Jacob Benjamin Bosshart

• From dalbydata.com: Bosshardt Jacob Biography Bk-History of Rice & Steele Cos Vol I & II 1910. Jacob Bosshardt b in Philadelphia, PA, Mar 6 1852. He is son of Jacob & Barbia S (Busch) Bosshardt, father being native of Switzerland & mother of Ger. He was dyer by trade & came to Am at early day & located in Pennsylvania. He ran news route for few yrs, then conducted grocery store until 1855, when he came west & bought farm of 160 acres in Wheeling Twp, Rice Co. He then returned to PA & in fall of same yr brought out his family & settled on his farm in Sect 21, where he did gen'l farming until 1883. He rented his farm to son Daniel & moved to Faribault, where he lived in retirement until death in 1887. Mrs Bosshardt d at Nerstrand in Oct 1908. Jacob Bosshardt was educated in dist schools at Wheeling & aft leaving school he worked on his father's farm, until 1875, when he rented farm & did gen'l farming until 1878. He then moved to LeSueur Co, bought 80 acres, & farmed until 1884, when he sold farm & returned to Rice Co & bought old homestead of his father. He did gen'l farming until 1909, then rented his farm to son Edwin & moved to Nerstrand, where he & wife are now living. 10 children blessed home of Mr & Mrs Bosshardt: Aaron, married, & living on his farm at Sauk Ctr; Adolph, married, & also living on farm at Sauk Ctr; Benjamin lives at Nerstrand; Lydia, m Charles Taylor, who works in wagon factory-they live at Sauk Ctr; Edwin lives in Wheeling; Franklin, Herbert, Ellen, Lovern & Lillian, last 5, are living at home w/parents. In politics he is Republican, & he is mbr United Evangelical Church.
• From findagrave.com: Birth: 1852 Death: 1935 "Father" Burial: Evangelical Cem, Nerstrand, Rice Co, MN, USA

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When Jacob, Aaron and Sam Bosshardt came to Sauk Centre looking for Herman Draeger they liked the land around there and it was cheaper, so in 1899 Jacob and his sons Aaron and Adolph came to Sauk Centre and bought a farm which Aaron and Adolph ran while bachelors. Their brother Ben came up but left. In 1916 Edwin and his family, with Lovern helping, moved to Sauk Centre. This, according to Aaron, is why the boys came to live in Sauk Centre. When Jacob's wife, Bertha Becker, died in January 1929 Jacob went to Sauk Centre and made his home with his son Ben from Marck 1929 to March 1935 when he died.