Biographical Sketch of John D. Bossert, Greene County, Missouri, North Springfield >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** John D. Bossert is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born January 23rd, 1839. When eleven years old he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served thirteen years. During that time he visited South America, England, France, Spain, Africa and China. After leaving the navy he returned to Pennsylvania, locating at Oil City, and there worked at the blacksmith trade. In 1874 he emigrated to Franklin, Missouri and work- ed at his trade in the railroad machine shops eighteen months, then re- moved to North Springfield, and went to work in the machine shops of the St. Louis and San Francisco railway, where he is at present working at his trade. Mr. Bossert has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Lydia A. Dilks, whom he married in 1859. she died in 1874. On August 2nd, 1875, he married Miss Martha L. Foley, of St. James, Miss- ouri, by whom he has one child, William James Bossert, born July 26th, 1876. The subject of our sketch is a member of Springfield Lodge, No. 218, I. O. O. F., of which he is N. G. He also belongs to Wentworth Lodge, No. 113, A. O. U. W., of which he is M. W. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================