Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 528.

PETER BOSCOW

     For many years Peter Boscow was prominently identified with the
agricultural interests of Washington county and aided materially in the
development and improvement of that region.  He was born on the Isle of Man, May
26, 1834, and was only six years of age when brought to the United States by his
parents, the family locating at Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois.  There Peter
Boscow was reared and educated and on reaching manhood was united in marriage to
Miss Rebecca Cray, a native of Ohio.  They became the parents of six children,
two of whom were born in Illinois.  The family consisted of Arthur H., who
remained in the east; W. H., who now lives in Hillsboro, Oregon; Mary A., the
wife of W. H. Webrung of Portland; W. W., who is engaged in the men's furnishing
business in Hillsboro; and Mrs. Grace A. Patterson and Mrs. Stella Baumgardner,
both of whom reside in Portland.
     A few years after his marriage Mr. Boscow decided to come to the west and
became a resident of Washington county, Oregon, taking up a homestead near North
Plains.  The land was covered with timber and brush but he succeeded in clearing
the greater part of it and developed a splendid farm, on which he and his wife
spent their remaining years, she dying in 1920, while his death occurred on the
7th of January, 1924.  At that time he was the oldest member of the Masonic
order in Washington county and was past master of his lodge.  He also belonged
to the Grange and was a man of strong character, high ideals and straightforward
manner, commanding to a marked degree the confidence and respect of all who knew
him.
 
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2006 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.