Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Bovenschen, John H. 1824 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

    JOHN H. BOVENSCHEN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born on the River Rhine,
Germany, near Freamarhen, in the year 1824. He learned the carpenter's trade
with his father, for whom he worked until twenty-four years old, and in 1848
embarked for America. After a tempestuous voyage of fifty-six days, he arrived
in the United States in safety, and coming to Greene County, Ind., purchased
eighty acres of land in Stockton Township, which he began farming and improving.
In 1851, he purchased 120 acres, where he now resides in Fairplay Township,
which is one of the best farms in the county, and on which he has erected a
house that is a credit to the township and himself as well. He now owns in all
300 acres of land, which he has earned entirely by his own exertions. In 1856,
he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Moss, daughter of Rev. Aquilla and
Sallie (Harrah) Moss, by whom he is the father of four children—Stephen Aquilla,
John W., deceased, Elijah and Joseph Milton. Both of Mr. Bovenschen's parents
died in the old country. They were parents of four children named Catharine
(deceased), J. H., Charlotte (Mrs. Switz) and Hannah.

Additional Comments:
Fairplay Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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