Lincoln County, SD Biographies.....Bogert, John A. 1822 - 
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Author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (1897)

JOHN A. BOGERT. The maturer years of this gentleman  have  been devoted almost
entirely to the toil and labor pertaining to the calling of a farmer, and he has
acquired a knowledge of times and seasons, means and methods, that make him a
source of information to others less favored by nature or less observing. He
owns and occupies a pleasant and remunerative tract of land in Grant township,
Lincoln county, and here pursues the even tenor of his way, gaining worldly
goods and enjoying the comfort of a happy household and home.

    Peter Bogert, the father of our subject, was a son of Cornelius Bogert, the
latter a native of Hackensack, N. J., his father being a Revolutionary war
soldier, and of Holland descent. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name
of Sylvia Cudback, and she and her husband in 1836 removed from Niagara county,
N. Y., where John A. was born in 1835, and locatec at Adrian, Mich. In the
latter place they made their home until the grim visaged traveller, death,
overtook them, Mr. Bogert dying at the age of eighty-two, and the partner of his
life at seventy-eight. They were the parents of six children, of whom we note
the following: Roxanna, wife of Frank Graves; Catherine, married to J. H.
Hitchcock; John A.; Adelia, wife of John Savers; Peter T.; and Addie, wife of
Dwight Snedeker; all of whom, with the exception of the subject of our sketch,
reside in or near Adrian, Mich.

   John A. passed the days of his childhood and youth and grew to mature years
on the farm which he assisted in cultivating. Under the care of his Christian
parents he early learned by what principles his life should be governed, and at
school and at home gained knowledge of importance, especially such as pertained
to the calling which he chose. He was frugal and industrious, and eventually
found himself the possessor of a fine piece of farming property, which he
disposed of in 1883, and then came to Dakota territory. He bought a timber claim
which he in time proved up on, and the many improvements in the shape of
substantial barns, a good dwelling, etc., reflect credit on his persistent and
progressive enterprise. Besides general farming he also engages in stock
breeding and raises a good grade of animals.

    The marriage of Mr. Bogert three or four years after his arrival in Dakota
to Mrs. Mattie Peterson, a native of Norway, was celebrated September 29, 1888,
and this union has been blest by the advent of four children—Hettie, Anna Maud,
John P., and Cora May. Politically he has been a Democrat all his life; and
socially is a member of the Masonic fraternity.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF 
Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties,
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and
Representative Citizens, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with
the Growth and Development of these Counties; Reminiscences of Personal History
and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be
Preserved in History.

ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO.
GEO. A. OGLE & CO.
Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers.
1897.


Biography is the only true history.—EMERSON.

A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
generations.—MACAULAY.


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