He was born in
New Jersey and was a partner in a mill and dam. Bostedo came to Waupaca County in 1851, being one of the first settlers of Weyauwega.[2] In 1855 he was a member of the Waupaca County
Board of Supervisors from Weyauwega. He was the first village president of Waupaca.[3]
Legislative election and service
The seat was initially awarded to one William Brunquest, whom Bostedo successfully challenged,[4] with both claimants admitting that Bostedo had received the majority of the vote.[5]
Bostedo remained on the County Board; was a founder and President of the Old Settlers' Society of Waupaca County when that body organized in 1872, retaining the office until his death in 1878.
He was reported as a newly elected Vice-President of the
Ripon and Wolf River Rail Road Company in 1858.[6] That railroad had been chartered by the legislature during his term of office.[7]
^"An Act to incorporate the Ripon and Wolf River Railroad" Private and Local Laws Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, in the Year Eighteen-Hundred and Fifty-Six Madison: Calkins & Proudfit, Printers, 1856; p. 862-70