Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Bookwalter, Abraham Lincoln 1862 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Bookwalter, Abraham Lincoln - There are far-seeing agriculturalists who now 
specialize along certain lines, in this way securing exceptionally fine 
results and one of the men who has made his products stand for the highest 
standard of excellence of their kind is Abraham Lincoln Bookwalter, of 
Garfield Township, who specializes in raising blooded cattle and horses. He 
was born on his present farm on March 28, 1862, a son of Benjamin and Susan 
(Barkey) Bookwalter, the former of whom was born July 31, 1831, and the latter 
October 12, 1837, both in Pennsylvania. These parents came to Grundy County in 
1854, and became pioneers in what is now Garfield Township, and bought land 
for $10.00 per acre. The father died September 19, 1903, and the mother, 
September 16, 1900, and their burial was in the Wheeler cemetery. They had 
four children: Abraham Lincoln; Emma, who married W. S. Allison, a bank of 
Gardner, Ill.; one who died in infancy; and Elmer, who died aged one and one-
half years.

Abraham Lincoln Bookwalter attended the schools of his district and at the 
same time assisted his father on the farm. When he was sixteen years old, he 
went to Gardner, Ill., and for the following two years attended the schools of 
that city, and after that, for a short time, was a student in the Bloomington 
Normal school. Following this he returned to the farm, learning here the 
details of his present business from his father, who was a heavy stock raiser 
and handler of fancy cattle and horses. He has developed into one of the 
leaders in his line in this part of the State and owns 400 acres of very 
valuable land, and has the most beautiful home in the township.

On December 11, 1884, Abraham Lincoln Bookwalter was married by Rev. C. W. 
Greene, of Gardner, Ill., to Hattie J. Huss, born February 19, 1862, a 
daughter of Richard B. Huss, who came to Gardner, Ill., in 1863, where he 
embarked in a harness business, and was one of the pioneer merchants of that 
city. Mr. and Mrs. Bookwalter have had children as follows: Benjamin B., who 
was born November 2, 1885, lives on one of his father's farms, and married 
Mamie L. Barrett; Richard A., who was born February 27, 1888; John William who 
was born March 15, 1890; Florence, who was born March 23, 1892; Charles 
Edward, who was born December 22, 1895; and Ira J., who was born May 31, 1898. 
On January 22, 1906, Mrs. Bookwalter died and was buried in the Wheeler 
cemetery, her parents being buried in the Braceville and Gardner cemetery.  
Mr. Bookwalter belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a Republican 
and has been a school director for the past twenty-five years. A man of 
prominence in his community, he is a strong factor in its development, and 
stands high in the esteem of all with whom he comes into contact.

page 769

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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