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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JAMES KIRK BOSLER, youngest child of J. Herman and Mary J. (Kirk) Bosler, was born Oct. 11, 1876, in Carlisle, and has always resided there. He was educated at Dickinson College, entering the preparatory department in 1890, and graduating from the college proper in 1897. He then took a course in the Dickinson Law School, from which he graduated in 1899, and was admitted to practice in the Cumberland county courts on June 3, 1899. He is president of the Carlisle Paper Box Company, and secretary of the Carlisle Shoe Company; Also a director in the Farmers’ Trust Company, of Carlisle, and his time is occupied chiefly in attending to his various manufacturing and business interests. He was married on Nov. 19, 1903, to Miss Mary A. Mullin, daughter of Hon. Charles H. Mullin, of Mt. Holly Springs.
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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company.
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