From Trey Bomgardner. Father: Peter Bomgardner (unknown-1872), Mother: Esther Bomgardner (1780-1871), Spouse: Elizabeth Myers (unknown-1901).
From Trey Bomgardner.
Birth: Somerset Co., Pa.
Death: Cedar Rapids, Ia.
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Family monument:
Peter Bomgardner
Born
June 25, 1820
Died Jan. 8, 1880
--
John Bomgardner
Born Dec. 22, 1848.
--
Ada. E. Bomgardner
Born. Aug. 21, 1847
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Personal marker:
FATHER
Born
June 25,
1820
Died
January 8,
1880
Bomgardner / Baumgardner family: Peter Bomgardner, John Bomgardner, Adaline E. Bomgardner, George Bomgardner, Nancy C. Bomgardner, Duane Baumgardner & Willard Baumgardner.
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The Cedar Rapids Weekly Times
Thurs. Jan. 22, 1880, pg. 2, col. 3.
__P.S. - It is with feelings of true sorrow that I learn of the tragic death of Peter Bomgardner. I have been intimately acquainted with him ever since I have been a resident of Cedar Rapids, and there was something about him which always interested me. He was uneducated, could neither read nor write, but beneath his rough exterior he had as big and true a heart as any man possesses. Those who remember him in his younger days, and who recall the occasional pugilistic encounters in which he was an actor on the streets, know that these affrays were rarely ever of his own making. They were as a rule, the result of his championing the cause of some one whom he thought was being wronged and imposed upon. Peter Bomgardner never stood quietly by and saw even a stranger imposed upon, much less a friend. His good right arm was always ready to command justice and secure fair dealing. But the most interesting thing in his history is what pertains to his family affairs. He was a native of this section of Pennsylvania, and on losing his wife he went to Iowa with four small children, two boys and two girls, the youngest but two years old. He took them to Iowa alone and he cared for them alone; raised them to manhood and womanhood. The boys have each farms of their own, and are industrious, respected and well-to-do citizens. The domestic relations of one of the girls were not as happy as they might have been, and this, we doubt not, was the cause of the terrible end of the father. Let our memories of Peter Bomgardner be kindly. He was peculiar in many respects, but beneath all these external peculiarities there was a true heart, and whatever his faults may have been all who knew and understood Peter Bomgarner knew he was an honest man.
From Trey Bomgardner.
Birth: Somerset Co., Pa.
Death: Cedar Rapids, Ia.
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Family monument:
Peter Bomgardner
Born
June 25, 1820
Died Jan. 8, 1880
--
John Bomgardner
Born Dec. 22, 1848.
--
Ada. E. Bomgardner
Born. Aug. 21, 1847
-
Personal marker:
FATHER
Born
June 25,
1820
Died
January 8,
1880
Bomgardner / Baumgardner family: Peter Bomgardner, John Bomgardner, Adaline E. Bomgardner, George Bomgardner, Nancy C. Bomgardner, Duane Baumgardner & Willard Baumgardner.
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The Cedar Rapids Weekly Times
Thurs. Jan. 22, 1880, pg. 2, col. 3.
__P.S. - It is with feelings of true sorrow that I learn of the tragic death of Peter Bomgardner. I have been intimately acquainted with him ever since I have been a resident of Cedar Rapids, and there was something about him which always interested me. He was uneducated, could neither read nor write, but beneath his rough exterior he had as big and true a heart as any man possesses. Those who remember him in his younger days, and who recall the occasional pugilistic encounters in which he was an actor on the streets, know that these affrays were rarely ever of his own making. They were as a rule, the result of his championing the cause of some one whom he thought was being wronged and imposed upon. Peter Bomgardner never stood quietly by and saw even a stranger imposed upon, much less a friend. His good right arm was always ready to command justice and secure fair dealing. But the most interesting thing in his history is what pertains to his family affairs. He was a native of this section of Pennsylvania, and on losing his wife he went to Iowa with four small children, two boys and two girls, the youngest but two years old. He took them to Iowa alone and he cared for them alone; raised them to manhood and womanhood. The boys have each farms of their own, and are industrious, respected and well-to-do citizens. The domestic relations of one of the girls were not as happy as they might have been, and this, we doubt not, was the cause of the terrible end of the father. Let our memories of Peter Bomgardner be kindly. He was peculiar in many respects, but beneath all these external peculiarities there was a true heart, and whatever his faults may have been all who knew and understood Peter Bomgarner knew he was an honest man.
From Trey Bomgardner. Father: Peter Bomgardner (unknown-1872), Mother: Esther Bomgardner (1780-1871), Spouse: Elizabeth Myers (unknown-1901).
From Trey Bomgardner.
Birth: Somerset Co., Pa.
Death: Cedar Rapids, Ia.
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Family monument:
Peter Bomgardner
Born
June 25, 1820
Died Jan. 8, 1880
--
John Bomgardner
Born Dec. 22, 1848.
--
Ada. E. Bomgardner
Born. Aug. 21, 1847
-
Personal marker:
FATHER
Born
June 25,
1820
Died
January 8,
1880
Bomgardner / Baumgardner family: Peter Bomgardner, John Bomgardner, Adaline E. Bomgardner, George Bomgardner, Nancy C. Bomgardner, Duane Baumgardner & Willard Baumgardner.
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The Cedar Rapids Weekly Times
Thurs. Jan. 22, 1880, pg. 2, col. 3.
__P.S. - It is with feelings of true sorrow that I learn of the tragic death of Peter Bomgardner. I have been intimately acquainted with him ever since I have been a resident of Cedar Rapids, and there was something about him which always interested me. He was uneducated, could neither read nor write, but beneath his rough exterior he had as big and true a heart as any man possesses. Those who remember him in his younger days, and who recall the occasional pugilistic encounters in which he was an actor on the streets, know that these affrays were rarely ever of his own making. They were as a rule, the result of his championing the cause of some one whom he thought was being wronged and imposed upon. Peter Bomgardner never stood quietly by and saw even a stranger imposed upon, much less a friend. His good right arm was always ready to command justice and secure fair dealing. But the most interesting thing in his history is what pertains to his family affairs. He was a native of this section of Pennsylvania, and on losing his wife he went to Iowa with four small children, two boys and two girls, the youngest but two years old. He took them to Iowa alone and he cared for them alone; raised them to manhood and womanhood. The boys have each farms of their own, and are industrious, respected and well-to-do citizens. The domestic relations of one of the girls were not as happy as they might have been, and this, we doubt not, was the cause of the terrible end of the father. Let our memories of Peter Bomgardner be kindly. He was peculiar in many respects, but beneath all these external peculiarities there was a true heart, and whatever his faults may have been all who knew and understood Peter Bomgarner knew he was an honest man.
From Trey Bomgardner.
Birth: Somerset Co., Pa.
Death: Cedar Rapids, Ia.
==
Family monument:
Peter Bomgardner
Born
June 25, 1820
Died Jan. 8, 1880
--
John Bomgardner
Born Dec. 22, 1848.
--
Ada. E. Bomgardner
Born. Aug. 21, 1847
-
Personal marker:
FATHER
Born
June 25,
1820
Died
January 8,
1880
Bomgardner / Baumgardner family: Peter Bomgardner, John Bomgardner, Adaline E. Bomgardner, George Bomgardner, Nancy C. Bomgardner, Duane Baumgardner & Willard Baumgardner.
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The Cedar Rapids Weekly Times
Thurs. Jan. 22, 1880, pg. 2, col. 3.
__P.S. - It is with feelings of true sorrow that I learn of the tragic death of Peter Bomgardner. I have been intimately acquainted with him ever since I have been a resident of Cedar Rapids, and there was something about him which always interested me. He was uneducated, could neither read nor write, but beneath his rough exterior he had as big and true a heart as any man possesses. Those who remember him in his younger days, and who recall the occasional pugilistic encounters in which he was an actor on the streets, know that these affrays were rarely ever of his own making. They were as a rule, the result of his championing the cause of some one whom he thought was being wronged and imposed upon. Peter Bomgardner never stood quietly by and saw even a stranger imposed upon, much less a friend. His good right arm was always ready to command justice and secure fair dealing. But the most interesting thing in his history is what pertains to his family affairs. He was a native of this section of Pennsylvania, and on losing his wife he went to Iowa with four small children, two boys and two girls, the youngest but two years old. He took them to Iowa alone and he cared for them alone; raised them to manhood and womanhood. The boys have each farms of their own, and are industrious, respected and well-to-do citizens. The domestic relations of one of the girls were not as happy as they might have been, and this, we doubt not, was the cause of the terrible end of the father. Let our memories of Peter Bomgardner be kindly. He was peculiar in many respects, but beneath all these external peculiarities there was a true heart, and whatever his faults may have been all who knew and understood Peter Bomgarner knew he was an honest man.
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