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JOHN A. BOSLER, superintendent of the finishing department of the Mt. Holly Springs Paper Co., was born in Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland county, Aug. 19, 1848, a son of Christopher and F. Catherine (Wolf) Bosler. The parents were both natives of Germany, where they were reared, coming to America when still young. The father died many years ago, when his son John was a lad of about eight years; he was a papermaker by trade. Two children were born to himself and wife, and our subject is the only one of the family now living.

John A. Bosler was reared and educated at Mt. Holly Springs, and when only fifteen years of age he began to learn the papermaking trade. With the exception of six years he has been connected with the Mt. Holly Paper Co., and those six years were spent at Holyoke, Mass., where for a portion of the time he was in charge of the finishing department of the paper works at that place. For thirty years Mr. Bosler has been superintendent of the finishing department at Mt. Holly Springs, and is a very efficient and skilled papermaker, being a thorough mechanic and a master of his calling. In public affairs he has served upon the school board, holding that position for six years. During twelve years he has served in the borough council as the choice of the Democratic party, and as the borough is strongly Republican this fact is a strong testimonial of his remarkable personal popularity. Fraternally, Mr. Bosler is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 650, and has been connected with the order for the past twenty-eight years, and passed all the chairs.

In 1872 Mr. Bosler married Miss Mary R. Flemming, a daughter of Isaac Flemming, and she died in 1893, leaving a family of three children: Blanche married James Carroll McAllister, now a resident of Carlisle, and has several children; Frank is a papermaker of North Wilbraham, Mass., where he has charge of the finishing department of one of the largest mills in the country; Mary R. married Clyde Fisher of Mt. Holly Springs, a papermaker. In 1894 Mr. Bosler formed a second union, with Bertha M. Bricker, a daughter of John Bricker, of Carlisle. Mr. Bosler is a member of the Methodist Church, in which he is very prominent, serving as a member of the board of trustees.