Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Boeken, B B
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Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn

Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

B. B. BOEKEN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Monee; one of our early settlers; was born 
in Germany April 16, 1811; came to the United States in 1852, and to this State, and 
settled in Will Co. in the same year; his pursuit from his settlement in the county until 
1854 was that of a boot and shoemaker; his farm consists of 122 acres, valued at $6,000. 
He was married to Miss Caroline LEHMAN, who was born in Germany Feb. 24, 1824; they have 
three children, viz., Charles, Theodore and Carolina. Since Mr. BOEKEN's residence in the 
township he has held the office of School Director twenty years.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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