Dimon Bostwick (1770 - 1856)

Family Tree: New World - Part 32
Son of: David Bostwick (1742) and Hannah (1746) GBFA
Born: 7/10/1770 in New Milford, Conn GBFA
Died: 3/12/1856 in Pike Township, Pa GBFA
Buried: in Stevensville Cemetery, Stevens, Bradford, Pa MI
Married: Zalvaisa (1774) MI
Children: Almira (1797) , Eliza Robertson (1799) , Julia Maria (1801) , Samuel Randolph (1803) , Penet Marshall (1805) , Valvassa (1808) , Esther (1810) , Hannah Artamis (1812) , Sarah Weller (1816) GBFA

By profession a skilled surveyor and draughtsman, he bought 2 plots of land in the wild on the banks of the Wyalusing Creek in Bradford Co, Pa, where he built a comfortable home and lived there the remainder of his life. He and his brother Benajah were both "remarkable for their principles of justice, integrity and honesty". He surveyed much of Bradford County and located many of the towns and villages there. In 1796 he bought 2100 acres of land which he cultivated and improved. He was a man of great strength of character and firmness, and was warm and ardent in his attachment to friends.
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The tombstone of his daughter Penet gives his name as 'Dymond'.
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