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In 1830 Jean married Margarethe Catharine
Scheible. They had five children. In 1841 Margarethe Catharine died. Some years later Jean married Margaretha
Scheuerle. They had three children. In 1847 the Bouc family immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Wheatland Township southwest of Naperville, Illinois, where Jean farmed until his death in 1873. Johann Peter, eldest son of Jean and Margarethe Catharine Bouc, was born in Kleinvillars, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, in 1831. In 1847, at the age of sixteen, he immigrated to the United States with his parents and family He was married to Sophia Burkhart, who was born in 1840 in Bavaria, Germany. At the age of nine, she immigrated with her parents to the United States. They also settled in the Wheatland Township area. Johann and Sophia had seven children: Levi, Emma, John, Henry, Millie (Mrs. Clint Fey), Edward Peter, and Clara (Mrs. William Wendling). Johann farmed in the Wheatland area until he retired and he and Sophia moved to Washington Street, Naperville, a few years before his death in 1908. Sophia, his wife, died in 1927. Edward Peter; the fourth eldest son of Johann Peter and Sophia, was born in Wheatland Township in 1881. He was married in 1906 to Mary Hawbecker. She was born in 1889 in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the third eldest of ten children. Her parents, Frank and Sally Hawbecker, moved to Park Addition in Naperville with their family in 1890. Edward and Mary had five children, all born in the Naperville area: Caroyl (Mrs. Owen Beidelman): born in 1907- died in 1931. Thelma (Mrs. Francis Kellogg): born in 1909; lives in Naperville. Robert: born in 1915-died 1967. Howard: born in 1918; retired and lives in Woodstock, Illinois. James: born in 1927; farms on Bunker Hill Road, Harvard, Illinois. Edward farmed in the Naperville area from 1906 to 1922. 1906-1910- On a farm just west of Book Road on 75th Street in Wheatland Township. 1910-1913-On the John P Rickert farm just east of Book Road on 75th Street 1913-1922 - On a farm on north West Street, just south of the East-West tollway In 1922 Edward bought a farm on Bunker Hill Road south of Harvard, Illinois, where he farmed until his death in 1953. His wife, Mary died in 1979 in Rockford, Illinois. In 1847, the first ancestors that we know of, the Jean Bouc’s (John Book’s) came to this country from Klein Villars, Maulbron, Wicertenburg, Germany. His second wife Margaret, two of their children and four of his children from his marriage came to this country. His first wife, also named Margaret, died in Germany in 1841. John Peter Book, the first son of this marriage was 16 when he came with his father and stepmother from Germany. The first farm the family owned was located in Wheatland Township. Son, John Peter went on to own three farms in Naperville Township. One was later purchased by his son Henry, which at this writing is located on Book Road (first farm on the east side of the road). This is where Leo H. Book was born and raised. He was born December 25, 1902. Leo married Adra Matter, March 1, 1930. They had one son, Kenneth, born November 8, 1934, and one daughter Joan, born November 13, 1937. In 1941, the Leo Book family moved to a 280 acre farm southeast of Naperville, which is now known as University Heights. Located at 77th St and Wehrli Road. Leo and Adra retired and moved to Marion, Illinois in 1969. In 1979, (May 5th) Leo died, and Adra died April 15th of 1980. The Renc brothers, Mark, Timothy. and Robert Renc, sons of Joan and Wayne Renc are the sixth generations on both the Book and Matter sides in the Naperville area. Glen H. Book was born in 1902 on the Book farm in Naperville Township—the first of seven children of John J. and Adrienne Book. He has lived on the farm all his life and is reputed to be one of the last DuPage County residents to reside and still be active in the farm operations. In the early twenties he helped build Granger School and was also a grounds keeper for a golf course in Wheaton. He is an ardent horse admirer and made many trips to other states to watch the horses perform. He attended the Book School which was on the farm and also took a course at North Western College (now North Central College). Many hoes were worn out from keeping the weeds out of his big truck garden. He was a hog and cattleman as well as a dairyman. Homer K. is the son of John J. and Adrienne M. Book and was born on the farm on Book Road. He was a student of Book School and one of the last two graduates. The next year, 1922, Granger School was started. A farmer all his life, his main interests were feeding cattle and raising good corn. He was also a seed salesman and a live stock showman and made many cattle shows from coast to coast. Now a resident of Green BOOK, EDWARD (continued) Acres, he still carries on his farm work with his son Bryan. He also has a daughter Cheryl and four grandchildren. Homer’s wife Dorothy (now deceased) was born in Oak Park, Illinois. At an early age, she lived in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and attended the public schools there and graduated from Glenbard West High School. For a time, she was employed by Illinois Bell Telephone as an operator in Glen Ellyn and Elmhurst. In the forties she joined the Navy as a wave and was stationed at Sand Point in Brenerton, Washington. In 1948 Homer and Dorothy were married in the “Wee Kirk of the Heather Church” in Glendale, California. She was an excellent artist and designed clothes and made ceramics. Dorothy passed away in 1980. |
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