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oy of six years of age when his parents
moved to Stamford, Connecticut, and
there he was reared, obtaining his educa-
tion in the grammar and high schools,
and completed a course in Merrill's Busi-
ness College. His business experience
began in a local bank, and after a short
period in this employ he became associated
with the Getman & Judd Company,
this relation continuing to the present
time. For a number of years Mr. Bogardus
has been in charge of the accounting
department of this firm, and fills an im-
portant, responsible place in their per-
sonnel and business. He is a member of
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, where he
was for several years a choir boy. He is
a man of domestic tastes, entirely absorbed
in his home and his business, and
bears his full share of civic responsibility,
his influence and support extended to
every movement of progress and improvement
in his community.
Mr. Bogardus married, June 6, 1908,
Ada Irene Scofield, daughter of Samuel
Ferris and Frances Elizabeth (Hoyt)
Scofield (q. v.). Mrs. Bogardus is a communicant
of the Congregational church.
HARSTROM, Carl Axel,
Head of Important School.
On the shores of Long Island Sound, in
the city of Norwalk, Connecticut, yet
with country surroundings, is situated the
Harstrom School. There, in addition to
the general curriculum of preparatory
schools, the youth is taught the lesson
and importance of life. Dr. Carl A. Har-
strom, the founder and principal of this
school, is not satisfied to merely increase
the young man's store of information, but
also seeks to develop his character. He
teaches the gospel of action, the signifi-
cance of existence, and aids those in his
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charge to appreciate the duty and glory
of doing their part to help and benefit the
generation in which they live.
Dr. Harstrom was born December 20,
1863, in Westeras, Sweden, son of Carl
Gustaf and Emelia (Fosberg) Harstrom,
and grandson of Eric Emanuel Harstrom.
The latter was superintendent of a steel
mill, and lived to an advanced age in
Gefle, Sweden.
Carl Gustaf Harstrom, father of Dr.
Harstrom, was born in Gefle, Sweden,
and died February 13, 1905. He received
the equivalent of our high school education,
and learned the trade of watchmaker.
In 1874 he came to America and
located in Brooklyn, New York, and
thence removed to Peekskill. He was a
skilled inventor and patented many inventions,
among other things a watch
case spring and a drilling machine, and
altogether had something like fifteen or
twenty patents. In 1890 he established
himself in business and had a manufac-
tory in Peekskill, where he remained during
his lifetime. All of his patents were
taken out in America. Fraternally, Mr.
Harstrom was a member of Dunderberg
Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen,
and was master of this lodge. He
married Emelia Fosberg, born in Westeras,
the daughter of a sea captain who
was lost at sea, and Dr. Harstrom was
their only child. After coming to Amer-
ica the family were members of the Epis-
copal church.
Dr. Harstrom attended the public
schools of Sweden until he was about ten
years of age, and in this country attended
the Peekskill Military Academy and Ho-
bart College. He was graduated from the
latter institution in 1886 with the degree
of B. A., and in 1889 received his M. A.
degree from this same college. In 1899
Dr. Harstrom received the degree of