History of the Catholic church in Indiana, Volume II, Part 8

Author: Blanchard, Charles, fl. 1882-1900, ed
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Logansport, Ind., A. W. Bowen & co.
Number of Pages: 1476

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R EV. FREDERICK J. DANDURAND, librarian of the Catholic library at Fort Wayne, Ind., is one of the ten children born to Eli and Sophronia (Melanson) Dandurand, natives of Canada, but at present residents of Illinois.

Rev. Frederick J. was born in Illinois April 30, 1870, received his classical education at Kankakee, entered Mount St. Mary's sem- inary, Cincinnati, in 1892, where he completed his theological studies, was ordained at Fort Wayne, Ind., by Bishop Rademacher, June 28, 1895, and was first stationed at LaFayette, Ind., as assistant to the Very Rev. John R. Dinnen, of St. Mary's church, there performed good service for a year and a half, and was then transferred to Fort Wayne, as assistant to Rev. Joseph F. Delaney, of St. Patrick's church, and July 29, 1897, was appointed to his present position as librarian, the duties of which office he has per- formed in a painstaking and most satisfactory manner. In June, 1897. he was appointed to the directorship of St. Augustine's acad- emy for girls, and also assistant priest at the cathedral.

JOHN HENRY BOGEMAN, a well-known business man of Shel- J

byville, Ind., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 13, 1854, and is the eldest brother of Rev. M. H. Bogemann, of Bloomington, Ind. John Henry attended a parochial school until fourteen years old, and then entered Herold's Business college in Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1871. He then clerked in a bakery in his native city until 1875, when he came to Shelby county, Ind., and was employed at farm labor until 1895, when he located in Shel- byville and opened a first-class saloon in partnership with James Golden, and has also been engaged in breeding fine horses for about seven years, and in both lines of business has been very successful.

Mr. Bogeman was united in marriage in Shelby county, Au- gust 24, 1881, with Miss Anna Schaffer, who was born in Kentucky September 3, 1863, but was reared in this county by Henry H. Torline, of whom mention is made elsewhere. This union has .been blessed with three children, born in the following order: Mary Adaline, Catherine Ceclel.a a. 1 Philomin.

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Mr. Bogeman and family are members of St. Joseph's church, Mrs. Bogeman being a member of the Altar society, and are much respected within and without the pale of the church, to the support of which they are generous contributors.

E DWARD A. BOHNERT, treasurer of Dubois county, Ind., is a son of Wendolin B. and Kunigunda (Leitner) Bohnert, and was born October 5, 1862, at Jasper. His father being a farmer and blacksmith by occupation, young Bohnert was brought up to farm pursuits, which he followed during his early manhood, com- bining with them the operation of threshing machines. Abandon- ing farm life six years ago, he engaged in the milling industry with his brother. under the firm name of Bohnert Bros., the concern now owning and operating a fine roller process flouring-mill in Jas- per, with a capacity of seventy-five barrels per day, in connection with which a large trade is done in the buying and selling of clover- seed, wheat, barley, and other grain. In 1894 Mr. Bohnert was nominated for the position of county treasurer on the democratic ticket, his opponent on the republican side being C. J. Hubbard. He was elected by a large majority, and at the expiration of his term, two years later, he received the nomination for the same position without opposition in the primary. His opponent for the second term was N. B. Coffman, whom he defeated by a majority of 1,682 votes.

Mr. Bohnert's administration of the treasurer's office has been characterized by ability and efficiency. He has at all times attended strictly to his official duties, and so prompt have been his yearly collections and reports that the treasurer's office of Dubois county holds the distinction of being the first each year in its set- tlements with the state, an honor which no other county has been able to wrest from it. Mr. Bohnert is a popular citizen of Jasper, outside of his official position, and takes rank as one of its leading residents. He is a member and trustee of the A. O. C. W., and one of the prominent members of St. Joseph's Catholic church.

Mr. Bohnert has been twice married. His first wife, to whom (120)

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he was married in 1884, was Miss Emalie Eckstein, of Jasper, whose death occurred in 1890. By her he had the following chil- dren, viz: Albert E., Robert M., Leo L. His second wife was Miss Mary Croft, who has borne him two children-Roman and Esther.

It is pleasing to add that in Mr. Bohnert the people of Dubois county have an honest, conscientious, and painstaking public officer, and that the democratic party find in him a zealous, active and effective worker in behalf of the principles of democracy.

P AUL BONNER, in business at No. 604 South West street, Indianapolis, with his residence at No. 906, on the same street, was born in the city of New York August 1, 1871, the only child of Paul and Annie (Carr) Bonner, the former of whom was also a native of New York city, of French descent, and the latter a native of Ireland. The father died at the comparatively early age of twenty-seven years, when the child, Paul, the subject, was but two and a half years old. At the father's death, the mother returned to Ireland, taking with her her infant son, and there remained until 1887, when they returned to New York, Paul being then sixteen years of age, and having received his education in the National schools of Ireland. In the meantime the mother married James Flynn, and now, at the age of about fifty years, resides with her husband in the Empire city.

In September, 1889, Paul Bonner came from New York to Indianapolis, and for two years was employed as a traveling sales- man for a Cincinnati general merchandise house, after which he was employed as a conductor on the electric street car line, and then, January 27, 1893, opened his present place, in which he has met with abundant success, it being one of the neatest, most orderly and popular establishments in its line in the city.

Mr. Bonner was united in marriage January 17, 1893, at St. Joseph's church, by Rev. Father Alerding, to Miss Mary Dugan, of whose parents a record is given in the biography of her brother, John Dugan, to be found on another page of this volume. This union has been blessed with two children, viz: Paul, who died at

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nine months old, and John Francis, who was born February 20, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Bonner are faithful adherents of St. John's church, and are liberal contributors to its support. Mr. Bonner is a member of the Young Men's institute and of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and in politics is a democrat. He is a young man of temperate habits, good business qualifications, and is a genial companion and affable gentleman, qualities which have made him hosts of business and personal friends.

F RANK BOONE, a well-known manufacturer of cigars at Vin- cennes, Ind., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 6, 1842, a son of Frank and Frances (Kern) Boone, both natives of Penn- sylvania, of German descent. There were three children in the family. The eldest, Mrs. Josephine Ehrhardt, lives at St. Louis; Joseph W. was a slate roofer at St. Louis, where he died at the age of forty-three years of malarial fever, leaving a widow and three children. The Boones moved to St. Louis about the year 1855, where our subject grew to manhood, but learned the cigarmaker's trade at Louisville, Ky., and was thus employed at the breaking out of the Civil war. He enlisted in April, 1861, in response to the first call for troops, entering into service in Missouri, and at the battle of Camp Jackson, one of the first battles of the war, received a disabling injury and was discharged from service. This injury resulted in a right inguinal hernia, from which he has suffered all through life. Upon his discharge he returned to St. Louis, where, on December 27, 1864, he was married to Miss Amelia Millenet, a native of Vienna, who came to this country with her parents at the age of eight years. Her father, Bernhardt Millenet, is a jeweler and diamond setter of St. Louis. In 1869 they moved to Olney, Ill., where they remained until 1882, when they came to Vincennes. Here Mr. Boone worked as a journeyman cigarmaker for five years, at the end of which time he opened a factory of his own, in which enterprise he has been quite success- ful, establishing a large local trade, which is well based by reason of the well-known excellence and consequent popularity of

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his output. His factory is at No. 506 North Second street, and he employs four or five cigarmakers.

To Mr. and Mrs. Boone have been born four children, viz: Henry Joseph, born in St. Louis, a printer and cigarmaker at Vincennes; Frank, born in Olney, Ill .; George O., born in Olney, Ill., a student; and Harvey, born in Vincennes, a student. The fam- ily's religious connection is with the St. Joseph's German Catholic church. Mr. Boone is an Ancient Odd Fellow, a member of the A. O. U. W. and the Cigarmaker's union, and politically he is a republican.

Mr. Boone's father died at Louisville, Ky., in middle life. His mother afterward married Frederick Hockwiler at Louisville, to whom she bore three children, Charles and Mary, and one who died in infancy. She died in middle life and her children reside at St. Louis.

H ERMAN BOOKHAGE, a prominent and highly respected dry- goods and clothing merchant of Vincennes, Ind., and an act- ive member of St. John's parish, was born August 2, 1845, at Es- sen, in the grand dukedom of Albenburg, Germany, the son of Herman Henry and Bernardine (Huslage) Bookhage, both natives of the above place.

Herman Bookhage received a liberal education in the schools and colleges of his native country, and upon attaining his majority sought his fortunes in America. Attracted to Vincennes by the presence here of his maternal uncle, Theodore Huslage, he arrived in this city September 2, 1866, just one month after he had cele- brated the twenty-first anniversary of his birth. He was for quite a number of years employed in the mercantile house of J. B. La Plante & Bros., and about twenty years ago entered the employ of his uncle, Mr. Huslage, in his day one of the most influential mer- chants in Vincennes, to whose extensive business, upon his death, our subject succeeded, and which he is still conducting with marked success.

Theodore Huslage is well remembered by the older inhabitants of Vincennes as a man of warm heart, large public spirit and great

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private beneficence. He was born in Germany January 13, 1827, and when twenty years of age came to this country and established himself in the dry-goods and clothing way at Vincennes. He was ever noted for his liberality toward the church and to all enterprises, both public and private, tending to the general welfare of the com- munity. He bestowed largely in charities and was especially indulgent toward orphanages. His good works lived after him, for in his will were many charitable bequests, among which were gifts of $500 to each of the pastors in Vincennes; to Bishop Chatard, for the orphanage at Highland, $1,500; to St. John's church at Vincennes, $2,000, and liberal donations to the orphanage at Co- lumbus, Ohio, and to a similar institution in his native country. His death occurred April 16, 1889, and his nephew, our subject, was named as the executor of his will. The extensive estate was settled satisfactorily, and the benevolent bequests faithfully exe- cuted. Mr. Bookhage then succeeded to his uncle's large mercan- tile business, which has been enlarged until it comprises one of the most extensive dry-goods and clothing stocks in Vincennes, ranging in value from $20,000 to $25,000, the store giving employment to a considerable force of clerks.

On November 5, 1875, in Vincennes, Mr. Bookhage was united in marriage with Miss Clara Delfmann, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1845, and came to America in 1873. They are the parents of two sons-John T., born August 10, 1876, and Louis A., born March 31, 1880. Both sons are engaged in their father's store. They were educated in St. John's parochial school, and are at present taking their finishing course under private instruction.

As far as they are aware, Mr. and Mrs. Bookhage are the only representatives of their respective families in America. They are worthy and active members of St. John's German Catholic church, of which they have been members ever since their arrival in Vin- cennes. Mr. Bookhage is a member of the C. K. of A., and of St. John's Benevolent society, in which latter he has always taken a prominent part, holding several terms each the offices of president, secretary and treasurer, and is now, at his own request, upon the list of honorary members.

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J JAMES BOURGHOLTZER, the artistic photographer of Wash- ington, Daviess county, Ind., is a native of Ohio, was born in Portsmouth, Scioto county, October 21, 1862, and is a son of John and Caroline (Dern) Bourgholtzer, natives of Lorraine, France.

John Bourgholtzer, father of subject, was born in 1816, came to the United States in 1856, and located in Portsmouth, Ohio, where he worked in a rolling-mill until 1876, when he retired. He was bereft of his life-partner May 5, 1880, and his own death occurred December 29, 1886, both being devout members of St. Mary's Catholic congregation, Portsmouth. In politics he was a democrat, and was greatly esteemed as a useful citizen. They were parents of seven children, born in the following order: John, deceased; Mary, wife of P. Petry, of Ohio; Phillopona, deceased; Martin, deaceased; William, living in Portsmouth; James, the sub- ject of this sketch, and Francis, deceased.

James Bourgholtzer attended the parochial schools of Ports- mouth, Ohio, until seventeen years of age, then attended St. Vin- cent abbey, Westmoreland county, Penn., two years, and on his return to Portsmouth began learning photography with J. N. Lutz, with whom he remained seven and one-half years; he then went to Cincinnati, where he was employed in a gallery for a year, and thence came to Washington, succeeded S. H. Wickhiser in business, and here has made an indubitable success. In 1891 he built his present magnificent photograph gallery on Main street. It is richly furnished, and is as well equipped as any art gallery it the state. Perfect in all its arrangements and decorations, and first class in all that pertains to pictures, the very latest styles of photos are made by him, and " you can almost hear the little things talk," is often said of Bourgholtzer's baby pictures. His reputation as a pho- tographer is established, and Mr. Bourgholtzer is not only a pho- tographer but an artist, and that is the secret of successful photog- raphy. His crayon work is greatly sought after by the people and never fails to give satisfaction. He has recently put in a flash- light machine, and is now prepared to make pictures of parlor parties, interior of stores or dwellings and family circles in the home. ,With this machine, pictures can be made anywhere, by day or night.

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The marriage of Mr. Bourgholtzer took place in Washington, Ind., September 6, 1888, to Miss Abagail Spencer, a native of Springfield, Ill., and a daughter of George and Marion (Hill) Spencer. This marriage has been blessed with four children-John, Spencer, Marion Cecele and Harold. The parents are members of St. Simon's Catholic congregation, and Mr. Bourgholtzer is also a member of the Young Men's institute. He has been very pros- perous, and beside his business property owns four lots and resi- dences in the city, and he and wife stand high in both social and church circles.

EV. JOSEPH F. DELANEY, pastor of St. Patrick's church, Fort Wayne, Ind., was born in Thompsonville, Conn., January 15, 1860, and is son of John and Mary (Conerty) Delaney, the former of whom was a baker by trade, and was called from earth July 13, 1885, his wife having passed away December 21, 1866, both in the faith of the holy Catholic church, and the parents of seven children.

Rev. Joseph F. Delaney attended the parochial schools of his native city until sixteen years of age, and then entered the seminary of Our Lady of Angels, at Suspension Bridge, N. Y., from which he graduated at the age of twenty-four years. He completed his theological course at St. Vincent's, Pa., graduated in 1887, and was ordained at the cathedral in Fort Wayne, Ind., June 29, 1887, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwenger. Father Delaney read his first mass at Thompsonville, Conn., July 3, 1887, and August 15, 1887, was appointed assistant at the Fort Wayne cathedral, where he officiated until November 27, 1889, when he was appointed to the pastorate of the new parish of St. Patrick, to succeed Rev. Father O'Leary, who died October 24, 1889.

Rev. Father Delaney has exhibited much zeal and energy since assuming the duties of his present charge, and within two years after his appointment had purchased six lots and had com- pleted the erection of the church-edifice, school-house and paro- chial residence, at a cost of about $8, 500. His congregation numbers about 400 families, and the school attendance is about (126)

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450 pupils, under charge of ten Sisters of Providence, who train the children through eight lower grades, after which they are advanced to the higher grades, in charge of the Brothers.

Father Delaney is pious, eloquent, scholarly and affable, and is untiring in his labors for the welfare of his parishioners, by whom he is beloved with all that affection which the true Catholic knows so well how to bestow on a devoted pastor.

P ATRICK BOWEN, who resides with his family at No. 832 English avenue, Indianapolis, has been a resident of the state of Indiana since 1852. He was born in county Galway, Ireland, February 13, 1829, and remained in his native land until he was twenty-three years of age, when he came to the United States. His sister, Bridget Mullen, had come across the sea two years before, and she now lives with a daughter at Ogden, Henry county, Ind. A brother of Mr. Bowen, named Thomas, came over sev- eral years later, and is now a resident of Knightstown, in the same county. These two and Patrick, the subject of this sketch, are the only members of the family that have emigrated to the United States.

Patrick Bowen was married in Indianapolis by the Rev Fa- ther Besoines, October 2, 1859, to Miss Nora Cleary, a native of county Limerick, Ireland, and a daughter of Patrick Cleary, whose family were among the early Catholic residents of Indianapolis. After his marriage Mr. Bowen lived in Wayne county, Ind., and later in Henry county, Ind., and was for some time engaged in railroading, but later purchased a farm on which he lived until the spring of 1897, when he removed to Indianapolis, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen are the parents of eleven children, of whom six still survive. David, the eldest of the six, is superintendent of schools at Fort Scott, Kans .; Catherine is an attendant at the asylum for the insane in Indianapolis; Walter is agent for the Metropolitan Insurance company. The others are Mary, John and Gertie. The children that have died, died in early childhood, with the exception of one son, James, who grew

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to manhood, learned the trade of machinist, and died December 27, 1896. He was a most worthy young man, well liked by every one, and his early death was the cause of great regret. Mr. Bowen and family are highly esteemed members of St. Patrick's parish, and possess the confidence of all that know them.

M RS. MARY A. BRADLEY, a highly-esteemed resident of Van Buren township, Daviesss county, Ind., was born near Phil- adelphia, Pa., February 18, 1828, and is the eldest of the four children-one son and three daughters-born to Thomas and Mar- garet (W'ade) Windstandley. The father was a machinist by occu- pation, and about 1842 came to Indiana and settled in Martin county, where he early lost his wife, and where his own death occurred in December, 1872, in the faith of the Catholic church, of which he and wife had been life-long members.

Mary A. Windstandley was a girl of thirteen years when she came to Martin county with her parents. She was educated in the primitive log school-house of the then wild country, and at the age of twenty-two years was confirmed in the Catholic faith by Bishop de St. Palais. About the year 1853 she was united in marriage by Father La Franc with James Bradley, and this union was blessed with five sons and six daughters, of whom six are still living, viz: James C., a farmer of Van Buren township, a married man and in politics a democrat; Thomas J., who was educated at Bardstown, Ky., is a carpenter by occupation, and resides in Greeley Center, Nebr. ; Peter J., who is married and is a resident of Van Buren township; Frank P., who still lives with his mother; Mary, wife of James Dunn, a farmer of Van Buren township, and Catherine A., with her mother. The children still at home, like their mother, are devoted members of St. Mary's congregation, and are never behindhand in their contributions to its support. They are largely instrumental in causing the erection of the present church and par- sonage, in this parish, and are ever forward in promoting the good work of their pastor, Rev. John McCabe.

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always an industrious man, worked his way through life by his personal energy, and eventually acquired an estate of 200 acres of good farming land in Van Buren township. He was a strong pillar of the Catholic church and died in the faith in February, 1891, honored by all who knew hin. Mrs. Bradley has many warm friends who hold her in the highest esteem, and is passing her declining years in peace on the old homestead, where her chil- dren, Frank and Catherine, pay her every filial attention and smooth away the cares and asperities of fading life.

G EORGE P. BOWER, the leading furniture delaler and under- taker of Tipton, Ind., was born in this city June 28, 1864, and is a son of John and Catherine (Swartz) Bower, whose biog- raphy appears in the sketch of Frank J. Bower, on another page. George P. Bower was educated in the parochial schools of Tipton, and also attended one term at St. Meinrad, and was still a small boy when sent to Kokomo to assist in the altar services, and was also the first boy to assist in serving mass in Tipton. His first business experience was as clerk in a drug store, which calling he followed eighteen years, when his health became impaired, when he relinquished clerking, and in 1893 purchased an interest in the furniture and undertaking business already being conducted by S. G. Young, and the firm has since stood as Young & Bower-the most extensive in its line in Tipton.

In 1893, Mr. Bower was united in marriage with Miss Innie Burgess, daughter of Alexander Burgess, a business man of Arca- dia, Ind., of which place Mrs. Bower is a native. Mr. and Mrs. Bower are members of St. John the Baptist congregation, and Mr. Bower is a member of St. John Benevolent society and of the C. B. L., is liberal in his contributions to the support of the church and active in the work of its sodalities. He takes a lively interest in local politics, having been reared a democrat, but never having been an aspirant to public office. His residence on South Main street was the former home of his parents, and here he and wife enjoy the society of a large circle of warm and sincere friends.

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JOHN LOUIS BOUVY, the expert tinner and coppersmith, residing at No. 825 Prospect street, Indianapolis, was born in Montarmire, department of Ardennes, France, June 24, 1854, a son of Adrian and Eugenie (Bienfait) Bouvy, the former a native of Belgium, and the latter of Montarmire, France, where their marriage took place in 1853, the former having been born January 18, 1824, and the latter February 2, 1836.

Adrian Bouvy came to America in May, 1854, and two years after his arrival on this continent settled in Indianapolis, where he passed the remainder of his life. In 1858, his wife, his mother- in-law, and his son, John Louis, the subject of this memoir, fol- lowed the father and reached Indianapolis November 22, 1859. In this city two daughters and one son were added to the family, and these were named, in order of birth, Julius Henry, Marie Phil- omena and Elizabeth Frances-the two daughters being now Mrs. Maria Jasper and Mrs. Elizabeth Newmeister of this city. The two brothers, John Louis and Julius Henry, learned their trade under their father, who operated a tinsmith and coppersmith shop on Virginia avenue from 1868 until his death, February 21, 1891, the death of his wife following November 1, 1894, both being most devoted Catholics.

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History of the Catholic church in Indiana, Volume II, Part 8

Author: Blanchard, Charles, fl. 1882-1900, ed Publication date: 1898 Publisher: Logansport, Ind., A. W. Bowen & co. Number of Pages: 1476

Author: Blanchard, Charles, fl. 1882-1900, ed
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Logansport, Ind., A. W. Bowen & co.
Number of Pages: 1476