Bio of BOEGE, John H. (b.1871), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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JOHN H. BOEGE - Vol II, pg 314-315
Minneapolis is proud to number among her representative business men John H.
Boege, secretary and treasurer of the L. S. Donaldson Company and of the
Donaldson Realty Company. A native of Minnesota, he was born in Winona, on the
20th of August, 1871, a son of Fred T. and Marguerite Boege, the parents
emigrating from Germany and settling at Winona, in 1870.
John H. Boege attended the common schools of Winona until he was sixteen years
of age, at which time he came to Minneapolis and after working at various
positions, entered the packing room of the Wyman-Partridge Company and his
conscientious performance of every duty assigned him won for him promotion to
the position of billing clerk. He remained in the employ of that company for
some time and then tendered his resignation to become associated with the T. M.
Roberts Company, in the mail order department. Subsequently Mr. Boege went to
St. Paul, as an employe of Lindke, Warner & Schurmeier, and remained there for
some seven years. The following two years he was associated with Summers &
Company and on the 28th of January, 1907, became identified with the Donaldson
companies. He is secretary and treasurer of both the L. S. Donaldson Company and
the Donaldson Realty Company and is one of the most progressive business men in
this city. He learned the value of close application to the thing at hand at an
early age and he has been a dominant factor in the continued growth and success
of the companies with which he is connected.
On the 22d of February, 1899, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Boege to Miss
Cora E. Fox and to their union one daughter has been born, Marguerite. She
graduated in June, 1921, from the University of Minnesota, having specialized in
arts and music. Both Mrs. Boege and her daughter are socially prominent.
Politically Mr. Boege is a republican and he is ever cognizant of the duties and
responsibilities as well as the privileges of citizenship and to that end is
active in the furtherance of every movement he deems essential to the promotion
of the general welfare. Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason and holds
membership in Hennepin Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M.; Minneapolis Consistory, No.
2; and Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. As a public-spirited citizen he
belongs to the Civic and Commerce Association and socially he is identified with
the Minneapolis Athletic, Automobile, and the Lincoln clubs, and the Minneapolis
Society of Fine Arts. During the years of his residence in this city Mr. Boege
has wielded a great influence for good and is highly esteemed for his integrity
and sterling worth.