Hancock County IL Archives Biographies.....Boscow, Thomas H. April 27, 1819 - 
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THOMAS H. BOSCOW, M. D., who is suc- 
cessfully engaged in the practice of medi- 
cine at Kirksville, Mo., but resides in War- 
saw, is a native of England, his birth having oc- 
curred in Liverpool on the 27th of April, 1819. 
His parents were Nicholas and Alice (Newell) 
Boscow. The father engaged in merchandising 
in his native land until 1842, when with his fam- 
ily he immigrated to America. He took up his 
residence in Hancock County, Ill., but his death 
occurred in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1824, while visit- 
ing a daughter in that city. 

The Doctor is one of twelve children. He 
bade adieu to home and friends in 1842, and 
sailed for New Orleans, from whence he made 
his way to Peoria, and thence to Hancock Coun- 
ty, Ill. Here he purchased a farm and carried 
on agricultural pursuits for about ten years. Ere 
leaving his native land, he had studied medicine, 
and embarked in his profession on the Isle of 
Man. In 1853, he came to Warsaw and opened 
a store, dealing in dry goods. He carried on 
operations along that line with fair success until 
1868, when he sold out and resumed the practice 
of medicine. He is a skilled physician, and 
makes a specialty of chronic diseases. He has 
an office in Kirksville, Mo., and for a time also 
had a branch office in Quincy, Ill. 

On the 17th of June, 1840, was celebrated the 
marriage of Dr. Boscow and Miss Anna F. 
Bonnyman, a native of the Isle of Man. Her 
mother, Mrs. Jane Maria (Radcliffe) Bonnyman, 
was also born on the Isle of Man, at the old 
homestead which had been in possession of the 
Radcliffe family for three hundred years. After 
the death of her husband she managed the affairs 
of the estate. She reached the very advanced 
age of ninety-two years, and up to the very last 
retained her mental and physical faculties to a re- 
markable degree. 

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Boscow were born nine 
children, of whom four are still living. Hard- 
ing, Alexander and Thomas are all residents of 
California. Maria is living in Warsaw. One son, 
Charles S., became a physician of California. He 
graduated from the High School of Warsaw 
when only sixteen years of age, the youngest 
pupil who had ever graduated here up to that 
time. He was graduated from the Keokuk 
Medical College in 1884, and in 1886 removed to 
California, where he became an active and promi- 
nent member of the State Medical Society. His 
death occurred on the 21st of January, 1888. A 
daughter, Mrs. Fannie Wolf, died in New York, 
July 15, 1864. Sarah was the wife of Dr. Bull, 
Of Kahoka, Mo., and died January 29, 1894. 

Dr. Boscow votes with the Republican party 
and keeps well informed on all the issues of the 
day, but has never sought or desired political 
preferment. In religious belief he is an Episco- 
palian. The greater part of his life has been de- 
voted to the practice of medicine, and he has ever 
been a close student of the profession. He has 
made a specialty of chronic diseases, and in this 
line has won prominence. He receives from the 
public a liberal patronage, which is well merited 
by his skill and ability.

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