James Chambers Bovard and Sarah R. Shields

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Husband James Chambers Bovard ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 May 1844 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: Johnston Bovard (1810-1874) 1 2 4
         Mother: Lydia Adams (Abt 1814-1905) 2 5

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       Marriage: 10 Feb 1870 2

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Wife Sarah R. Shields ^{2 3}

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         Father: James Shields (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Fanny [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Della Bovard ⁶

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         Spouse: Harry Adams (      -      ) 6

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2 M Samuel H. Bovard ²

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         Spouse: Blanche Gerlach (      -      ) 2

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3 M Ernest E. Bovard ²

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         Spouse: Clara Krah (      -      ) 2

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4 M Herbert N. Bovard ²

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General Notes: Husband - James Chambers Bovard

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He passed his boyhood days on the home farm and received what education he could from the country schools. In 1862, in response to the President's call for troops, he enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment Penna. Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Henry Pillow. He served nine months in the army and took part in the battles of South Mountain, Chancellorsville and Antietam and also several skirmishes, after which he returned to Butler County and spent several years in the oil district. In 1866 he began working at carpentering and for a period of twenty-six years was engaged in contracting and building in various parts of the county. In 1893, he became a salesman for L. Hammond & A. Gaston, lumber dealers at Wick, Pennsylvania, and remained with this concern for eight years, when he purchased Mr. Gaston's interest and removed the stock to Forestville, where he established his present business under the firm name of J. C. Bovard & Sons. Mr. Bovard started in a small way and as business increased, added to his stock, now carrying an extensive line of lumber, doors, windows, glass, hardware, paints and other building supplies, and his was recognized as one of the leading business enterprises of Forestville. Mr. Bovard also owned a valuable farm of seventy acres in Mercer Township, this being operated by his son Samuel. In the summer of 1908, Mr. Bovard erected a commodious frame residence in Forestville and moved to it November 24, 1908. In politics, Mr. Bovard gave his support to the Prohibition party. He was a member of and an elder in the United Presbyterian Church. [HBC 1909, 1152]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1216.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1152.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1082.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 370.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1081.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 784, 1152.