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Warren E. Bostedo
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Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

The name of Warren E. BOSTEDO, member of the renowned DRAKE-BOSTEDO Company, of Netcong, Morris county, New Jersey, is so well and widely known that further introduction is unnecessary.

Ezra BOSTEDO, his grandfather, was born and died in Morris county, where the family has been resident for many years. He lived on a farm near Hibernia. He married Martha SHAUGER and had children: 

  • John P., of further mention; 

  • Harriet, married Albert BARTON and is now a widow; 

  • Catherine, deceased, married Aaron SANDERSON; and 

  • two other children.

John P. BOSTEDO, son of Ezra and Martha (SHAUGER) BOSTEDO, was born near Green Pond, Morris county, in 1835, and has now been a resident of Netcong many years. His occupation was that of stationary engineer, which he followed for about forty years; he affiliated with the Democratic party. His wife has been a member of the Methodist church. He married Jane ALLISON, and they had children: 

  • Warren E., the subject of this sketch; 

  • Wallace, who died in 1900 at the age of twenty-two years; 

  • Charles, died in 1897 at the age of twenty years.

Mrs. BOSTEDO was a daughter of John and Jane ALLISON, natives of Milton, Morris county, who died near Green Pond in the same county, where they conducted a hotel for some time and later retired to a farm. They had children: 

  • Warren, who lost his life in a burning gold mine at Pike’s Peak; (Unknown), deceased; 

  • Cynthia, married Daniel SHAUGER; 

  • Caroline, deceased, married Frederick MATTHEWS; 

  • Isaac, of Hibernia; 

  • Cornelius, a resident of Newfoundland, New Jersey; 

  • Mary, deceased, was the wife of Williams EARLS; 

  • Rachel, deceased, was the wife of William HENDERSON; 

  • John D., a resident of Butler, New Jersey; 

  • Elizabeth, married John EGBERT, of Marcella, near Green Pond; 

  • Hannah, deceased, was the wife of Lewis MEAD; 

  • Sidney, deceased; 

  • Jane, mentioned above, was born in Hibernia, Morris county, New Jersey.

Warren E. BOSTEDO was born in Hibernia, Morris county, New Jersey, October 31, 1866. When three years of age he removed with his parents to Stanhope, and there attended the public schools until he had attained the age of sixteen years. He then entered the employ of G. H. LUNGER, who conducted a business on the same site now occupied by the DRAKE-BOSTEDO Company, and subsequently purchased the business from Mr. LUNGER and conducted it for a period of five years. In 1896 the DRAKE-BOSTEDO Company was incorporated, taking in the store and the lumber yard, and since that time the concern has been successfully operated by Mr. BOSTEDO and D. S. DRAKE. It is the largest mercantile business in that section of Morris county, and its various departments are fully equipped and stocked. They also have a drug store in Netcong, and erected the DRAKE-BOSTEDO Block, a brick building in 1910. In political opinion Mr. BOSTEDO is a Republican, and for a number of years has been serving as a member of the school board of Netcong. His religious membership is with the Methodist Episcopal church of Stanhope, and his fraternal with the R. A. and the J. O. U. A. M. Mr. BOSTEDO married, in December, 1889, Nellie, a daughter of A. J. DRAKE, and they have had children: 

  • Marion, who was graduated from the Netcong public schools; 

  • Meredith, a student at the Hackettstown Seminary; 

  • R. Drake and

  • Lois, pupils in the public schools of Netcong. 

This biography was transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003).

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