Source- History of Dakota Territory By George W. Kingsbury, 1915
JOHN A. BEHRENS.
John A. Behrens, a well known merchant of Rapid City, is a representative of the splendid citizens that Germany has given to America, his birth occurring in Oldenburg, Germany, October 8, 1852.
His parents, Heinrich and Anna (Lange) Behrens, are both deceased, the former dying at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. He was a cabinetmaker by trade and as known as a conscientious and skilled workman.
Mr. Behrens of this review is the fourth in order of birth of their six children, of whom two sons and one daughter came to the United States.
Henry is a resident of Pennington county, where he owns a fine ranch; and Johanna is the widow of William Gramberg, who settled in Pennington county in 1876.
John A. Behrens began learning the cabinetmaker's trade after completing the work of the grammar schools and remained in his father's shop for four years, becoming thoroughly familiar with that occupation and also acquiring habits of industry, thoroughness and reliability.
After completing his term of apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman in different cities of Germany for two years but in 1875 he came to the United States and made his way across the country to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he followed his trade for four years.
In September, 1879, he moved to Rapid City and worked at his trade there for a year, after which he engaged in the retail furniture business and also gave some attention to the making of fine furniture. He has continued to follow these two lines of occupation ever since and in 1886 he also established an undertaking business which lasted a few years and appears to have been in direct competition with his brother Henry who continued in the Mortuary business and name Behrens Mortuary is still active in Rapid City.
His volume of trade has grown steadily as he carries a high grade of furniture, is content with reasonable prices and is uniformly courteous to customers.
He finds a great deal of pleasure in his work and the articles of furniture which he makes are splendid examples of his art.
Most of his time is given to his business, which is yielding him good profits annually. His resources have increased as the years have passed and he has carefully
invested his capital, being now a heavy stockholder in the First National Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Behrens was married on the 23d of May, 1889, at Watertown, Wisconsin, to Miss Lena Volckmann, a native of that state although her parents were born in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Behrens had one daughter, Louisa.
he wife and mother was called to her reward on the 16th of July, 1890.
On the 18th of February, 1892, Mr. Behrens married Miss Matilda Volckmann, a sister of his first wife. To this union three children have been born: William A., whose natal year was 1893; Alfred C., born in 1894; and Herbert H., born in 1898.
Politically Mr. Behrens is a stanch adherent of the republican party at elections where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot. He has served twice as a member of the city council, having the distinction of being on the first council after the incorporation of the city.
He was reared in the German Lutheran church and has never departed from that faith. Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he has held all of the chairs, and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. A hobby of his is the manufacture of sky rockets, in which he is particularly proficient.
He attributes his success in business to his knowledge of furniture, his hard work and his policy of honesty in all transactions. He has throughout his entire life been an inveterate reader and is well informed upon all questions of general interest.
His life has been a factor in the development of Rapid City along business lines and he has also been instrumental in promoting a number of measures looking toward the betterment of civic conditions.
JOHN A. BEHRENS.
John A. Behrens, a well known merchant of Rapid City, is a representative of the splendid citizens that Germany has given to America, his birth occurring in Oldenburg, Germany, October 8, 1852.
His parents, Heinrich and Anna (Lange) Behrens, are both deceased, the former dying at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. He was a cabinetmaker by trade and as known as a conscientious and skilled workman.
Mr. Behrens of this review is the fourth in order of birth of their six children, of whom two sons and one daughter came to the United States.
Henry is a resident of Pennington county, where he owns a fine ranch; and Johanna is the widow of William Gramberg, who settled in Pennington county in 1876.
John A. Behrens began learning the cabinetmaker's trade after completing the work of the grammar schools and remained in his father's shop for four years, becoming thoroughly familiar with that occupation and also acquiring habits of industry, thoroughness and reliability.
After completing his term of apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman in different cities of Germany for two years but in 1875 he came to the United States and made his way across the country to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he followed his trade for four years.
In September, 1879, he moved to Rapid City and worked at his trade there for a year, after which he engaged in the retail furniture business and also gave some attention to the making of fine furniture. He has continued to follow these two lines of occupation ever since and in 1886 he also established an undertaking business which lasted a few years and appears to have been in direct competition with his brother Henry who continued in the Mortuary business and name Behrens Mortuary is still active in Rapid City.
His volume of trade has grown steadily as he carries a high grade of furniture, is content with reasonable prices and is uniformly courteous to customers.
He finds a great deal of pleasure in his work and the articles of furniture which he makes are splendid examples of his art.
Most of his time is given to his business, which is yielding him good profits annually. His resources have increased as the years have passed and he has carefully
invested his capital, being now a heavy stockholder in the First National Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Behrens was married on the 23d of May, 1889, at Watertown, Wisconsin, to Miss Lena Volckmann, a native of that state although her parents were born in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Behrens had one daughter, Louisa.
he wife and mother was called to her reward on the 16th of July, 1890.
On the 18th of February, 1892, Mr. Behrens married Miss Matilda Volckmann, a sister of his first wife. To this union three children have been born: William A., whose natal year was 1893; Alfred C., born in 1894; and Herbert H., born in 1898.
Politically Mr. Behrens is a stanch adherent of the republican party at elections where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot. He has served twice as a member of the city council, having the distinction of being on the first council after the incorporation of the city.
He was reared in the German Lutheran church and has never departed from that faith. Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he has held all of the chairs, and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. A hobby of his is the manufacture of sky rockets, in which he is particularly proficient.
He attributes his success in business to his knowledge of furniture, his hard work and his policy of honesty in all transactions. He has throughout his entire life been an inveterate reader and is well informed upon all questions of general interest.
His life has been a factor in the development of Rapid City along business lines and he has also been instrumental in promoting a number of measures looking toward the betterment of civic conditions.
Source- History of Dakota Territory By George W. Kingsbury, 1915
JOHN A. BEHRENS.
John A. Behrens, a well known merchant of Rapid City, is a representative of the splendid citizens that Germany has given to America, his birth occurring in Oldenburg, Germany, October 8, 1852.
His parents, Heinrich and Anna (Lange) Behrens, are both deceased, the former dying at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. He was a cabinetmaker by trade and as known as a conscientious and skilled workman.
Mr. Behrens of this review is the fourth in order of birth of their six children, of whom two sons and one daughter came to the United States.
Henry is a resident of Pennington county, where he owns a fine ranch; and Johanna is the widow of William Gramberg, who settled in Pennington county in 1876.
John A. Behrens began learning the cabinetmaker's trade after completing the work of the grammar schools and remained in his father's shop for four years, becoming thoroughly familiar with that occupation and also acquiring habits of industry, thoroughness and reliability.
After completing his term of apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman in different cities of Germany for two years but in 1875 he came to the United States and made his way across the country to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he followed his trade for four years.
In September, 1879, he moved to Rapid City and worked at his trade there for a year, after which he engaged in the retail furniture business and also gave some attention to the making of fine furniture. He has continued to follow these two lines of occupation ever since and in 1886 he also established an undertaking business which lasted a few years and appears to have been in direct competition with his brother Henry who continued in the Mortuary business and name Behrens Mortuary is still active in Rapid City.
His volume of trade has grown steadily as he carries a high grade of furniture, is content with reasonable prices and is uniformly courteous to customers.
He finds a great deal of pleasure in his work and the articles of furniture which he makes are splendid examples of his art.
Most of his time is given to his business, which is yielding him good profits annually. His resources have increased as the years have passed and he has carefully
invested his capital, being now a heavy stockholder in the First National Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Behrens was married on the 23d of May, 1889, at Watertown, Wisconsin, to Miss Lena Volckmann, a native of that state although her parents were born in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Behrens had one daughter, Louisa.
he wife and mother was called to her reward on the 16th of July, 1890.
On the 18th of February, 1892, Mr. Behrens married Miss Matilda Volckmann, a sister of his first wife. To this union three children have been born: William A., whose natal year was 1893; Alfred C., born in 1894; and Herbert H., born in 1898.
Politically Mr. Behrens is a stanch adherent of the republican party at elections where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot. He has served twice as a member of the city council, having the distinction of being on the first council after the incorporation of the city.
He was reared in the German Lutheran church and has never departed from that faith. Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he has held all of the chairs, and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. A hobby of his is the manufacture of sky rockets, in which he is particularly proficient.
He attributes his success in business to his knowledge of furniture, his hard work and his policy of honesty in all transactions. He has throughout his entire life been an inveterate reader and is well informed upon all questions of general interest.
His life has been a factor in the development of Rapid City along business lines and he has also been instrumental in promoting a number of measures looking toward the betterment of civic conditions.
JOHN A. BEHRENS.
John A. Behrens, a well known merchant of Rapid City, is a representative of the splendid citizens that Germany has given to America, his birth occurring in Oldenburg, Germany, October 8, 1852.
His parents, Heinrich and Anna (Lange) Behrens, are both deceased, the former dying at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. He was a cabinetmaker by trade and as known as a conscientious and skilled workman.
Mr. Behrens of this review is the fourth in order of birth of their six children, of whom two sons and one daughter came to the United States.
Henry is a resident of Pennington county, where he owns a fine ranch; and Johanna is the widow of William Gramberg, who settled in Pennington county in 1876.
John A. Behrens began learning the cabinetmaker's trade after completing the work of the grammar schools and remained in his father's shop for four years, becoming thoroughly familiar with that occupation and also acquiring habits of industry, thoroughness and reliability.
After completing his term of apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman in different cities of Germany for two years but in 1875 he came to the United States and made his way across the country to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he followed his trade for four years.
In September, 1879, he moved to Rapid City and worked at his trade there for a year, after which he engaged in the retail furniture business and also gave some attention to the making of fine furniture. He has continued to follow these two lines of occupation ever since and in 1886 he also established an undertaking business which lasted a few years and appears to have been in direct competition with his brother Henry who continued in the Mortuary business and name Behrens Mortuary is still active in Rapid City.
His volume of trade has grown steadily as he carries a high grade of furniture, is content with reasonable prices and is uniformly courteous to customers.
He finds a great deal of pleasure in his work and the articles of furniture which he makes are splendid examples of his art.
Most of his time is given to his business, which is yielding him good profits annually. His resources have increased as the years have passed and he has carefully
invested his capital, being now a heavy stockholder in the First National Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Behrens was married on the 23d of May, 1889, at Watertown, Wisconsin, to Miss Lena Volckmann, a native of that state although her parents were born in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Behrens had one daughter, Louisa.
he wife and mother was called to her reward on the 16th of July, 1890.
On the 18th of February, 1892, Mr. Behrens married Miss Matilda Volckmann, a sister of his first wife. To this union three children have been born: William A., whose natal year was 1893; Alfred C., born in 1894; and Herbert H., born in 1898.
Politically Mr. Behrens is a stanch adherent of the republican party at elections where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot. He has served twice as a member of the city council, having the distinction of being on the first council after the incorporation of the city.
He was reared in the German Lutheran church and has never departed from that faith. Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he has held all of the chairs, and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. A hobby of his is the manufacture of sky rockets, in which he is particularly proficient.
He attributes his success in business to his knowledge of furniture, his hard work and his policy of honesty in all transactions. He has throughout his entire life been an inveterate reader and is well informed upon all questions of general interest.
His life has been a factor in the development of Rapid City along business lines and he has also been instrumental in promoting a number of measures looking toward the betterment of civic conditions.
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