History of Grant County, Indiana
Biographical Extracts 1886
John Boxell, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Grant County, Ind., is one of twelve children born to John and Jane (Orr) Boxell. He is a native of Frederick County, Va., where he learned the shoemaking trade and afterward engaged in the same for a number of years, after which he came to Belmont County, Ohio, and resumed his trade, and was there married to Anna E., daughter of John and Martha McFelton. In the year 1836 Mr. John Boxell moved to Grant County, Ind., and entered land in Van Buren Township, Section 21, where he settled and began improving and clearing the lands on which he resided until 1884, in which year he moved to Van Buren and purchased property where he now resides. He lost his wife by death in November 1856; was again married to Mrs. Mary Nelson, in February 1858. Mr. Boxell has had born to him ten children, viz.: John, born August 20, 1831; Jane A., born March 23, 1833; Robert W., born June 17, 1834; William T., born March 17, 1836; Martha M., born February 26, 1838; James M., born March 4, 1840; Olivia E., born October 2, 1843; Joseph, born April 18, 1845; Mary E., born August 4, 1846; Sarah C., born July 5, 1850. Mr. Boxell has made many improvements in this county and is highly esteemed by all. He is in politics a Democrat, and is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Biographical Extracts 1886
John Boxell, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Grant County, Ind., is one of twelve children born to John and Jane (Orr) Boxell. He is a native of Frederick County, Va., where he learned the shoemaking trade and afterward engaged in the same for a number of years, after which he came to Belmont County, Ohio, and resumed his trade, and was there married to Anna E., daughter of John and Martha McFelton. In the year 1836 Mr. John Boxell moved to Grant County, Ind., and entered land in Van Buren Township, Section 21, where he settled and began improving and clearing the lands on which he resided until 1884, in which year he moved to Van Buren and purchased property where he now resides. He lost his wife by death in November 1856; was again married to Mrs. Mary Nelson, in February 1858. Mr. Boxell has had born to him ten children, viz.: John, born August 20, 1831; Jane A., born March 23, 1833; Robert W., born June 17, 1834; William T., born March 17, 1836; Martha M., born February 26, 1838; James M., born March 4, 1840; Olivia E., born October 2, 1843; Joseph, born April 18, 1845; Mary E., born August 4, 1846; Sarah C., born July 5, 1850. Mr. Boxell has made many improvements in this county and is highly esteemed by all. He is in politics a Democrat, and is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
History of Grant County, Indiana
Biographical Extracts 1886
John Boxell, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Grant County, Ind., is one of twelve children born to John and Jane (Orr) Boxell. He is a native of Frederick County, Va., where he learned the shoemaking trade and afterward engaged in the same for a number of years, after which he came to Belmont County, Ohio, and resumed his trade, and was there married to Anna E., daughter of John and Martha McFelton. In the year 1836 Mr. John Boxell moved to Grant County, Ind., and entered land in Van Buren Township, Section 21, where he settled and began improving and clearing the lands on which he resided until 1884, in which year he moved to Van Buren and purchased property where he now resides. He lost his wife by death in November 1856; was again married to Mrs. Mary Nelson, in February 1858. Mr. Boxell has had born to him ten children, viz.: John, born August 20, 1831; Jane A., born March 23, 1833; Robert W., born June 17, 1834; William T., born March 17, 1836; Martha M., born February 26, 1838; James M., born March 4, 1840; Olivia E., born October 2, 1843; Joseph, born April 18, 1845; Mary E., born August 4, 1846; Sarah C., born July 5, 1850. Mr. Boxell has made many improvements in this county and is highly esteemed by all. He is in politics a Democrat, and is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Biographical Extracts 1886
John Boxell, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Grant County, Ind., is one of twelve children born to John and Jane (Orr) Boxell. He is a native of Frederick County, Va., where he learned the shoemaking trade and afterward engaged in the same for a number of years, after which he came to Belmont County, Ohio, and resumed his trade, and was there married to Anna E., daughter of John and Martha McFelton. In the year 1836 Mr. John Boxell moved to Grant County, Ind., and entered land in Van Buren Township, Section 21, where he settled and began improving and clearing the lands on which he resided until 1884, in which year he moved to Van Buren and purchased property where he now resides. He lost his wife by death in November 1856; was again married to Mrs. Mary Nelson, in February 1858. Mr. Boxell has had born to him ten children, viz.: John, born August 20, 1831; Jane A., born March 23, 1833; Robert W., born June 17, 1834; William T., born March 17, 1836; Martha M., born February 26, 1838; James M., born March 4, 1840; Olivia E., born October 2, 1843; Joseph, born April 18, 1845; Mary E., born August 4, 1846; Sarah C., born July 5, 1850. Mr. Boxell has made many improvements in this county and is highly esteemed by all. He is in politics a Democrat, and is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.
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