- SYVER H. BOHN. One of the most desirable farms of Green county
is located on Section 10,
- in Adams township, eighteen miles northwest of Monroe, and
is the valuable property of one of the wealthy and highly esteemed
farmers, Syver H. BOHN.
- Mr. BOHN was born July 17, 1846, near Walders, Norway, a
country which has contributed
- some of the best types of citizenship which Wisconsin is
proud to acknowledge. His father was Hermon HERMONSON, who died
in his native country, and when Mr. BOHN came to America, he
adopted his present name. Mr. BOHN came to Green county in 1876
and three years later married Miss Julia NELSON, of Adams township,
a daughter of Andrew NELSON, who was also a native of Norway.
Seven children have been born to this union: Annie, who died
at the age of twenty; Inga, married to B. G. VINGER, and lives
four miles from her old home; Hannah, who passed away when young;
Andrew, who died when twenty-one; Hannah, at home; Julia and
Ida, also at home. Mr. BOHN has been sorely bereft, as in 1898
his beloved wife was removed by death, at the early age of forty-one.
She was a most estimable, Christian lady, a devoted wife and
an affectionate and self-sacrificing mother. Her mother, Mrs.
NELSON, makes her home with our subject, and in spite of her
eighty-four years, is enjoying good health.
- Before coming to America, Mr. BOHN received a fair education,
and his natural intelligence has
- given him a prominent position in township affairs, where
he has been called upon to serve as school director and road
supervisor, and he is particularly active in the Lutheran Church,
in which he is an official, and a liberal and cheerful contributor.
- The fine farm owned by Mr. BOHN consists of 200 acres, and
upon it is a commodious and
- comfortable dwelling, with excellent barns and other improvements,
and he is entirely out of debt, and is so situated that he has
no reason to fear that "rainy day," which it is wise
to prepare for. Mr. BOHN has earned all these comforts by his
own efforts, being an industrious and careful, as well as energetic
and a progressive farmer. He is engaged in general farming, and
in connection conducts a dairying business and manufactures cheese,
milking as many as 25 cows per day. While accumulating his property
he has also built up a reputation for honesty and upright dealing,
which has gained for him the confidence and respect of all with
whom he comes in contact. In politics, Mr. BOHN is an ardent
Republican, and exerts considerable influence in favor of his
chosen party. His standing is high, and it is a matter of congratulation
with him, that no business dealing of his has ever made it necessary
for him to call in the law.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 772-773.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
|