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Homer Bostwick

Birth: 25 Oct 1806
Ohio, USA
Death: 14 Aug 1883 (aged 76)
Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot: plot 4316 section 41
Memorial ID: 75252721 View Source

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Homer was married to Anna Membery Westerm 1824-1859 and had the following children:
Mary Amelia Bostwick 1846-1920
Ada Lucinda Bostwick 1849-1945
Anna Membery Western Bostwick 1850-?
Kate Josephine Bostwick 1851- 1944
Hanna Romaine Bostwick 1853-1926
Minna Minnie Homer Bostwick 1855-1856
Homer Bostwick 1857-1955

His father was Heman Conrad Bostwick 1777-1853and his mother was Lucinda Palmer 1779-1814

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Parents

Heman Bostwick

1777–1853

Spouses

Anna Membery Western Bostwick

1824–1859 (m. 1840)
Henrietta Mesick Bostwick

1830–1909

Siblings

Orasmus Ferdinand Bostwick

1801–1860
Delia Bostwick

1817–1833

Children

Mary Amelia Bostwick Kinsella

1846–1919
Mary Amelia Bostwick Kinsella

1846–1920
Homer Bostwick Jr

1847–1848
Ada Lucinda Bostwick Miller

1849–1923
Hannah Romaine Bostwick Hawley

1853–1926
Minna Bostwick

1855–1856

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Unmounted CDV- Colonel Homer Bostwick, 71st NY National Guard. Previously Colonel, 11th NY Militia. (photo courtesy: The Medford, MA Historical Society)

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 41, lot 4316
Inscription:
Doctor Homer Bostwick
Born Oct. 25, 1806
Died Aug. 14, 1883
Col. 11th Regt. N.G.

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 41, Lot 4316.
[NOTE: Individuals buried here but not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription are noted after the inscriptions.]
LOT LAYOUT AND INSCRIPTIONS
(by row, back to front)
----Behind central monument (Angel)
Oviedo Mesick Bostwick
Jan. 12, 1871 Oct. 30, 1953
His Wife
Florence Conover Bostwick
Oct. 26, 1871 May 31, 1961
----Row of 5 stones (includes central monument)
1
Ada L. Bostwick
Born ----- 1845
Died ------1848
Homer Bostwick, Jr.
Born Dec. 1847
Died Sep. 1848
Minnie Homer Bostwick
Born Dec. 6, 1855
Died March 5, 1856
2
M. A. B. Kinsella
July 6, 1846
March 3, 1920
3
(Angel Monument)
I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. St. John XI, 25, 26
BOSTWICK
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Lieut. F. M. McMillan
Died Mar. 15, 1885
Aged 40 years
5
Ada Agusta Bostwick
Born March 7, 1849
Died March 14, 1872
----Row of 4 stones in front of central monument
1
Heman Bostwick
Father of Dr. Homer Bostwick
Born April 15, 1777
Died Jan. 19, 1853
2
Doctor Homer Bostwick
Born Oct. 25, 1806
Died Aug. 14, 1883
Col. 11th Regt. N.G.
3
Ann M. Bostwick
Wife of Dr. H. Bostwick
Born Feb. 17, 1824,
Died Sep. 21, 1859.
4
Henrietta Conover Bostwick
June 23, 1897
May 21, 1902
----Between rows
Thomas Bostwick Meekins
Born Sep. 25, 1887
Died Aug. 11, 1888
----Front row of 3 stones
1
Kate Bostwick Meekins
1851- 1944
2
Henrietta Mesick,
Wife of Dr. Homer Bostwick
October 11, 1830
December 16, 1909.
3
MOTHER
Hannah R. Hawley
Daughter of Dr. Homer Bostwick
Born Sept. 16, 1853
Died Nov. 19, 1926
[NOTE: Complete lot burial list from cemetery staff, with burial dates, which may represent reburials after removal from previous graves. Asterisks indicate those buried without visible stone and/or legible inscription. Contact the cemetery for more complete information about lots and occupants at http://www.green-wood.com:
BOSTWICK: Ada, 3/16/1872; Ada S, 4/1/1854; Anna M, 9/23/1859; Florence C, 6/2/1961; Heman, 6/21/1854; Henrietta C, 5/22/1902; Henrietta M, 12/19/1909; Homer, 8/17/1883; Homer Jr, 6/21/1854; Minna, 3/7/1856; and Oviedo, 11/2/1953.
GREEN: *Ethel B, 8/24/1887; and *Mabel B, 5/26/1880.
HAWLEY: Hannah R, 11/21/1926; and *Homer, 1/11/1924.
KINSELLA: Mary, 3/5/1920.
McMILLAN: *Francis M Jr, 2/27/1875; and Francis M, 3/18/1885, son and husband, respectively, of Ada Lucinda, nee Bostwick, who after widowhood became Mrs. William Miller (divorced 1901).
MEEKINS: Kate Bostwick, 8/29/1944; and Thomas B, 8/14/1888.]

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 41, Lot 4316.
INSCRIPTION,
BOSTIWCK Family Monument

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. St. John XI, 25, 26
BOSTWICK

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