February 28, 1825 – Jacob B. Boller – my gg grandfather – is born to George F. & Elizabeth (Zook) Boller in East Union Township of Wayne County, Ohio. Jacob married Catharine Smucker in 1849, and they were the first Bollers in my family to move to Iowa – settling on farmland in Washington Township of Johnson County in 1853.
Jacob B. Boller & Catharine Smucker – From Ohio to Iowa: Taming the Heartland.
– 1825-1853 – The Mennonite Connection.
– Johnson County’s Own – Washington Township.
– The Boller Farms of Johnson County, Iowa -1853.
– 1850’s – Surveying This New Land Called Iowa.
– 1853-1899 – The Kalona Connection.
– The Boller Children & Johnson County Schools.
– 1899-1907 – Passing Down The Family Farm.
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Interesting you have an ancestor with surname Zook. When I was working at KWWL in Waterloo, we had a radio DJ named Dick Zook. He had a slogan, “Look for Zook”.