Oliver William Bovard b. 9 Feb 1845 Alpha, Scott Co., IN: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

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Name	Oliver William Bovard
Birth	9 Feb 1845	Alpha, Scott Co., IN
Gender	Male
Person ID	I2467	forneyclark
Last Modified	12 Apr 2024

Father	James Bovard, b. 1823, OH d. Burial: Wesley Chapel Cem., Scott Co., IN
Mother	Sarah Waldsmith Young, b. 21 Feb 1828, Maderia, Hamilton Co., OH d. 31 Oct 1888, Alpha, Scott Co., IN; burial: Wesley Chapel Cem., Scott Co., IN (Age 60 years)
Marriage	28 Feb 1844	Scott Co., IN
Family ID	F2024	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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2-Sources:
John Phillips:
Family Records, Etc.
http://jphil36.blogspot.com
Site is administered by John Phillips and includes the Diary of Sarah Bovard. The Bovard Diary entries concern family life on the frontier, Scott County, Indiana, 1859-1871. John Phillips welcomes any comments about Sarah Bovard's Diary that would further the understanding of who's who, et cetera. He is also especially interested in seeing additional pages of the diary that others might have.

Bob Haefner:
Sarah Waldsmith Bovard:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haefner/Bovard/
Bob Haefner's mirror site Sarah Waldsmith Bovard also includes the Bovard Diary as well as sample scans of the original text. Bob Haefner describes the Sarah Bovard Diary as "a daily record of her personal activities, reflections, and feelings [during] the Civil War [and during the] bearing of 12 children in 20 years."
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Source:
Bob Haefner:
Sarah Waldsmith Bovard:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haefner/Bovard/
"ABOUT THE DIARY OF SARAH (YOUNG) BOVARD"
"Sarah Bovard, who lived on the frontier in Indiana, wrote this diary. She was born Feb. 21, 1828 in Indiana. On Feb. 28, 1844 she married James Bovard. You will read how they grew the clothes they wore, the food they ate and how a small community survived, by helping each other.
Four of her sons were listed in the “Who’s Who in American Methodism” by Carl Fowler Price, Published 1916. A later version printed in 1945 under title:“ Prominent personalities in American Methodism.” (details at Google Books on line. http://books.google.com/books ) The four sons are in bold print below [starred}
Oliver William BOVARD b: 9 Feb 1845 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN
Marion Mckinley BOVARD b: 11 Jan 1847 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN
Maria Jane BOVARD b: 4 Feb 1849 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN,
*Freeman Daily BOVARD b: 9 Jan 1851 in Alpha, Scott Co.,IN
Melville Young BOVARD b: 6 Dec 1852 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN
Abner Sinclair BOVARD b: 13 Oct 1854 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN
*George Finley BOVARD b: 8 Aug 1856 in Alpha, Scott Co.,IN
James Carvossa BOVARD b: 20 Jul 1858 in Alpha, Scott Co.,IN
*Charles Lincoln BOVARD b: 10 Oct 1860 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN
Morton Ellsworth BOVARD b: 10 Jul 1862 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN
*William Sherman BOVARD b: 29 Aug 1864 in Alpha, Scott Co., IN
Ulysses Simpson Grant BOVARD b: 19 Sep 1866, Alpha, Scott Co., IN
One of her sons is remembered as the "founding president" of the University of Southern California and a second also was USC president. A third was president of another college."
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