STEWART COUNTY, TENNESSEE 

BARNETT H. BOSWELL, a farmer of Stewart County, is the son of HEZEKIAH and EMELINE (BOYD) BOSWELL. The father was a native of North Carolina, and when young came to this county, where he was united in wedlock with MISS BOYD. For a livelihood he followed tilling the soil being a well to-do farmer. His wife was called from the toils of earth in 1851. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. After her death the father married ELIZABETH JOYCE, who still lives. After a long and useful life the father died at the age of sixty-nine. Barnett's ancestors were Irish on both sides. He was born in 1848 in this county, grew up on the farm, and had the advantages of the common schools. At the age of eighteen he went
on the river to learn to pilot a steamboat. At the end of nine months he was licensed to run a boat, but was called home by the sickness of his father. Thereupon he took to farming. He is the father of five children by AMANDA BRADLEY, to whom he was married in 1867. In 1885 his wife laid down the burden of life for a home where no burdens are to be borne.  Since then he has kept house with the assistance of his children. Mr. Boswell has filled the office of constable for two years. Politically he is a staunch Democrat. Besides farming he has quite an extensive business in shipping logs. He is a good farmer and an energetic business
man.  

Source:
Goodspeed's History of Stewart County, TN: Biographies Published 1886 
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GEORGE W. BOSWELL M.D. was one of the eight children of JOHN and MATILDA
(BOYD) BOSWELL. Both are natives of this state, the father of Sumner and the mother of Stewart County. After marriage they located on the farm and spent the rest of their days in agricultural pursuits. In religious faith they were Methodists. He filled no public places, but lived a quiet, unpretentious life. The mother died in 1869 at the age of fifty-six. The father lived to be seventy-two, dying in 1874. The Doctor was born in Stewart County in 1835. He grew upon the farm and acquired a very limited education. At the age of twenty-one he started out for himself, and after studying medicine privately for a time his neighbors began to send for him. His success and ability were readily appreciated, and as a result he grew into an extensive practice. To CATHERINE CAMPBELL he was married in 1861. Six children are now living as the fruits of this union; one died. Mr Boswell is a member of the Christian Union Church, his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In connection with his practice the Doctor runs a farm. Dr Boswell has now practiced his profession for twenty-four years in this county and his extensive practice and financial advancement speak for his ability and popularity. 

Source: 
Goodspeed's History of Stewart County, TN: Biographies Published 1886 
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