Julia Sands Bossingham 1840-1907

BOSSINGHAM, SANDS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 6/30/2014 at 21:18:02

Mrs. Bossingham [Julia Sands], of Gridley, died last week. The funeral occurred Friday and the remains laid to rest in the Armstrong cemetery. Deceased and her husband had conducted the store in Gridley for a number of years. Mrs. Bossingham was one of those kind, good, motherly, Christian old ladies who will be greatly missed by a large circle of acquaintances outside of her own family. She cast on all with whom she came in contact, the reflection of a pure soul, gracious and noble disposition, and noble womanhood. It is such people who make this wicked world a pleasant place to life. Besides her aged husband she leaves several children to mourn the loss of the best friend they had on earth. (Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, May 29, 1907)

Mrs. Wm. Bossingham of Gridley, whose illness was mentioned in last week’s Courier, died last week. Mr. Bossingham’s old friends of this place sympathize with him. (Algona Courier, Algona, IA, May 31, 1907)

Mrs. Bossingham’s Death
Passes Away at Her Home in Gridley, Iowa
Mrs. W.B. Bossingham, for a considerable time a resident of Algona, died May 23, at her home in Gridley, Emmet county, Iowa. She had been ill for three months. She was upwards of 67 years of age at her death. She was a native of New York state, from whence her family moved to Rutland, Dane county, Wis., where she was married November 29, 1866 to W.B. Bossingham, who had but recently returned from service in an Iowa regiment in the civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Bossingham came to Iowa in 1872 and settled on a farm near LuVerne. They moved in 1893 [1898?] to a farm in Union township and later lived in Algona. In 1903 they moved to Gridley where Mr. Bossingham engaged in the mercantile business. Mrs. Bossingham is survived by her husband, three sons, one daughter and two brothers. She was a beautiful Christian character and will be mourned by all who knew her. (Upper Des Moines Republican, Estherville, IA, June 5, 1907)