An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 369-370
	
	A.C. BOSTWICK, M.D., was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1829, but his
parents removed to Ohio three years later, and in the old Buckeye State his
boyhood days were passed. In 1850 he removed to Park county, Indiana, and
attended the high school at Rockville. In 1857 he began attending the medical
department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and in 1859 removed to
Kansas.
	During the late war of the Rebellion Dr. Bostwick was Major Surgeon of the
Ninth Kansas Cavalry, a position which he was compelled to resign in 1863, on
account of impaired health. He resumed the regular practice of his profession
and later took a special post-graduate course at Rush Medical College, Chicago.
In 1873 he removed to Portland, Oregon, and two years later took up his
residence in Tacoma, where he has since remained in the successful practice of
his profession. In the early days of his professional work here he was
frequently called to remote parts of the State, his skilled services being much
in demand.
	Dr. Bostwick served as United States surgeon to the Puyallup reservation in
1877; has officiated as a member of the Pension Examining Board; was president
of the first medical Society organized in the Territory; was a member of the
first City Council of Tacoma, and president of the first board of trade. He has
also been prominent in banking circles.
	This brief review will prove adequate to show the position which Dr.
Bostwick has maintained in the development of the State and city, and he stands
conspicuous among those who have been identified with the march of progress and
who have been conservators of the best interests of the section.
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
	
	
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