Bohle, Wilhelm

BOHLE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 11/11/2007 at 22:30:10

Wilhelm Bohle

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.208, Pleasant Twp.)
Wilhelm Bohle, farmer, P. O. Avoca, was born in Waldeck, Germany, May 24, 1853, son of Friedrich and Louise (Roch) Bohle, both natives of Waldeck, Germany; he, born in December 1823, is a cabinet-maker, and is still living; she, born in March, 1824, and died in the place of her birth in 1880. They were the parents of five children - two sons and three daughters. Our subject went to school in his native country, and commenced life as a farmer. He emigrated to America in 1872, and lived in Scott County, this State for six years. He came to Pleasant Township in 1878, and purchased eighty acres of improved land at $22.50 per acre; nearly all the branches of farming claim his attention. He was married in James Township, this county, March 11, 1879, to Anna Bockenthen, born in Holstein, Germany, November 2, 1863, daughter of C. and Dora (Bilenberg) Bockenthen, both natives of Holstein, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Bohle have one boy, Friedrich, born September 4, 1881. In religion our subject is a Lutheran, and in politics is a Republican.