BOOSINGER, John Sr.
Husband of Barbara "Barbry" nee WILLIARD – m. 30 Dec 1813
Son of Conrad and Catherine Barbara Yancer Boosinger
B. 17 Mar 1785 in VA
D. 16 Mar 1875 in Portage Co. OH at 89y 11m 30d
Burial – Mar 1875 in Restland Cemetery, Brimfield, Portage Co. OH

History of Portage County, Ohio, 1885, ps 663-664
Excerpt from biographical sketch of son Philip Boosinger:
"Philip Boosinger of Kent, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, November 21, 1814, son of John and Barbara (Willard) Boosinger. His father was born in eastern Virginia, March 17, 1785, son of Conrad Boosinger, a native of Germany, who settled in Ravenna Township, Portage Co., Ohio, in 1800, where he cleared and improved a farm. In 1809 he removed to Tallmadge, Summit County, where he resided until his death. He had twelve children, four sons and eight daughters. John Boosinger was married in 1813, and settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he resided three years. In June 1816, he settled in Brimfield Township, one and a half miles west of Brimfield Center, the first permanent settler in the township, where he resided until his death at the advanced age of ninety years. He had eight children, five sons and three daughters."

History of Portage County, Ohio, 1885, p 602
Excerpt from biographical sketch of son George Boosinger:
"GEORGE W. BOOSINGER, farmer, P.O. Brimfield, was born in Rootstown, this county, September 16, 1827, son of John and Barbara (Williard) Boosinger, who settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1816, the first family who settled here. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Conrad Boosinger, a native of Germany, who settled in Ravenna Township in 1800 and who in 1809 removed to Tallmadge, Summit Co., Ohio, where he resided until his death. John Boosinger, the father of our subject, was born in eastern Virginia March 17, 1785. In December, 1813, he married Barbara Williard, a daughter of Philip Williard, an early settler of Rootstown, and reared a family of eight children. Mrs. Boosinger died March 28, 1867, at the age of seventy-seven years, and Mr. Boosinger died March 16, 1875, in his ninetieth year."

Note: Veteran of the War of 1812

Jim Lighton (47636959) •Suggested edit 2020/08/22:
"At the time of John Boosinger's birth, Virginia, laid claim to what is now Western Pennsylvania, as did Pennsylvania, that is why on several of the census records it shows a birth of Virginia and/or Pennsylvania to the entry."