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Born 1831
From Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905)
JOHN GEORGE BOSCH.
John George Bosch, a native of Germany who has made his home for many and welfare of this party. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias for two years, and served this lodge as secretary one year. He is a member of the German years in Flint River township, where scores Lutheran Zion church. He is a man of his countrymen have made a settlement, is a son of Melcher and Barbara (Hecker) Bosch. His birth occurred Sept. 15, 1831. His parents educated him in the common schools of his birthplace. Being free many experiences, and one well versed in all the issues of the day. His great energy, ambition, and activity coupled with strong principles of right-doing towards all men, have won for him success from school work he entered a brewery, and the respect and friendship of the entire where he learned the business, at which he township.
was employed till 1854, when he came to
America.
After a long and tedious voyage of fifty-two days on the water, he landed in the great City of New York. He then Numbered among the well-known and came direct to Burlington, joining his thoroughly representative business men of
As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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