November 18, 1899 – A big golden (50th) wedding anniversary for my gg grandparents – Jacob and Catharine Boller – is held in Kalona, Iowa.

Jacob Boller 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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