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Amos James Bontrager

Amos James Bontrager

Male 1826 - 1899  (73 years)
Person ID: I37310 


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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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Bontrager South Cemetery, Shipshewana, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • row 12, space 20
    Siblings
     1. Veronica Fanny Bontrager (ID:I37309),   b. 21 Sep 1803, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1887, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. John J. Bontrager (ID:I37322),   b. 10 Mar 1805, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1891, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. Margaret Bontrager (ID:I55399),   b. 23 Jan 1807,   d. 20 Jul 1882, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Maria Borntrager (ID:I37308),   b. 14 Nov 1808,   d. 24 Aug 1896, Newberry, Greene, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Joseph Bontrager (ID:I37321),   b. 4 Aug 1811, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1908, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     6. Gertrude Bontrager (ID:I37461),   b. 29 Jan 1814,   d. 8 Jan 1891, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     7. Christian Bontrager (ID:I37311),   b. 16 Jan 1816,   d. 16 Mar 1907, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     8. Barbara Bontrager (ID:I37312),   b. 21 Jul 1819,   d. 7 Jun 1902, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)

    Parents

    Family ID: F28282 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1856, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Barbara Johns (ID:I37302),   b. 22 Jan 1782, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1870, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married Dec 1802  Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 

    Family

    Family ID: F28408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart 
    Wife Lydia Ann Miller (ID:I37462),   b. 21 Jul 1828, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1898, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1849  [1] 
    Children 
      1. Rosa Ann Bontrager (ID:I37466),   b. 10 Mar 1850, Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1922, Reno, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
      2. Catherine Bontrager (ID:I37469),   b. 1851, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
      3. Gertrude A. Bontrager (ID:I37468),   b. 12 Jun 1851, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1901, Haven, Reno, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
      4. Isaac A. Bontrager (ID:I37470),   b. 29 Jan 1853, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1904, Custer, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
      5. Barbara A. Bontrager (ID:I37471),   b. 21 Nov 1854, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1918, Reno, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
      6. John A. Bontrager (ID:I37465),   b. 5 Oct 1856, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1935, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
      7. Elias A. Bontrager (ID:I37473),   b. 16 Dec 1861, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1956, Fairview, Oscoda, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
      8. David Amos Bontrager (ID:I37463),   b. 30 Dec 1864, Shipshewana, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1947, Rural, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
      9. Lydia Bontrager (ID:I37464),   b. 15 Mar 1867, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1924  (Age 57 years)
      10. Abner A. Bontrager (ID:I37467),   b. 19 Feb 1870, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1949, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1899 - Lagrange, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bontrager South Cemetery, Shipshewana, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Source Citations

    1. [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 5314.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.

    2. [S1251] Find A Grave, Amos James Bontrager.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28920378/amos-james-bontrager

    3. [S905] Marriage Records, Source number: 432.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RD1.

 


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