriculturist of Hazel Green township, where he owns and operates a
valuable farm. He was born in
Chris Inabnit was reared and educated in
his native land and there spent a number of years after reaching maturity, but
in 1890 he emigrated to the United
States and, making his way to Iowa, settled in Jones county near Monticello.
For four and a half years he lived there, working upon farms and carefully saving his earnings. At the end of that
time he removed to Prairieburg, Linn county, and rented land for four
years, after which he came to this county and for three years rented the farm
where he is now living. He subsequently purchased the place, which comprises
two hundred and eighty acres in Hazel Green township, two and a half miles from
Ryan. He is thorough and painstaking in his work and manages well the business
aspect of farming so that his resources are
constantly increasing. He carries on general farming and is
recognized as one of the up-to-date agriculturists of his township.
On the 1st of September, 1878, Mr.
Inabnit was united in marriage to Miss Anna Bohren, a daughter of John and Anna
(Gertsch) Bohren, both natives of Switzerland.
They came to the United States, where their declining years were passed.
Mr. and Mrs. Inabnit have become the parents of four children, three of whom
survive. The oldest, Chris, lives in Lake county, this state. John, assisting
his father with the work of the homestead, was married on the 7th of March,
1907, to Miss Anna Yossi, a daughter of Frederick and Anna (Inabnit)
Yossi. She was born in Switzerland on
the 7th of March, 1887, and
by her marriage, she has become the mother of three children, Fred, Lillie and
Harry. Herman, who completes the family
of our subject, is still at home.
Mr. Inabnit gives his political support
to the republican party and has thoroughly identified himself with the
interests of his adopted country. He has
won material prosperity and has also gained an honorable place in the
estimation of his fellowman.
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