Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....BOGARDUS, John M. 1851 - living in 1899
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  JOHN M. BOGARDUS, superintendent of the car department of the mammoth Jackson &
  Woodin Manufacturing Company of Berwick, and one of the highly esteemed citizens
  of that town, was born in Troy, N. Y., April 4, 1851, and is a son of Robert L.
  and Catherine (Harris) Bogardus. Mr. Bogardus received his education in the
  common schools of his native town and at the age of seventeen years he served an
  apprenticeship as a car builder at Green Island, N. Y., for the Delaware &
  Hudson R. R. Owing to his excellent workmanship he was promoted to assistant
  master of the car-building department and as draftsman. He remained in the
  employ of the company for twenty-five years when, in 1893, he resigned his
  position to accept a situation as superintendent of The Jackson & Woodin
  Manufacturing Company of Berwick, Pa. Our subject has about one hundred and
  seventy-five men under his supervision whose duty it is to cut and fit timber by
  the latest modernized machinery, so that when it goes to the platform for
  building every piece is sawed, holes bored, and is ready to be put together in a
  short time. The shops also make all kinds of freight cars for general freight
  traffic and have a daily output of twenty cars per day. Although our subject is
  provided with the best of draftsmen he performs much of his own drafting. Mr.
  Bogardus occupies a handsome residence, No. 109 East Fifth street, Berwick.
  
    Our subject chose for his life companion Ella J. Sherman of Troy, N. Y., and
  two daughters have blessed their happy home: Elizabeth A., who is teaching in
  the public school on Market street; and Bertha K., who resides with her parents.
  Mr. Bogardus is a member of the Royal Arcanum of Berwick. Our subject is truly a
  self-made man. Being thoroughly acquainted with the conditions that surround his
  workmen he is a fair and good master and no complaint is made by those under him
  of unjust dealings with them. Perfectly familiar with his work, he makes a
  faithful and reliable superintendent for his superiors. As a citizen and as a
  man he is public-spirited and high minded. The great respect in which he is held
  shows the influence which he wields personally. He is a kind father, a good
  neighbor, and a stanch friend. He is an eminent, worthy, and useful member of
  society in the locality which he has chosen for his life work.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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