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John Levi Bolander

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John Levi Bolander

Birth
Brown County, Ohio, USA
Death
18 Apr 1899 (aged 83)
Oaklandon, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Marion County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Levi Bolander was born in Brown County, Ohio, October, 1815, and came to this township with his parents in October, 1828. He has lived here ever since, and now owns seven hundred and twenty-three acres of as fertile land as there is in the township. He resides two miles northeast of Lawrence.

He has been a great encourager of the public schools, and has freely given his money and time towards the mprovement of the public highways. He is treasurer of the Lawrence District Fair Association, an Odd-Fellow, a granger, and a member of the Lawrence Township Horse Company. He has fourteen children living, all of whom reside in this county except two.

He has been married three times, and is now living with his third wife (Mary J. Badgley), whom he married twenty-three years ago. He is known throughout the county as one of Lawrence township's most substantial, influential, and valuable citizens. He votes the Democratic ticket."

Source: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana


(Thanks to Contributor, Dr. Andree Swanson for this data 3-15-11)
Levi Bolander was born in Brown County, Ohio, October, 1815, and came to this township with his parents in October, 1828. He has lived here ever since, and now owns seven hundred and twenty-three acres of as fertile land as there is in the township. He resides two miles northeast of Lawrence.

He has been a great encourager of the public schools, and has freely given his money and time towards the mprovement of the public highways. He is treasurer of the Lawrence District Fair Association, an Odd-Fellow, a granger, and a member of the Lawrence Township Horse Company. He has fourteen children living, all of whom reside in this county except two.

He has been married three times, and is now living with his third wife (Mary J. Badgley), whom he married twenty-three years ago. He is known throughout the county as one of Lawrence township's most substantial, influential, and valuable citizens. He votes the Democratic ticket."

Source: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana


(Thanks to Contributor, Dr. Andree Swanson for this data 3-15-11)


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