1850-11-26 +PIPESTONE MICH----BERRIEN CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE/ WILLIAM BOUGHTON P.M. (SERVED AS POSTMASTER FROM 1850-55)-----TO THADEUS BOUGHTON, LEDYARD, CAYUGA CO, N.Y.----FROM HIS NEPHEW 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)--- AND WRITES IN DETAIL OF RELIGION AND FAMILY READING IN PART, "...SOCIETY IN THIS TOWN IS BECOMING CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IS NOW PAID TO RELIGION. A POST OFFICE HAS LATELY BEEN ESTABLISHED AT MY HOUSE, AND I AM APPOINTED POSTMASTER..."-----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 350

Year: 1850
Date: 1850-11-26
County: Berrien
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