Clearfield County PA Archives - Photos: Bogner, Louis H., 1937 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ellis Michaels, , Apr 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ ________________________________________________ http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/photos/bogner-louis.txt Photo may be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/photos/bogner-louis.jpg Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, Wednesday, 08 Dec 1937 PITCAIRN MAN DIES AT 100, SHOOK HANDS OF LINCOLN Louis H. Bogner, who lived to be 100 years old, died this morning in the home of his son, Orrin, in Pitcairn. Mr. Bogner, who received a letter from President Roosevelt on his birthday, June 22, had been ill five days. His son and nurse, Mrs. G. Hancock, said death came peacefully at 8:15 a.m. - the time he ordinarily arose for his oatmeal. On his birthday he had said: "If people would eat oatmeal and cornmeal as much as I do, then they would live as long as I have." Born in Red Hill, Dauphin County, June 22, 1837, Mr. Bogner lived to see many changes in the sovial, economic and industrial life of America. He came to Pitcairn many years ago, and on his hundreth birthday his closest friends gave him a party. When he was a young man, Bogner walked eight miles into Harrisburg from his home and shook hands with President Abraham Lincoln on the steps of the Capitol. Lincoln had stopped in Harrisburg en route to the dedication of the Gettysburg Battlefield where he made his famous address. For 63 years Mr. Bogner lived in Allport, Clearfield County. He gave the land on which the Allport Methodist Church stands, and for 63 years was the secretary of its Sunday school. For 30 years he was a Justice of the Peace, was always a Democrat and voted for President Roosevelt. When the blind pension law became effective last August he was the oldest person in the state to receive $30 a month. When he was 100, President Roosevelt wrote Mr. Bogner : "I desire to assure you of my appreciation of your confidence in my personal leadership."