History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 944, Woodland Township
F. A. Bohl, agriculturist, was born at Baden, Germany, April 6,
1833; his father, Nicholas Bohl, resides in this township; Frederick
was but 4 years of age when his parents crossed the ocean for the New
World; they remained in Penn. a short time, when they moved West,
settling in this tp.; Frederick had preceded his parents a short time.
He had learned the trade of a blacksmith and accordingly opened a
blacksmith and repair shop in partnership with John Shannon, of
Astoria. Mr. B. was a skillful workman and a rapid one; in one day he
drove 67 horse shoes, which has probably never been equaled. At the end
of 4 years he purchased his farm; in 1860 he was united in marriage to
Miss Sarah Weese, a daughter of Samuel Weese, by whom he has two
children, - Edward V. and Robert L.
