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Boder, Henry, Biography Article, for Museum Graphic, c. 1960Entry/Object ID
AM2020.1.228Scope and Content
Boder, Henry, Biography Article, for Museum Graphic, c. 1960. Typed report on the life of Henry Boder, probably by Bartlett Boder or Roy Coy for a Museum Graphic article. TO SEE THE ARTICLE, click on the MEDIA button above.
Boder and his family, from St. Louis, arrived in St. Joseph in 1844, building one of the first houses in St. Joseph. They expected to go on to Ft. Pierre Chouteau in South Dakota, but meeting Robidoux they decided to stay. Boder, born in France, first married Anne Louise Mattoit, who died in St. Joseph in 1852 and is buried in Mt. Mora.
In 1863 he married Angelique Croteau, a widow whose husband had worked for Robidoux.
Boder's eldest son, Henry, Jr. went to Troy, Kansas and became county clerk, and later with his younger brother, Louis, opened a bank there. First named Boder Brothers, Bankers it became the First National Bank of Troy.
Boder, Sr, served on St. Joseph City Council in 1863. He died in St. Joseph at his home 610 Main Street, Feb. 19, 1888 and is buried in Mt. Mora.Lexicon
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