1884
History of Green
County
CHAPTER XI
p. 293
John Bolander
John Bolander, president of the
Citizens Bank of Monroe, Wis., was born in Union, now Snyder Co., Penn.,
March 5, 1837. He was a son of John and Catharine (Stees) Bolander,
native of the same county. In 1840 his father with the family emigrated
to Stephenson Co., Ill. His father was a life long member of the
German Reformed Church, and his mother of the Lutheran. He was one
of a family of twelve children, ten of whom lived to an adult age.
His father was a man of more than ordinary ability, and had a large circle
of friends. John, the subject of this sketch, was three years old
when his parents settled in Stephenson county, where he was brought up
and educated. When nineteen years old he was employed as clerk by
David Witmer at Rock Grove. Two years later he came to Juda where
the stock had been removed. In 1863 he engaged in the grocery business
in Monroe. In 1865 the firm was changed to Bolander & Ball,
and continued until 1867; from that time up to 1873, J. Bolander,
when the firm was changed to J. Bolander & Co., and also changed
the business to dry goods. Mr. Bolander is among the oldest business
men in the city. In 1861, he was married to Sarah E. Hosier
a native of Ohio. By this union there were four children--Kittie,
Frederick, Charles and Edna. Mr. Bolander is a staunch
republican and was a member of the county board for ten years, and four
years chairman. He was in 1882 elected to the general assembly, re-elected
in 1833. . .
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