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HENRY L BOURQUIN Biography

HENRY L BOURQUIN, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 23; P.O. Potosi. The subject of this sketch was born 
in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 15, 1816; landed in America June 18, 1833; lived in Philadelphia 
a short time; then moved to Columbiana Co., Ohio, and from there to McLean Co., Ill., in 1840; lived in 
McLean Co. but a short time, when he moved to Peoria, where he lived twelve years; since that time, 
Mr. Bourquin has lived in Kansas and the northern part of Peoria Co., he came to Lawndale Township in 1867, 
where he has since resided. He was united in marriage with Mary A. GROSHOHN in 1836; they have six children - 
Peter, Charles, Francis, Susanna, Harriet and Mary. Mr. Bourquin owns 160 acres of land, all under a good state of cultivation.