ID: I2304
Name: John Strange Boicourt
Given Name: John Strange
Surname: Boicourt 1
Sex: M
_UID: 07E1048579094846A72486EBF26CE7535509
Birth: 30 JAN 1831 in , Clark, Indiana, USA
Death: 22 AUG 1885 in Moline, Elk, Kansas, USA
Note: Source:William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas ELK COUNTY, P art 6
John Strange BOICOURT, miller, was born in Clark County, Ind., in 1831, b ut was raised in Cass County, Ill., where he learned the carpenter's trad e, remaining until 1865, then emigrated to Boone County, Iowa, remainin g there until l870, when he settled in Kansas, and was one of the pioneer s of Howard County. He took a claim on Section 11, Township 31, Range 10 , which was watered by Wild Cat Creek, which he put a dam across, and i n 1874 put up a mill 18x20, J. W. Hanson going in with him at the time. T his was the first mill in this part of the county, and the only one now . In 1879. he remodeled the mill and enlarged the capacity 100 per cent , and put in a fifteen-horse power engine, and uses both water and stea m power, Mr. Hanson going out and John Strange Boicourt's son, Isaac Newt on, taking an interest. Mr. Boicourt has improved his place, put up goo d buildings, orchard and grove, and is raising stock. He is one of the be st citizens in the county, and is highly respected by all as a good and n oble man. He was married, in October, 1850, to Miss Katherine Ann Alliso n, of Cass County, Ill. They have six children - Mary L., Isaac Newton, C lara Elizabeth, Marcella F., Walter A. and Alma Josephine. He is a membe r of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Father: Thomas Boicourt b: 24 DEC 1804 in Washington, Mason, Kentucky, USA
Mother: Mary Ann Hamilton b: 15 MAY 1804 in , Harrison, Virginia, USA
Marriage 1
Katherine Anne Allison b: 27 NOV 1831 in , , Ohio, USA
- Married:
16 OCT 1850 1
in , Cass, Illinois, USA
Children
 Mary L. Boicourt b: 19 AUG 1851 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA- Issac Newton Boicourt b: 26 OCT 1853 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
- Clara Elizabeth Boicourt b: 13 FEB 1856 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
 Clyde A. Boicourt b: 17 DEC 1858 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA- Marcella M. Boicourt b: 7 JUL 1860 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
- Nella M. Boicourt b: 17 DEC 1862 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
- Walter A. Boicourt b: 1 OCT 1864 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
- Wilbur A. Boicourt b: 1 OCT 1864 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
- Clinton G. Boicourt b: 23 JUL 1868 in Boonsboro, Boone, Iowa, USA
- Alma Josephine Boicourt b: 7 APR 1874 in Moline, Elk, Kansas, USA
Sources:
- Title: WorldConnect Project "BoicourtByLines"
Abbrev: Boicourt Family History
Author: Compiled by Jean Boicourt
Text: Jean Boicourt has been assembling the history of her husband's family fo r years.
Repository: Name: worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com
Media: Electronic
Text: Date of Import: Mar 28, 2002
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