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G. R. Boslow
G. R. Boslow was born in Monroe, Mich., in 1833, the youngest of a family of eight children of John and Mary (Condon) Boslow, his father a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1787, and his mother a native of New Brunswick, born in 1796. His parents were married in 1812. His father died in Green County, Wis., April 17, 1848, and his mother in Richmond, Ind., in 1880, His father was a patriot of 1812 and was subsequently connected several years with the Lake Erie & Mad River Railroad. His grandfather, Jacob Boslow, was a native of Germany and died in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 101 years. The name was originally spelled Boughslaugh and has been changed by the present generation.
Our subject spent his early life in Brantford, Ontario, Green County, Wis., and Hardin County, Ohio. In 1852 he became connected with the Lake Erie & Mad River Rail road, being engaged in relaying the track. He afterward was employed as conductor on the road fourteen years. He then went on the Terre Haute, Alton & St. Louis Railroad, and in 1867 came to Richmond and was employed on the Chicago & Great Eastern Road, remaining there till April, 1883.
Mr. Boslow has been a member of the Masonic fraternity and has taken all degrees, including the Knights Templar. He was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of Jacob Holmes, of Kenton, Ohio. They have a family of three children.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2