William Eugene Bosworth^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1848 - 1903  (55 years)

• Name	William Eugene Bosworth
  Born	5 Oct 1848	Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Oct 1903
  Buried	2 Nov 1903	Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook County, Illinois
  Person ID	I288188	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Increase Child Bosworth,   b. 1 Apr 1812, Greenfield, Seneca County, New York ,   d. 14 Jan 1888  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Root,   b. 4 Jun 1814, Seneca County, New York ,   d. 7 Aug 1896  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1844
  Family ID	F25323	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ida Louise Woodruff,   b. 25 Nov 1852, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Jun 1944, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois  (Age 91 years)
  Married	12 May 1874
  Children	+ 1. Cyrus I. Bosworth,   b. Abt 1875, Illinois   2. Charles E. Bosworth,   b. 29 Jan 1878, Illinois ,   d. 24 Nov 1885  (Age 7 years)   3. Ralph R. Bosworth,   b. 13 Dec 1882, Illinois ,   d. 14 Aug 1902  (Age 19 years) + 4. Ethel M. Bosworth,   b. 20 Jan 1888, Illinois ,   d. 29 May 1967, Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois  (Age 79 years)   5. Walter H. Bosworth,   b. 24 Aug 1892, Illinois ,   d. 27 Aug 1959  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F112487	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Oct 1848 - Illinois Buried - 2 Nov 1903 - Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook County, Illinois  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  WILLIAM E. BOSWORTH (deceased), for merchant, Elgin, was born in Dundee, Ill., Oct. 5, 1848, was a student of the Dundee local schools, and a graduate of the old University of Chicago in 1869. The same year he became a member of the firm of Bosworth Brothers & Peck, a noted dry-goods house, which, by the retirement of Alfred Bosworth in 1874, became Bosworth & Peck. In 1881 Mr. Peck retired, leaving the entire business in the hands of Mr. Bosworth, who built up a large and growing trade in dry-goods and carpets. In June, 1902, he sold out to Cohen Brothers and retired from business. Mr. Bosworth was largely interested in farm lands, and owned a number of fine farms in association with his brothers. In the '80s he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago, and at the time of his death was a member of the Board of Trustees of Elgin Academy and of the School Board of Elgin. From his University days he maintained his connection with the Phi Kappa Psi Society. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church for more than twenty years. He was married, May 12, 1874, to Miss Ida L. Woodruff, daughter of Cyrus H. Woodruff, of Elgin. His death occurred 0ct. 30, 1903.

  
  

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  [S112] Census, 1900. Name William E Bosworth Titles Residence Elgin city, Kane, Illinois Birth Date Oct 1848 Birthplace Illinois Relationship to Head-of-Household Self Spouse Name Ida L Bosworth Spouse Titles Spouse Birth Place Massachusetts Father Name Father Titles Father Birthplace New York Mother Name Mother Titles Mother Birthplace Illinois Race or Color (expanded) White Head-of-household Name Gender Male Marital Status Married Years Married 26 Estimated Marriage Year 1874 Mother How Many Children Number Living Children Immigration Year Enumeration District 0097 Sheet Number and Letter 5B Household ID 127 Reference Number 64 GSU Film Number 1240311 Image Number 00000616 Household Gender Age William E Bosworth M Spouse Ida L Bosworth F Child Ralph R Bosworth M Child Ethel M Bosworth F Child Walter H Bosworth M Cyrus H Woodruff M Louisa C Woodruff F Mary Peterson F [S112] Census, Elgin, Cook County, 1870. Name Eugene Bosworth Estimated Birth Year 1849 Gender Male Age in 1870 21y Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian) White Birthplace Illinois Home in 1870 Illinois, United States Household Gender Age I C Bosworth M 58y Mary A Bosworth F 56y Alfred Bosworth M 24y Eugene Bosworth M 21y Abbie Bosworth F 19y Henry I Bosworth M 15y Henry Bosworth M 22y [S101] 1880 Census. Name W. E. Bosworth Residence Elgin, Kane, Illinois Birthdate 1851 Birthplace Illinois, United States Relationship to Head Son-in-law Spouse's Name Spouse's Birthplace Father's Name Father's Birthplace New York, United States Mother's Name Mother's Birthplace New York, United States Race or Color (Expanded) White Ethnicity (Standardized) American Gender Male Martial Status Married Age (Expanded) 29 years Occupation Has Drygoods Store NARA Film Number T9-0218 Page 352 Page Character B Entry Number 4127 Film number 1254218 Household Gender Age C. H. Woodruff M 59 Louisa Woodruff F 63 W. E. Bosworth M 29 Ida L. Bosworth F 27 Cyrus I. Bosworth M 5 Charles E. Bosworth M 2 [S112] Census, 1860. Name Wm E Bosworth Residence , Kane, Illinois Ward Township Of Dundee Age 11 years Estimated Birth Year 1849 Birthplace Ill Gender Male Page 738 Family Number 4946 Film Number 803191 DGS Number 4213652 Image Number 00749 NARA Number M653