Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
Amos James Bontrager
1826 - 1899 (73 years)
Person ID: I37310
1803 - 1887 (83 years)
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Name Amos James Bontrager [1, 2] Born 20 Apr 1826 [1, 2] Gender Male Died 24 Oct 1899 Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA 
[2] Buried Bontrager South Cemetery, Shipshewana, Lagrange, Indiana, USA [2] - row 12, space 20
Siblings 1. Veronica Bontrager (ID:I37309), b. 22 Sep 1803, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 Jan 1887, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)2. John J. Bontrager (ID:I37322), b. 10 Mar 1805, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 27 Apr 1891, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 86 years)3. Margaret Bontrager (ID:I55399), b. 23 Jan 1807, d. 20 Jul 1882, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 75 years)4. Maria Borntrager (ID:I37308), b. 14 Nov 1808, d. 24 Aug 1896, Newberry, Greene, Indiana, USA (Age 87 years)5. Joseph Bontrager (ID:I37321), b. 4 Aug 1811, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 5 Apr 1908, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 96 years)6. Gertrude Bontrager (ID:I37461), b. 29 Jan 1814, d. 8 Jan 1891, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years)7. Christian Bontrager (ID:I37311), b. 16 Jan 1816, d. 16 Mar 1907, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA (Age 91 years)8. Barbara Bontrager (ID:I37312), b. 21 Jul 1819, d. 7 Jun 1902, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 82 years)Parents
Father John J. Bontrager (ID:I37318), b. 3 Oct 1781, (Before 17 Apr 1795 Somerset County, Pennsylvania was part of Bedford County), Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 Feb 1856, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 74 years) Mother Barbara Johns (ID:I37302), b. 22 Jan 1782, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 May 1870, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 88 years) Married Dec 1802 Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA [3] Family
Wife Lydia Ann Miller (ID:I37462), b. 21 Jul 1828, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 21 Dec 1898, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 70 years) Married 17 Nov 1849 [1] Children 1. Rosanna Bontrager (ID:I37466), b. 10 Mar 1850, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 26 Feb 1922, Reno, Kansas, USA (Age 71 years)2. Catherine Bontrager (ID:I37469), b. 1851, Lagrange, Indiana, USA 3. Gertrude A. Bontrager (ID:I37468), b. 12 Jun 1851, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 11 Feb 1901, Haven, Reno, Kansas, USA (Age 49 years)4. Isaac A. Bontrager (ID:I37470), b. 29 Jan 1853, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 8 Jan 1904, Custer, Oklahoma, USA (Age 50 years)5. Barbara A. Bontrager (ID:I37471), b. 21 Nov 1854, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 30 Apr 1918, Reno, Kansas, USA (Age 63 years)6. John A. Bontrager (ID:I37465), b. 5 Oct 1856, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 1935, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 78 years)7. Elias A. Bontrager (ID:I37473), b. 16 Dec 1861, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 19 Jan 1956, Fairview, Oscoda, Michigan, USA (Age 94 years)8. David Amos Bontrager (ID:I37463), b. 30 Dec 1864, Shipshewana, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 9 Jul 1947, Rural, Lagrange, Indiana, USA (Age 82 years)9. Lydia Bontrager (ID:I37464), b. 15 Mar 1867, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 6 Sep 1924 (Age 57 years)10. Abner A. Bontrager (ID:I37467), b. 19 Feb 1870, Lagrange, Indiana, USA , d. 1949, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA (Age 78 years) -
Event Map
Died - 24 Oct 1899 - Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA 
Buried - - Bontrager South Cemetery, Shipshewana, Lagrange, Indiana, USA = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 5314.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.
- [S1251] Find A Grave, Amos James Bontrager.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28920378/amos-james-bontrager - [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 432.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RD1.
- [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 5314.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.