Joseph "Sep" Borntrager

Joseph married Barbara on March 25, 1832.

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IN Deaths:
Name: Joseph Bontrager
Date: 5 Apr 1908
LOCATION: Newbury Township
Age: 96 yr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Source Location: County Health Office, La Grange
Source Notes: The source of this record is the book H-15 on page 8 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.

Bontrager. Joseph Bontrager was born in Somerset Co., Pa., Aug. 4, 1811: died in Lagrange Co., Ind., April 5, 1908, aged 96 y. 8 m. 1 d. He was married to Barbara Yoder in 1832. In 1841 he moved to Elkhart Co., Ind. He was one of the first Amish settlers of the state of Indiana. In 1853 he moved to Lagrange Co., Ind., where he lived to his death. His wife died Oct. 2, 1888. To them were born 7 sons and 4 daughters, of whom 6 sons and 1 daughter survive. He united with the Amish Church in his youth and in his younger years he was ordained deacon, to which office he was faithful as long as he was able to attend to duties. he outlived all his brothers and sisters, and we may well say, he lived a good, exemplary life. Two of his sons are bishops, two are deacons and one is a minister, all in the Amish Church. REUBEN YODER. Source: Gospel Herald, Vol. I, No. 3, 18 Apr 1908.

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