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Jonathan Bordner

Birth
Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Sep 1873 (aged 57)
Lewistown Township, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Jonathan Bordner, deceased, a prominent farmer of this tp., was born in Pennsylvania in 1816; in 1827 was moved with the family to Ohio; and in 1840 he came and settled on sec. 25, this tp.; in January, 1842, he married Lucinda, daughter of E. H. Bearce; has always been a farmer and stock-raiser; commenced in this county poor but is now among the wealthier class; has had 13 children, 10 of whom are living and 4 married. Harvey P. was in the 103d regt., and wounded at Mission Ridge, and soon afterward died; Alfred is married and resides in Waterford tp.; Christiana W. is married and lives in Lewistown; Sarah married and lives northwest of Lewistown; Amanda, married, resides in Quincy; Franklin, Amy T. and Homer are on the homestead; Mary L. is attending school at Quincy; Hattie is also at Quincy, and Era H. at home. Mrs. B. owns 280 acres of land. Mr. B. was a strong Republican. E. H. Bearce, father of Mrs. B., settled in Lewistown in 1826; next year he moved upon a farm of his own and became a prosperous farmer. He married Sarah Austin, by whom he had 8 children, 7 of whom are living. Mrs. B. is the eldest but one, and was born in Sangamon Co. Mr. Bearce died in 1856. (pages 787-788, submitted by Danni Hopkins)
Jonathan Bordner, deceased, a prominent farmer of this tp., was born in Pennsylvania in 1816; in 1827 was moved with the family to Ohio; and in 1840 he came and settled on sec. 25, this tp.; in January, 1842, he married Lucinda, daughter of E. H. Bearce; has always been a farmer and stock-raiser; commenced in this county poor but is now among the wealthier class; has had 13 children, 10 of whom are living and 4 married. Harvey P. was in the 103d regt., and wounded at Mission Ridge, and soon afterward died; Alfred is married and resides in Waterford tp.; Christiana W. is married and lives in Lewistown; Sarah married and lives northwest of Lewistown; Amanda, married, resides in Quincy; Franklin, Amy T. and Homer are on the homestead; Mary L. is attending school at Quincy; Hattie is also at Quincy, and Era H. at home. Mrs. B. owns 280 acres of land. Mr. B. was a strong Republican. E. H. Bearce, father of Mrs. B., settled in Lewistown in 1826; next year he moved upon a farm of his own and became a prosperous farmer. He married Sarah Austin, by whom he had 8 children, 7 of whom are living. Mrs. B. is the eldest but one, and was born in Sangamon Co. Mr. Bearce died in 1856. (pages 787-788, submitted by Danni Hopkins)


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