Editing Boswell, Indiana (section)

==History==
The town of Boswell was first laid out by Charles Moore, but Moore sold the land it occupied to [[Tippecanoe County]]-native Elizabeth H. Scott who, with her husband Charles, [[plat|replatted]] it in its present form on July 18, 1872. A small general store run from a "rough board shanty" just north of the railroad was the town's first business, but this was joined by many more as the town grew.<ref name="cwbjn">{{cite book
  | last = Mossman
  | first = Ed
  | title = Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical
  | publisher = F. A. Battey & Co.
  | location = Chicago
  | year = 1883
  | chapter = History of Benton County: Past Events &ndash; Present Condition}}</ref>  The town was named for Parnaham Boswell and was platted with streets bearing the names of the founders, Charles and Elizabeth, and their five children, Grace, Emma, Clinton, Harold and Jennie.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Birch
 | first = Jesse Setlington
 | title = History of Benton County and Historic Oxford
 | orig-year = 1928
 | year = 1942
 | publisher = Craw & Craw
 | location = Oxford, Indiana
 | pages = 201
 | chapter = Towns of the County
 }}</ref>