From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman Pioneers of Prince Edward County BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES COL. CONRAD BONGARD Served in Germany as artillery man. Before New Amsterdam became known as New York City, the Dutch family of whom Conrad Bongard was a member, became established there. From there, Conrad went to Philadelphia and gained some prominence. Having served in Germany as an artillery man, the British welcomed his services during the American Revolution. He received a commission for raising a battery of artillery, was placed in command, and soon rose to the rank of Colonel. He fought throughout the Revolutionary War, and at its end, joined Joseph Allen, a noted businessman of New Jersey, in his trek to Canada with Major VanAlstine and his band of refugee Loyalists. While living in Philadelphia, Conrad married a widow named Carr, who accompanied him to Canada. Having been an officer, the Government granted him five thousand acres of land. Colonel Conrad Bogard decided to live in Adolphustown, and consequently sold off a portion of his land in North and South Marysburgh. Conrad's son, also named Conrad, married a lady by name of Dulmage, served in the War of 1812 as a Captain, and looked after his father until his passing in 1850. One of the first Conrad descendants, David L. Bongard, became county treasurer and license inspector. He was a highly esteemed citizen of Prince Edward County. JamesFrom The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman Pioneers of Prince Edward County BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES GEORGE BOULTER Father of twenty-one children. George Boulter's father, Nathaniel, was a tanner and currier in Hertfordshire, England. He sailed to Canada and married upon his arrival in Montreal, a lovely lady whom he met on his voyage. George was born and raised in Montreal. In 1819, George decided to move to the west, which in that year meant the Bay of Quinte region. He crossed over to Big Island, which was owned by the Mississaugas, and paid them an annual rent of one barrel of flour for lot 13. George married Sarah Peck, the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist. Reverend Robert McDowell, a Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony. George and Sarah had ten children. When Sarah passed away, George married Letitia Wilson and became the father of eleven more children. George was Captain of the Sedentary Militia in the Rebellion of 1837. He moved to Belleville in later years where he died at the age of 83. Nathaniel James, George's eldest son, was Justice of the Peace, member of the Sophiasburgh Council, and a member of the Orange Order. He was Master of L.O.L. 574 for a period of three years, County Master for eight years, as well as being Grand Treasurer for Central Ontario for three years. George H. Boulter, M.D., was George's second son. He graduated from McGill University, and became a surgeon of the 49th Regiment of Hastings County for twenty-five years, rising to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. He was also Chairman of the High School Board of Stirling, was elected four times as M.P.P., and was a member of the first Ontario Legislature. Wellington Boulter, the fourth son of George, was born in 1838. He built the first canning factory in Central Ontario in 1882, and for thirteen years was president of Canadian Packers Association. He was a member of the town council of Picton, chairman of the High School Board, and was twice elected Mayor. In 1887, Wellington Boulter shipped the first railway car of canned goods across the continent to Victoria, B.C. He received high awards for an exhibit in Toyko, won the Columbia Medal at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1903, a gold medal in Paris in 1900, and many other awards and medals. J., grandson of Conrad, married Isabella Ostrander and lived in the old homestead on South Bay.