JACOB BOSSERT was born in Germany in 1838, son of John and Christiana
(Zigler) Bossert;  is the third in a family of five children.  Mr. Bossert
came to America in 1857, and settled in the old Pennsylvania State, and
there remained two years, and then came to Indiana and located in Bedford,
Lawrence County, where he remained about ten years, and then removed to his
present place in Indian Creek Township.  The major part of the life of Mr.
Bossert has been spent at carpentering, and as an architect he has had few
superiors in Lawrence County.  For several years Mr. Bossert has been giving
his entire attention to agriculture and stock-raising.  He owns more than
200 acres of well improved land, and in addition he has control of the
famous Williams farm.  Mr. Bossert was married in 1867 to Miss Macena R.
Williams, a native of Lawrence County.  To this union have been born three
children, viz.:  Lydia, Katie and Perry.  The subject of this mention
enlisted in the United States Army in May, 1862, in Company A, Sixty-seventh
Indiana Volunteers, and after being prisoner of war twice, and serving his
country three years, he was honorably discharge in 1865 at Galveston, Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. Bossert are members of the Christian Church, and he is one of
Lawrence County's best men.  He was a farm an true friend of Bartemus
Williams.   He is one of the successful men of Lawrence County, and is a
Republican.


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