George Bosler

George Bosler, 90, last survivor of a family that came to Meadville in 1796, died December 4, 1951, on the Vernon Township farm where he spent his entire life.

The retired farmer, member of Christ Episcopal Church and Taylor Hose Co., had been in failing health for some time.  Unmarried, he is survived by a brother-in-law, Norman W. Couse and a niece, Mary Elizabeth Couse of Northeast.  Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gaud resided with him at the Bosler home at the corner of Route 6-322 and the old Mercer Pike.

In 1833, the Bosler family bought the farm that takes in much of what is now Kerrtown.

George Bosler's great-grand-mother, Mrs. Sarah Bosler Wahob, brought her two children, Henry C. and Julia Bosler to Meadville in 1796.  They lived in a log house on Water Street, and Henry C. Bosler for a time operated a store at the site of the present Mead Theater.

Geroge, his father, Henry C., and his grandfather all operated the Vernon Township farm.  George Bosler was born on the farm November 20, 1861, in a house about 100 yards away from the home where he died.

He great-grandfather, also Henry C. Bosler, was one of the first US marshals for western PA.  He maternal grandfather, Dr. Thomas Rustin Kennedy, was Meadville's first practicing physician, relatives said.

Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.

Interment was in Cochranton Cemetery.