Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....BOTSFORD, Milton W. 1849 - living in 1899
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  MILTON W. BOTSFORD, a prominent merchant of Nordmont, Sullivan County, is the
  eldest son of John C. and Martha (Pennington) Botsford, and was born in Davidson
  township, Sullivan County, Pa., August 17, 1849.
  
    John Botsford, great-grandfather of our subject, was the founder of the
  Botsford family in America. He was born in England, came to America, and served
  in the French and Indian War. He was twice married and had two sons, John and
  Levi; the latter was accidentally killed at Utica, N. Y. The former, John,
  grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Oxford County, Conn., and
  early in life was a glassmaker at Utica, N. Y. He removed to Schuyler County,
  N. Y., in 1844. Having saved some money he next purchased sixty acres of forest
  land in Davidson township, Sullivan County, Pa., now owned by William M.
  Stephens. He engaged in clearing and cultivating the land, building a dwelling
  house and other buildings and establishing a home for himself and family. He
  died at the age of eighty-four; his wife, Louise McEwen, lived to the good old
  age of ninety-two. They were blessed with five children: Louisa, Nancy, Emeline,
  Sarah, and John C., the father of our subject.
  
    John C. Botsford, father of Milton W. Botsford, was born in Oneida County, N.
  Y. Early in life he bought a tract of land in Laporte township, cleared it, and
  there he has lived ever since, enjoying the reputation and success of a
  practical farmer. There he and his wife are spending their declining years in
  peace and in the same surroundings which characterized their years of toil.
  Their ages are, respectively, seventy-four and seventy-six years. Six children
  were born to Mr. and Mrs. Botsford, viz.: Milton W., our subject; Jesse, who is
  married and resides in Nebraska; Mary, who married William Stanley and resides
  at the Botsford homestead; Arthur, who married Ella Mosteller, and, together
  with Judson, who married Minnie Kuner, reside in Athens, Pa.; and Zenus.
  
    At the district school Milton W. Botsford obtained a good practical education,
  which he found of value to him in after years. After he left school he found
  employment in the lumber business for seven years, when he went into business
  for himself by starting a small store at Unityville, Lycoming County, Pa. He
  continued at this business for eight years, then sold out and removed to
  Nordmont and purchased the C. W. Reeder store and engaged again in the
  mercantile business. In this enterprise he was prospering when he received -an
  unwelcome visit from fire September 11, 1897. His store, also his house and
  barn, near by, were destroyed by the fire; but, out of the ruins rose a new
  building, typical country store, with genial Mr. Botsford again behind the counter.
  
    Mr. Botsford was united in marriage with Annie Hirleman, daughter of Henry
  Hirleman of Waller, Columbia County, Pa. Their children: Rush, Ernest, Charles,
  who died at the early age of four years, Harry and Frank. The positions of honor
  and trust held by Mr. Botsford are the best evidences of the high esteem in
  which he is held by his friends and neighbors. He has been elected at different
  times overseer of the poor, inspector of elections, auditor and justice of the
  peace, and is at present postmaster, which position he has held at Nordmont and
  Unityville for a period of twenty years. Our subject's wife is a faithful and
  willing worker in the United Evangelical Church.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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