Individual Details

Caleb Lincoln Van Boskirk

(15 Jan 1831 - 17 Jul 1905)

Lincoln Van Boskirk was born in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1826, and his death occurred July 15, 1905. He was a pioneer of the state of Iowa and there operated sales stables first in Cedar Rapids and later at Iowa City, giving much attention to buying horses for the government and also dealing somewhat extensively in mules. In 1885 he came with his family to Gage county and here he traded horses for a section of land in Midland township, the property having been unimproved. He developed a fine farm property and the present homestead of his son Fred, of this review, is a part of the same. Mrs. Celia (Freer) Van Boskirk was born in Ashland, Ohio, April 18, 1849, and passed to the life eternal on the 2d of August, 1910.

...Lincoln and Celia (Freer) Van Boskirk, whose marriage was solemnized in Wisconsin, whence they eventually removed to Iowa, from which state they came to Gage county, Nebraska, in 1885, establishing their residence in Beatrice, where Mr. Van Boskirk erected a large and attractive residence at the corner of Seventh and Summit street — this being the present home of Mr. and Mrs. Mumford. Mr. Van Boskirk was a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln, and in the early territorial days he acquired a large tract of land in Nebraska, the patent to the same having been signed by President Johnson, and this
property still continues in the possession of the family. More detailed mention of the Van Boskirk family is made on other pages, in the review of the career of Frederick Van Boskirk, a brother of Mrs. Mumford.

Events

Birth15 Jan 1831Union County, Pennsylvania
Marriage20 May 1873Johnson County, Iowa - Celia Freer
Census (family)11 Jun 1880Fairfax, Linn County, Iowa - Celia Freer
Census2 Jun 1900Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
Death17 Jul 1905Gage County, Nebraska
BurialEvergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

Families

SpouseCelia Freer (1849 - 1910)
ChildMae Van Boskirk (1877 - )
ChildDaisy Grace Van Boskirk (1878 - )
ChildFrank Oliver Van Boskirk (1877 - )
ChildFrederick Francis Van Boskirk (1881 - )

Notes

Birth

or 15 Jan 1826 Union County, Pennsylvania
or Apr 1846
1831 on Find-a-Grave (no photo)

Census (family)

Lincoln Buskirk Self M 58 Pennsylvania - Farmer
Celia Buskirk Wife F 28 Ohio - Keeping House
May Buskirk Daughter F 6 Iowa
Daisey Buskirk Daughter F 4 Iowa
Frank Buskirk Son M 2 Iowa
Charley Stewert laborer M 18 Ireland - Works on farm

Census

Lincoln Van Buskirk M 69 Pennsylvania - Farmer
Birth Date: Jan 1831 Married

Death

or 15 Jul 1905

Burial

PLOT 20

Endnotes

1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJFX-RCZ : 5 September 2017), Lincoln Van Boskirk and Celia Freer, 20 May 1873, Johnson County, Iowa, United States; citing reference 1842-1899, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,674,090..

2. "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJR3-1JD : 10 February 2018), Lincoln Van Boskirk and Celia Freer, 20 May 1873; citing Johnson County, Iowa, reference 2:3QZHJ83; FHL microfilm 1,674,090..

3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2B-KFS : 28 August 2017), Celia Buskirk in household of Lincoln Buskirk, Fairfax, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 262, sheet 184C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0351; FHL microfilm 1,254,351..

4. Find A Grave Memorial 187970732.