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	John Boulie was born in Alsace Lorraine at Sawrbuchen, France on April 25, 1827.   John came to America when he was 18 years old.   He first lived in New York. He married Magdalen Linhard.   She was born June 15, 1831 in Germany.   The wedding took place in Columbus, Ohio.   They had four sons and two daughters.   Her father drowned in the Rhine River.   Magdalen died in Lawrenceburg on October 21, 1900. John owned a hotel, tavern, and a farm in West Point in Keokuk, IA.   He and his family got on a boat at Ft. Madison, IA.   Their daughter was 12 years old when they sailed the Mississippi River in 1870.   It's said they stopped in St. Louis, MO and bought a barrel of flour. They went through Paducah, KY and on to Florence, AL.   While his family stayed on the boat, John walked to Lawrenceburg, TN.   He bought a 130 acre farm north of Lawrenceburg, just out of town, from Andrew W. Bentley on April 29, 1870 for $650.   He went back to Florence for his family and brought them to Lawrenceburg in a covered wagon. They lived in the Lawrenceburg Hotel until his house was built.   This hotel was on the city square.   The hotel was the only building that had glass in the windows.   All other buildings had the glass broken out during the Civil War.   The house was built on Military Road about a mile and a half north of town.   They learned to cook on a fireplace waiting the arrival of their stove shipped from St. Louis.   That was the first stove around Lawrenceburg.

The picture above of John Boulie and his family must have been taken about 1897 or so.

Back row:   John Boulie, Jr.,   Joseph Boulie,   William Boulie   (Uncle Will, Lena's father)

Front row:   Magdalene Boulie Remke Hostettler,   Magdalen Boulie Lahart,   John Boulie   (Lena's grandparents),   Catherine Paula Boulie Baltz   (the Pochahantas, AR Baltz's)

This picture was taken about 1926. Back row:   Ann Feldhaus Boulie,   William Boulie and his wife Katherine Toben Boulie. Front row:   Josephine Boulie,   Barney Boulie,   William Boulie, and Sis Boulie.

This press release, issued Monday, 28 March 1910, announces the formation of "THE LAWRENCEBURG PRESSED BRICK COMPANY" with Henry Feldhaus as the President and William Boulie as the Vice-President.  Two of William Boulie's children were married to two of Henry Feldhaus' children, making these two families close.  I'm not sure when William Boulie became President of the Company, but Henry Feldhaus died 20 April 1931.

When William E. Boulie, above, died, he was the owner of the Lawrenceburg Pressed Brick Company whose logo is shown below.   The brick yard was located just north of 4th street and east of the railroad track. The kilns were still standing when I was a boy in the 1940's.

The four pictures below are of the Lawrenceburg Pressed Brick Plant. The two pictures on the first row were sent to me by Kathy Niedergeses who ran the Lawrence County Historical Archives before retiring. The two pictures on the second row were sent to me by Bob Sutter who found them in his parent's photographs. His grandmother, Anna Sutter nee Feldhaus, is the sister of my grandfather Henry Feldhaus who was the first President of the Company.

One of the sons, Joe Boulie was married to Ann Feldhaus, one of the daughters of Henry Bernard Feldhaus Jr and his wife Mary....Click on this link to go to their web page.

One of the daughters, Lena Boulie, was married to Henry Joseph Feldhaus, one of the sons of Henry Bernard Feldhaus Jr and his wife Mary.... Click on this link to go to their web page.

Katie Van Hooser was one of William Boulie's daughters	Johnny Boulie was one of William Boulie's sons

Bill Van Hooser on the right is the son of Katie Van Hooser whose photo is above.   Charles (Sonny) Remke on the left is the grandson of Magdalene Boulie Remke Hostettler in the photo further up the page. They both were in my school class and we were good friends all our lives.   Bill became an MD and lived in Madisonville, Kentucky until he died suddenly at a young age from a heart attack.   Sonny and I joined the Navy together in 1956.

	Valentine Remke Born 3-18-1835 in Allenstine, Germany Died 12-25-1917 Buried Calvary Cemetery Wife Anna Stenger Born 5-26-1835 Prussia, Germany Died in Lawrenceburg 10-26-1893 Valentine and Anna had four children. One of those children was John Francis Remke (Grandfather of Sonny Remke) Born 7-24-1864 Allenstine Died 10-22-1900 Calvary cemetery Married 10-9-1890, Sacred Heart Church Lawrenceburg Wife Mary Magdaline Boulie Remke (daughter of John Boulie) Born West Point (Lee Co), Iowa 6-13-1863 Died 10-5-1933 Calvary Cemetery John and Mary Magdaline had three children: Joe W. Remke (Sonny's dad) Frank John Remke (moved to Ft. Wayne, IN after WWI) Bennie Remke (born 1-18-1899, died 10-8-1904 with flu).   Magdaline Boulie Remke second marriage at Sacred Heart Catholic Church to Matthias Hattenhoffer (note photo at top of page lists her name as Hostettler) Matthias and Magdalene had no children. Born 1-26-1864 Austria, Germany Died  9/14/1949