1851-02-19 PIPESTONE MICH{1850-1903}---V3----BERRIEN CO---BLACK *MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE WILLIAM BOUGHTON P.M.---FREE FRANK---WILLIAM BOUGHTON P.M.(POSTMASTER APPOINTMENT DATE 1850-09-25 PIPESTONE MICH, B. 1794-01-22, D. 1864-10-11, {DESCENDANT OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN TIMOTHY BOUGHTON, SOLDIER, SERVING UNDER HIS BROTHER CAPTAIN DANIEL BOUTON IN CONNECTICUT MILITIA, AND IN COL. ALBERT PAWLING’S NEW YORK LEVIES: IN 3RD REGIMENT, AND 4TH REGIMENT OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK MILITIA}FATHER, JOHN BOUGHTON, MOTHER, MALINDA BOUGHTON, SPOUSE, MALINDA ANN WAKELEY BOUGHTON{DESCENDANT OF JOSEPH FAY YAW, KILLED IN CIVIL WAR, COMPANY B, 6TH MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS 27 MAY 1863 IN BATTLE OF PORT HUDSON, LA.} , CHILDREN, SARAH WAKELEY BOUGHTON BYERS, RUTH ANN BOUGHTON YAW, SAMUEL NEWELL BOUGHTON)--------TO EDWARD HICKS BOUGHTON(B. 1819-10-11, D. 1894-04-20, FATHER, THADDEUS BOUGHTON, MOTHER, LUCY ROCKWELL BOUGHTON), GENOA, CAYUGA CO, N.Y.----LETTER WITH A LOT OF FAMILY GENEALOGY--MENTIONS UNCLE THADDEUS, EDWARD'S BROTHER WILLIAM, HIS DAUGHTER RUTH ANN, THEY HAVE TAKEN A GIRL 12 YEARS OLD TO BRING UP, HIS SON NEWELL IN NORWALK, FAIRFIELD CO. CONN., COUSIN PROMELIA WHEELER, HIS SECOND SON ADONIRAM JUDSON IS A BOTANICAL DOCTOR AND HIS THIRD SON JAMES IS A SHOEMAKER - BOTH LIVE NEAR EDWARDSBURGH, CASS CO. MICH, HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER MARY IS WHAT THEY CALL A "GRASS WIDOW" AND LIVES WITH ADONIRAM---ON THE FOURTH OF JULY 1846 HIS DAUGHTER SARAH MARRIED JACOB BEYERS AND THEY LIVE IN HAMILTON, VAN BUREN CO. MICH; RUTH ANN MARRIED JOSEPH F. YAW AND THEY HAVE A 17 MONTH OLD BOY NAMED WILLIAM BOUGHTON---HIS YOUNGEST CHILD CORNEDELIA'S MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS A FEW DAYS OLD AND HE GAVE HER TO HIS WIFE'S SISTER, MRS. NANCY BOWERS, WIFE OF ORSAMUS BOWERS, AND DAUGHTER OF ELDER ABNER WAKELY OF LEDYARD. THEY NOW LIVE IN CLINTON, ROCK CO. WISCONSIN, AND HE HAS NOT SEEN HER SINCE SHE WAS 4 1/2 YEARS OLD, THOUGH THEY WRITE TO EACH OTHER---HIS CURRENT WIFE IS MELINDA ENOS, BUT NONE OF HER CHILDREN LIVED---HE IS NOW ATTEMPTING TO CULTIVATE PEACH, PLUM, AND APPLE TREES AND THE ISABELLA GRAPE VINE---DISCUSSES BEING THE POST MASTER---HE ONCE WORKED WITH MR. ENOCH BUCK---GENEALOGY----3PGS-----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR P-ID-45833 - N

Year: 1851
Date: 1851-02-19
County: Berrien
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