The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN.
Mr.. George L. Bosley, an Old Soldier and
Highly Respected. Passes Away.

MIR. George L. Bosley, an Old Soldier and
Highly Respected. Passes Away.
George L. Bosley, for many years a
resident of Oakland where he has
been successfully engaged in the hotel
business, died Tuesday morning, July
30, at 10 o'clock, after an illness ex-
tending over a period of two years, of
diabetes
Mr.. Bosley was born Oct. q, 1885,
on the Alternately farm, in District
No. S, of this county, being the only
son of the late Thomas and Cathar-
inc Bosley, pioneer settlers of this
country. The Bosleys. of English
Irish ancestry, first settled in Balti-
more county, Md. Mr.. Bosley's father
was born in that county in 1910 and
was left an orphan in his infancy.
When he was nine years of age he
was brought to this county and here
spent the remainder of his life. He
was actively engaged in farming near
Oakland until 1860, when he came to
live in town, dying in 1895 at the ripe
old age of eighty-three years
&. L. Bosley led the usual life of a
farmers boy, attending the district
schools of his neighborhood, and aid
ing his father in the general work of
the homestead until he attained his
majority. In 1859 he went to Iowa
City, Iowa, where he remained about
two years, returning home just be-
fore the outbreak of the war. He
was an ardent young patriot, and his
love for his fair country was manifes-
ted when he enlisted in the Union
army as a private in Company o,
Sixth West Virginia Volunteers, on
the first call for defenders of the Stars
and Stripes. Upon the expiration of
his term of enlistment he returned
home for short time and then re-
enlisted as a member of the same com
pany for three years, receiving an
honorable discharge June 10, 1865.
Much of his service was scouting duty
but he also participated in several
very important battles, besides nu-
merous skirmishes. He took part in
the engagement at Winchester and
that of Port Republic, and was taken
prisoner by the Confederates when in
Oakland in 1862, though he was soon
released. He was always faithful to
his duties and was never absent from
his post on account of illness DUNG
his long service.
In June, 1865, soon after his return
from the army, Mr. Bosley conceived
the idea of opening a summer hotel
in the vicinity of Oakland Having
looked around for a suitable location
he selected the one he has since occu-
pied and, in a small way, he COM
menced his new venture. From time
to time he was obliged to build addi-
tions to his hotel until at present the
house is one of the largest in town
and enjoys healthy patronage.
Mr.. Bosley always took an active
part in local affairs and occupied var
ious offices of Importance in the com
munity. He was always an earnest
Republican, a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church in which he
was one of the stewards for number
of years, or until his last illness, dat
ing back to about two years ago. He
was also a member of Crook Post,
G. A. R.
In 1870 Mr.. Bosley and Miss Hattie
A. Ridenour, of Aurora, Preston
county, w. Va, were united in mar
riage, to whom ten children were
born, two having died in infancy.
By his first marriage, which was to
Miss Kisih Hinebaugh, Mr.. Bosley
had one son, Thomas A., who is now
resident of Atlanta, Ga, where he
is employed by one of the railroads
entering that city.
Mr.. Bosley's funeral will take place
this afternoon at O'Clock from St.
Paul's NJ. E. church.