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Named after Christian County in Kentucky through the influence of emigrants from that county.
Established February 15, 1839 as Dane County (Laws, 1839, p. 104). Name changed to Christian County in 1840.
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HENRY CLAY BOHN is one of the honored veterans
of the late war, having served nobly in the defense of the Stars and Stripes. He is now engaged in the clothing
business in Morrisonville. and is one of the
prominent business men of the place. His birth occurred in Franklin County, Pa., October 15, 1843, and his boyhood was spent in his native State until his thirteenth year, when
he removed with his father to Hagerstown, Md., where he obtained
his education. He there learned the cigar-maker's trade and followed that business until the opening of the Civil
War. Our subject is a son of Adam and Hannah
(Wingard) Bohn, who were both natives of Pennsylvania. The former was a
farmer by occupation in the Keystone State, where his death occurred in 1878, at the age of eighty-six years. His
father, Adam Bohn, was a native of Germany, who emigrated to Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming for a number
of years, reared his family of nine children and lived to be over seventy years of age. Our subject's mother was
a daughter of Jacob Wingard, a native of the Keystone State, who followed agricultural pursuits and was also a
well-known preacher of the United Brethren denomination. He died after having attained the ripe old age of eighty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Bohn
were members of the United Brethren Church. The latter
was called from this life in 1846. In a family of eleven children, comprising
five sons and six daughters, the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Only three of the family are now living.
Maria is the wife of August Shirey, of New Castle, Ind.; and Elizabeth
is the wife of George Alsbaugh, also of New Castle. In August, 1861, our subject became a member of Company E,
First Regiment of Maryland Infantry, and was in active service for three years and three months. He received a
slight flesh wound at the Battle of Gettysburg, but otherwise
was fortunate in escaping injury. He also participated in the battles of Winchester,
Falling Waters, Antietam, Harper's Ferry, and a number of minor engagements. After receiving an honorable discharge, he went to Greencastle,
Pa., where he engaged in the drygoods business
for three years. In 1868 Mr. Bohn came to Marion County,
Ill., where he embarked in the agricultural
business and operated a farm for three years. He afterward obtained employment in a dry-goods store as a clerk,
in Sandoval,
Ill., where he was stationed for a number of
years. In 1882 he came to Morrisonville and opened a clothing store, which business he has carried on up to the present time. He is the owner
of a farm comprising one hundred and sixty acres of land in Clinton County, Ill., and also owns the building in which his store is located, besides other desirable town property,
in addition to his residence. He is a business man of good ability, and has secured the patronage of the citizens
of this place and the surrounding country. On the 3d of November, 1865, Mr. Bohn was
united in marriage with Miss Mary Frances Savin, daughter of John and Margaret (Hiatt) Savin, of Harper's Ferry,
W. Va. Two children have been born of this
union, Ida and one who died in infancy. Mrs. Bohn is a valued member of the Presbyterian Church, in which she is
an active worker. In politics our subject affiliates with
the Democratic party. He was President of the Village Board of Trustees for two terms, and was a member of that body for
some five years. For one term he served acceptably as Supervisor of Ricks Township. In his social relations he
is identified with Morrisonville Lodge No. 681, A. F.
& A. M., with Taylorville
Chapter and the Litchfield Commandery. He is also
a member of the Morrisonville lodge of Odd Fellows, and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a Grand Army man, being a member of Dan Nutt Post. |
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