San Francisco County
Biographies
CHARLIE
JENKINS BOSWORTH
For a period approaching the half-century mark, Charlie Jenkins Bosworth has been associated with the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, of which he is resident manager in San Francisco.
Mr. Bosworth was born October 24, 1861, in Grass Valley, California, and is a son of the late Solomon D. and Emma (Lansing) Bosworth. He is descended from the Bosworths who landed at the port of Boston in 1642 A. D. His father and mother were married in the east, and in 1852 Solomon D. Bosworth came to Grass Valley, with his wife following two years later. Mr. Bosworth was a member of the first class to be graduated from Union College in New York. His death occurred in the year 1896. His wife’s ancestors were also early settlers in New York. The late Robert Lansing, secretary of state during the World war, was a member of the same family.
Charlie J. Bosworth attended the grade and high school of Grass Valley, and in 1876 came to San Francisco, where he completed the courses offered by the old Pacific Business College. After his graduation therefrom, he was for ten years in the employ of the drug firm of Langdon & Michaels, then for one and a half years held similar employment in Los Angeles, California. He returned to San Francisco in 1888, and became affiliated with the insurance company of which he is now resident manager in this city, and is the only active one of the first employes. The satisfactory nature of Mr. Bosworth’s services to his superiors, and his fine ability and energy, are indicated well in the long period of his connection with this concern. He is a stanch, ethical, and progressive exponent of the insurance business in the bay region, and he stands with high repute both among his patrons and his contemporaries.
Mr. Bosworth has been twice married, first to Anna Louise Hoffman, daughter of a pioneer family in California, and now deceased. To this union there were born two children, namely: Charles Lansing and Ann Gertrude, the latter now the wife of Bartley C. Crum. Mr. Bosworth was married secondly to Julia Pauline Sterne, whose mother made the historic journey across the plains by covered wagon in 1849. By his second marriage, Mr. Bosworth is the father of one son, Lansing.
In political activities, Mr. Bosworth has consistently supported the republican party and its issues, and his religious faith has been Protestant in character. He belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Merchants Exchange Club, while his favorite diversions are hunting and outdoor life of various kinds, in which he participates at every opportunity. He has never sought public office, but has lent his cooperation and assistance in numerous civic movements, and in every way justifies the appellative term of public-spirited citizen.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Byington, Lewis Francis, “History of
San Francisco 3 Vols”, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1931. Vol. 2 Pages 486-487.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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