In 1900 was Marshall of the Supreme Court and executive officer of the Board of Prison Control.

In Cleveland city directory, middle initial given as C. and occupation as reporter for the Penny Press

Was in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1887-1897 before returning to Ohio Went there as a representative of some Western cattlemen looking for ranch land in Venezuela but after arriving there, he told them it was not a safe investment due to the instability of the government.

Samuel Clarence Bothwell, a private of troop D of the Fifth Regiment of U.S. Cavalry, while riding in the Victory Parade for the Spanish American War, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, spied a lovely señorita on a balcony watching the parade.  He sent his orderly (buck privates in the Rough Riders -- if they could afford -- it had servants) to find out who she was.  He then negotiated a contract with her family to marry her.  Told Teddy Rosevelt that he wanted to stay in Puerto Rico and needed a job.  Teddy asked President McKinley to find him a job and Samuel was appointed U.S. Marshal for Puerto Rico & Marshal of the Provisional Court established in 1898.  In 1900 he became Marshal of the new Supreme Court of Porto Rico (old spelling).  During the Spanish American War he was in the Cuban campaign and participated in the attack at San Juan Hill.
The lovely señorita was Maria Gonzalez, who was watching the parade with her mother and grandmother.  Reportedly, all the male members of the family had perished during the war.  They married and had 12 children, all of who lived to be adults.
by Samuel Todd Bothwell -- Son of Lyman Dutton Bothwell & Grandson of Samuel Clarence Bothwell.

BOTHWELL Lyman Dutton 051046 B-PR 5 June 04 A-Wash SS
LM BSM(20LC) AM CR Grad C&GS Sch 12 GS CI 43 AB Univ
of Ariz 33 MA Univ of Mich 34 21t CA Res 14 Feb 33 to Lt Col
AUS 8 Dec 45 RA Maj Cav 29 Oct 47 to Lt Col 15 July 48

He was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star with V for Valor and 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, all for his service with the 1st Cavalry In the liberation of Manila and Santo Tomas Internment Camp In 1945. He also was awarded 2 Legions of Merit, the first for his service in Japan on Gen. MacArthur’s Staff and the second for service in post war Austria (G2). After retirement he received 3 Fulbright Scholarships to teach in South & Central America.

Professor of Political Science at the University of Puerto
Rico for 38 years.  Author of a number of books on Puerto Rican history,
parliamentary procedure and constititutional law.

Arrived in Baltimore in Aug., 1936 on the ship Barbara from San Juan, PR