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JOHN LEAP BAGENSTOS, (see page 19 |
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JOHN LEAP BAGENSTOS, blacksmith bytrade,farmer,ret.1884 when his son John bought the homestead property ( see this page of Family History |
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8 Childrenildrenwere born. His wife, who shared bravely the hardships of the early pioneer days, died oftuberculosis at the age if 74 |
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8 Children.The following is taken from a typed article found in the John L. Bagenstos Family Bibleand compiled by one of his grandchildren:He spent his childhood in the then sparsely settled east. Sundays he went to Sunday Schoolin the little log church where his father alternated with other members on picket duty to guardagainst a surprise attack and massacre by Indians. He lived in a time when a man dare not gointo his field without his rifle slung across his shoulder to prevent himself from the savageredman who had no love for the pale faces who usurped their lands.He went to school to a master who earned his salary by subscription and when educationwas dearly earned, many of the pupils walking five to six miles to and from the schoolhouse.He remembered vividly the time when the law providing for free schools was first passed by thelegislature. Most of the people, as is often the case, opposed the law, blind to the good resulsure to follow and at one time Mr. Bagenstos narrowly escaped a severe threshing for defendingit.In 1842, he married Miss Elizabeth Helman and in 1855 they moved west, settling 100miles west of the present site of Davenport and within a few miles of the now existing townof Brooklyn,IA, at that time was a savage wilderness and hard and- 19-A2 B4 C5 D1unrelenting labor stared each newcomer in the face. On every side rose the virginwilderness containing the only available lumber the uncultivated ground covered withdense underbrush and offering naught in the way of food stuffs. The family settled on avaluable tract of land, securing it under the homestead law and there Mr. Bagenstos erectedhis home, a log cabin that stood for many, many years and where several of his |
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D1. JOHN LEAP BAGENSTOS
Backenstoss--Baggenstoss Family History - 1993 - Main Book, Late Addendum - Page 19
D1. JOHN LEAP BAGENSTOS
D1. JOHN LEAP BAGENSTOS
