Paul Peterson Bogh 1850-1922

BOGH, DAHL, GREGGERSON, GREGERSON, KLING, LAIDIG, BOSLEY, SKOW, HANSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/16/2014 at 23:42:18

Pioneer Resident Died At Home In Armstrong
Mr. Paul Peterson Bogh of Armstrong, Iowa, died at his home on Wednesday, October 4th, 1922, at the age of 72 years, four months and 25 days. The immediate cause of his death being cancer which affected his heart and large blood vessels.

Mr. Bogh was born on May 9th, 1850, near Copenhagen, Denmark, and early in 1871 he married Miss Marion Dahl and they at once sailed for this country and lived in and around New York for about two years. In 1873 they moved to Clinton, Iowa where the family resided until 1882. In 1879 Mrs. Bogh died leaving three small children without a mother’s tender care. These children are Peter Bogh of Huron, South Dakota, Joe Bogh now postmaster at Rutland, Iowa, and Chris Bogh of Great Falls, Montana.

On June 23rd, 1880, Mr. Bogh was married a second time to Mrs. Elizabeth Kling Greggerson and in 1882 they moved to Emmet county, Iowa, and settled on a farm on section 11 of Denmark township where they resided until the spring of 1910 when they retired from active farm life and moved to Armstrong where they have since resided. To the second marriage was born six children, as follows: Mrs. Mary Laidig of Ringsted, Iowa, Mrs. Ellen Bosley of Morril, Ohio, Mrs. Katie Skow of Swea City, Iowa, Mrs. Christina Hanson of Gruver, Iowa, Marius Bogh of Clark, South Dakota and Robert Bogh of Bonesteel, South Dakota. He also leaves two brothers, Marius, of LeMars, Iowa, and Nis, still a resident of the old country.

Mr. Bogh came to Emmet county when there was no closer town than Estherville, Emmetsburg or Algona and all the produce had to be hauled over the prairies to these towns. Mr. Bogh was at one time postmaster of Ringsted, when the post office was kept at the homes of the settlers as there was no town or station in those days. Mr. Bogh was known as one of the original old settlers and he lived to see this country develop from the real wet prairie to as near a garden as it is possible to make any country.

Mr. Bogh always took an active part in the affairs of his community and for the good of the country. While residents of Denmark township, they were affiliated with the Danish Lutheran church.

Funeral services were conducted from the home in Armstrong last Sunday afternoon by Rev. F.G. Rasmussen of Ringsted and the remains laid to rest in the Armstrong Cemetery. (Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, October 11, 1922)