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  1. Amos Henry Borgstadt: Birth: 7 FEB 1892 in Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri. Death: 25 OCT 1951 in Muscatine County, Iowa

  2. Selma Clara Borgstadt: Birth: 1894. Death: 9 OCT 1946

  3. John Raymond Borgstadt: Birth: 13 JUN 1896 in Sweet Springs, Johnson County, Missouri. Death: 5 SEP 1931 in Washington, Washington County, Iowa

  4. Esther Borgstadt: Birth: 30 OCT 1898. Death: 18 MAR 1981

  5. Bessie M Borgstadt: Birth: 26 JAN 1904 in Nichols, Muscatine County, Iowa. Death: 18 JUN 1921


Notes
a. Note:   BLACKSMITH SHOP Nichols, Iowa Centennial Book 1884-1984, page 133 Nichols, Ia., Aug. 5 – There are 86 years of blacksmithing represented in the shop in Nichols. J. W. Borgstadt has been in the business 53 years and his son, A. H. Borgstadt, has hammered anvils for 33 years. The shop is not modern, as the men have not taken to the present-day blacksmithing, which is chiefly operating acetylene torches. The small blacksmith shop has been in the same location since 1908. While the shop serves as the general repair center for the town, shoeing horses and sharpening the sickle for binders and mowers has been the principal business in blacksmith shops for several years. Mr. Borgstadt started in his business in Sweet Springs, Missouri, and then moved to Letts in 1900. Coming to Nichols in 1906, he took his son into partnership and the two have been working together for the past 33 years. “I shop a cow once for the oddest thing in my business career,” stated the veteran. He explained that a traveler was passing through Sweet Springs, having the cows hitched to a cart, and as the gravel was hard on the hoofs, the small shoes were put on. “If there is a secret to keep a horse from kicking when being shod, I haven’t found it, and I have shod a lot of horses in my day, as there is plenty of gravel around this community, which still helps the blacksmithing business,” commented Mr. Borgstadt. *********************************************************************** Obituary from the Muscatine County, Iowa GenWeb site: Name: JOSEPH WALTER BORGSTADT Submitted by Mary E Boyer (of no relation). Date submitted: December 15, 2007 Source of Obituary:”Muscatine Journal”, Muscatine, Iowa Thursday, Sept. 3, 1953 Nichols - Funeral services for Joseph Walter BORGSTADT, 86, oldest resident of Nichols, will be held Friday in the Methodist church in Nichols with the Rev. E. W. Norman in charge. Burial will be in the Nichols cemetery. The body is at the Snider Funeral home in West Liberty.---Mr. BORGSTADT died Wednesday. He had been a resident of the Nichols community for a out 50 years. Formerly he lived in Letts.--- The son of Fred J. and Henrietta BORGSTADT he was born Dec 3, 1866, at Sweet Springs, Saline county, Mo. He became a blacksmith at the age of 20 and practiced the trade in Sweet Springs which was then known as Brownsville. He was married to Anna STREMMING in 1891 in Concordia, Mo. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Odd Fellows lodge and had been a member of the Nichols town council for more than 15 years. Survivors include his wife, Anna, one daughter, Esther LAREW, formerly of Oak Park, Ill., who has lived with her parents for the past two years; one brother, Henry A. of Muscatine; two sisters, Mrs. Berta KENNEDY of Muscatine and Mrs. Emma HYINK of Des Moines; six grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Amos and Raymond, and two daughters, Bessie and Selma, his parents and several brothers and sisters.


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