John Bostwick was born on January 09, 1820 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. His parents were Jared Bostwick and Ann Copley. He married Ann Porter on December 25, 1844. He was a Sutler with the 11th New York Cavalry also called “Scott’s 900” see Familysearch. He died on October 16, 1897 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
See archive “John Bostwick, Sutler 171”
”J. R. Bostwick was the regimental sutler from the beginning to the end. He kept a large variety of goods that soldiers require, such as gloves, blacking, polishing stuffs, thread, needles, pipes, tobacco and cigars. He was a very accommodating man, and charged good prices for his wares, but they were not exorbitant, considering the risks which he took. At Camp Relief he furnished the officers' mess and had money to lend for a fair rate of interest; he trusted the men for two dollars' worth of tickets per month, to be paid on the first pay-day, and would give a still larger credit if a man asked for it.” See archive[1]
Boys, you will remember Bostwick, the sutler, when he first arrived at the…[2]
Event Place: New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States[4][5]
Marriage
Name: John Roberts Bostwick
Spouse's Name: Ann Louisa Porter
Additional Person's Name: Gurdon S Coit
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 December 1844
Event Place: New Milford, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (New Milford, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States)[6][7]
Census
1880 United States Census
Name: John R. Bostwich
Sex: Male
Age: 60 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Butcher
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self (Self)
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut, United States
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: New Milford, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (New Milford, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States)
Household Identifier: 5327436
Person Number: 0
Sheet Letter: C
Sheet Number: 565
Volume: 1
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Anne L. Bostwich Wife F 57 years Connecticut, United States
Charles H. Law M 25 years Connecticut, United States
Amasa Orton M 25 years Connecticut, United States
Penn Baker M 22 years Connecticut, United States[8]
Death
John R. Bostwick. John R. Bostwick, one of the oldest railroad men in the United States, died of heart failure at his home in New Milford on the 16th inst., aged 77 years and 9 months. The New Milford Gazette says that Mr Bostwick was one of the earliest employees on the old Housatonic road, working up from the place of brakeman to that of conductor, and was afterwards a conductor on the Hudson River railroad in New York state, and for a time the assistant-superintendent of that road. During a part of the war he was a sutler in the south. He next returned to New Milford where he was born and lived on his ancestral farm until his death. He kept a meat market in New Milford at one time and had a slaughter house on his farm. He was quite noted as a bee keeper. He leaves a widow but no children. Mr Bostwick's funeral was largely attended from his late residence on the 18th inst. and was conducted with Masonic ceremonies..[9]
Per Familysearch Bio: When John Robert Bostwick was born on 9 January 1820, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jared Bostwick, was 31 and his mother, Theoda Ann Copley, was 25. He married Ann Louisa Porter on 25 December 1844, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. He died on 16 October 1897, at the age of 77, and was buried in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7B-3KM1 : Sun Mar 10 21:42:14 UTC 2024), Entry for John Roberts Bostwick and Gurdon S Coit, 25 December 1844.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33525705/john_robert-bostwick: accessed April 27, 2024), memorial page for John Robert Bostwick (9 Jan 1820–16 Oct 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33525705, citing Center Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by karen kelly (contributor 46967126).
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