Doctress Hannah Bosley

Doctress Hannah Bosley. 07 Jun 1812, Harford County, MD , 04 Jul 1895, Columbia, Lancaster, PA. , Hannah lived to be 83 years old. She was born into slavery in Harford County Md. While enslaved she met and married her first husband Thomas Prosser. In 1841 they bought their freedom and came to Columbia, PA where they had four children, George, Harriet, Isaac and Mary. After Thomas' death she remarried Isaac Bosley and had one daughter Sarah., While living in Columbia. Hannah resided at 508 Union Street. Her father and mother, Orange and Sarah Roberts lived next door. Her father, per his death notification in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, lived to be 101 years and 2 months old., The Corn Doctress , Hannah traveled up and down the east coast working as a Chiropodist (a person who treats feet and their ailments). She became known as the "Corn Doctress". During her lifetime she also worked as a candy maker and had a secondhand clothing store. Her daughter, Mary (Prosser) Frisby Richardson (per the occupation on her death certificate) also worked as a Chiropodist., Doctress Hannah Prosser is one of the institutions of Tow Hill. She is death on corns and now she has increased her sphere of usefulness by opening a second-handed clothing store.