Brothers Anton, Arnold, and Clemens Bockenstedt received national publicity when each, over ninety-years of age, decided to vote for Governor Alfred E. Smith based on the support of agriculture and willingness to admit the failure of Prohibition. Bockenstedt owned six lots and several buildings in New Vienna where he served as a school director and a member of the city council.
Lyon, Randolph W. Faith and Fortunes: An Encyclopedia of Dubuque County, Iowa City, Iowa. Flynn Printing and Graphics, 1998
(With thanks to Cheryl Locher Moonen for the above information)
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Brothers Anton, Arnold, and Clemens Bockenstedt received national publicity when each, over ninety-years of age, decided to vote for Governor Alfred E. Smith based on the support of agriculture and willingness to admit the failure of Prohibition. Bockenstedt owned six lots and several buildings in New Vienna where he served as a school director and a member of the city council.
Lyon, Randolph W. Faith and Fortunes: An Encyclopedia of Dubuque County, Iowa City, Iowa. Flynn Printing and Graphics, 1998
(With thanks to Cheryl Locher Moonen for the above information)
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Family Members
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Franz Heinrich "Frank" Böckenstedt
1831–1914
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Heinrich "Henry" Böckenstedt Sr
1833–1910
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Clemens "Clem" Böckenstedt
1834–1929
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Heinrich Arnold Böckenstedt
1837–1931
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Mary Ann Bockenstedt Bullinger
1841–1898
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Maria Elisabeth "Elizabeth" BöCkenstedt Vaske
1843–1913
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John Francis Bockenstedt
1847–1854
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Josephine Bockenstedt Kremer
1849–1886
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