Bogard, Jacob 1847-1934

BOGARD, SWANGEL, DICKSON, KIRBY, LONG, BARRIE, SUTPHIN, STURM

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 11/12/2014 at 08:41:43

The Grinnell (IA) Herald
Oct. 9, 1934

TAPS SOUND FOR
JACOB BOGARD,
G.A.R. VETERAN

(From the Montezuma Republican)

Jacob Bogard was born in Rose county [see note] Ohio, December 11, 1847. In 1853, he migrated with his parents to Illinois. On February 11, 1864, young Jacob was playing in the school yard at Wyoming, Ill., when a recruiting officer went past. He and two others left school and enlisted in the army as members of Logan's 15th Corps. He was discharged in August, 1864. After the war he returned to his Illinois home and from there migrated to Iowa in 1886.

He was married to Mrs. Mable Swangel at Montezuma, Iowa, June 17, 1896. Mrs. Bogard died May 18, 1920. On July 26, 1930, he married Mrs. Clara Dickson.

Those surviving Mr. Bogard are Mr. Bogard's two daughters, Mrs. Fred Kirby of Montezuma and Mrs. A.B. Long of Des Moines; one son, Claude, of Montezuma; two stepdaughters, Mrs. William Barrie of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Mrs. William Sutphin of Montezuma; and a sister, Mrs. Nancy Sturm, of Bradford, Ill.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist Episcopal church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J.H. Krenmyre, with the Rev. Eli Gregson preaching the sermon.

The members of the Donald E. Blakley post of the American Legion were in charge of the services at the grave and furnished the pallbearers, who were Howard Bernard, J.V. Stilson, Sam Smith, Forrest Horsford, Leo Duncan and L.C. Miltenbergeer.

The firing squad was in charge of Commander A.G. Fett and fired the salutes over the final resting place. C.K. Gunner presented the flag to Mrs. Bogard, which was the first time in this county it had been given to the widow of a Civil War veteran.

Transcriber Note: The newspaper possibly made a typo, as there is no Rose county, Ohio