Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Vander Bogart, William Henry 
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Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907

WILLIAM HENRY VANDER BOGART. On the roll of Will county's honored dead appears 
the name of William Henry Vander Bogart, who for many years was identified 
with the commercial interests of Wilmington, having, with the exception of a 
brief period spent in the Civil war, conducted a meat market in this village 
continuously for forty years, although for three years prior to his death, 
which occurred October 6, 1903, he lived retired. Mr. Vander Bogart was born 
in Brownville, New York, September 27, 1834, a son of William J. and Helen 
(Monteith) Vander Bogart, both of whom were likewise natives of the Empire 
state, the former of Scotch and the latter of German parentage. The parents 
removed from the east to Will county in 1841, establishing their home in 
Florence township, being numbered among the pioneer settlers of this section 
of the state. Mr. Vander Bogart was a little lad of seven years when he 
accompanied his parents to Will county. He was educated in the schools of this 
county and remained with his parents on the farm until 1860, or until he was a 
young man of nineteen years, when he established a meat market in the village 
of Wilmington, which he conducted almost continuously for forty years, the 
only interruption being at the time of the Civil war, when he enlisted in 
Company E, Twentieth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, serving as a musician. 
On account of disability he was honorably discharged after a brief period, 
subsequent to which time he returned to his home and resumed his business 
interests. He conducted his market until 1900, when he retired to enjoy a well 
merited rest until his death. He was everywhere known for his honesty and 
integrity in business circles, and owing to his straightforward methods he won 
a large patronage, his market constituting one of the foremost commercial 
enterprises of Wilmington. He was a courteous, genial and affable gentleman, 
winning friends among those with whom he came in contact, so that his death 
was the occasion of deep sorrow not only to his immediate family but to the 
business and social circles of Wilmington as well. Mr. Vander Bogart was 
married February 1, 1865, to Miss Laura Jane Stow, their marriage being 
celebrated in Wilmington. She was born in Brownville, New York, May 19, 1841, 
a daughter of Cyrus and Jane (Vander Bogart) Stow, the former a native of 
Vermont. The parents were married in the state of New York, whence they 
removed to Michigan in 1842, where the father was engaged in farming until 
1855, in which year he located in Wilmington, Illinois. He here engaged in the 
meat business, which he continued successfully for a number of years. He took 
an active interest in many public movements and measures in this village and 
organized the first brass band in Wilmington. He was a charter member of 
Wilmington lodge-No. 208, A. F. & A. M., and of Wilmington chapter. No. 142, 
R. A. M. His death occurred in this place in 1874, when he had reached the age 
of fifty-four years, but his widow still survives and is now in her eighty-
sixth year. To them were born but two children, the sister of Mrs. Vander 
Bogart being Emma, the wife of Robert Vander Bogart, who follows carpentering 
in Wilmington. Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Vander Bogart, eight 
still survive, namely: Mark E., who is engaged in the jewelry business at 
Ventura, California; Frank S., a resident of Rockford, Illinois; Fannie, the 
wife of Ralph Martin, a resident of Joliet; Cyrus W., a resident of 
Wilmington; Florence, the wife of Stanley Wheeler, a resident of Nebraska; 
Laura H., who married Sherman Kahler and lives in Joliet; Harry E., who makes 
his home in Rockford; and Walter A., who resides in Wilmington. The third 
member of the family, George, died at the age of thirty-five years. Mr. Vander 
Bogart was an exemplary member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to 
Wilmington lodge. No. 208, A. F. & A. M., and to Wilmington chapter, No. 142, 
R. A. M., while he was buried with the honors of the order. He likewise 
maintained pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his 
membership with Bowen post, G. A. R. He was a man whom to know was to respect 
and honor. He was very successful in business owing to his excellent executive 
ability and careful management of his affairs, and at his death he left his 
family in comfortable circumstances. His widow resides in a nice home, 
surrounded by the comforts of life as well as by a host of warm friends. She 
is prominent in social circles and is a lady of cordial and kindly disposition.

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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