Charles Joshua Bosley

Brief Life History of Charles Joshua

When Charles Joshua Bosley was born on 11 January 1822, in Dulaney Valley, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, William Bosley, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Stansbury, was 36. He married Mary Elizabeth Freeland in June 1853, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 26 September 1894, in Towson, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Towson, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Joshua Bosley
1822–1894
Mary Elizabeth Freeland
1835–1906
Marriage: June 1853
Emma Elizabeth Bosley
1854–1937
John Alfred Bosley
1856–1896
Charles Bosley
1858–1936
Lavenia C. Bosley
1859–1940
Mary Celia Bosley
1859–1943
Sarah Ann Bosley
1861–1870
Jefferson Davis Bosley
1862–1919
Robert E. Lee Bosley
1863–1922
Thomas Patrick Beauregard Bosley
1864–1899
Stonewall Jackson Bosley
1866–1930
Aquilla Cartiff Taggart Bosley
1868–1940
William Henry Bosley
1872–1927
Eleanora May Bosley
1873–
Hattie Estella Bosley
1875–1960

Sources (4)

  • Charles Bosey, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Charles Joshua Bosley, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Charles Bosley, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (7)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Boseley in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, probably named with the Old English personal name Bōsa + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Bosley, from the Old English personal name Bōsa or Bōt + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Boseley .

Americanized form of French Beausoleil , especially in New England. Compare Boseley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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