Bouton-Boughton Family

Note. — Mr. William S. Bouton has a local reputation as a historian and genealogist. He is the author of several series of published articles, entitled, Cannibal Indians of Norwalk; Sketches of Original White Inhabitants of the Town; Unpublished Traditional facts in its Histcny ; One Hundred Years Ago — Reminiscences of the Indian Cities of Naramake and Pampakeshonk ; History of Anti Slavery in Fairfield County ; and A Record of the Soldiers of Nor- walk in the Civil War ; together with numerous publica- tions upon various subjects of a political character. The compiler of the Bouton-Boughton Genealogy grate- fully acknowledges his indebtedness to W. S. Bouton, Esq., for the principal p^rt of the early accounts it contains. Children of William S. and Margraret F. Bonton. 1,055 i. Emily Virginia Bouton, b. Norwalk, Sept. 20, 1838, m. at Norwalk, Nov., 1S74, Edward D. Taylor, of Bethel, Conn., where they settled; res. now, 18S7, at Norwalk. 1,050 ii. Julia Minor Bouton, b. Norwalk, Sept. 16, I8i0, m. Sept. 16, 186S, Jacob M. Sherwood, of New Ro- chelle, N. Y., and resides in New Rochelle, N. Y. Child of Jacob M. and Jnlia Minor Bouton Sherwood. 1,056' Charlotte B. Sherwood, b. July 6, 1869. 1.057 iii. LeRoy Hudson Bouton, b. Norwalk, July 15, 1842. He enlisted in Co. A, 17th Conn. Vol., and served three years in the war of the rebellion, was honorably discharged, obtained a position in the Con- tinental Sank, New York city, m. May 14, 1868,^Ure- lia Styles, of New York city, and settled in New Rochelle, N. Y. €h« of Leroy H. and Urelia Styles Bouton, of New Roohelle^ N. ¥• 1.058 Alice Emily Bouton, b. Aur. 25, 186i^ d. Feb. 7, 1871. 1.059 Banks Hudson Bouton, b. New Rochelle, June 26, 1871. 1.060 LujJAN E Bouton, b. Mar. 21, 1873, d. 1875. 1,001 LeRoy W. Bouton, b. New Rochelle, Mar. 21, 1877. 7 98 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 1.062 Sadie E. Bouton, b. New Rochelle, Feb. 23, 1879. 1.063 William Stanley Bouton, b. New Rochelle, Feb. 5, 1883. l,06i iv. John William Bouton, b. Norwalk, April 5, 18-45. He enlisted in Co. H., 8th Regt. Conn. Vols., Sept. 30, 1861, under 17 yeai-s of age, and reenlisted as a veteran Dec. 24, 1863 ; he was slightly wounded at the attack on Fort Macon, N. C. He was severely wounded near Petersburgh, Va. He had taken his turn for picket duty and immediately volunteered in the place of another and was wounded. Up to the time of his being wounded he was in all the engage- ments of the regiment. He married Jan. 12, 1870, Harriet Dunscomb, of Dan bury, Ct. Child of John William and Harriet Dunscomb Bouton. 1.065 John Dunscomb Bouton, b. Norwalk, July, 1871 ; they reside at Bridgeport, 1887. 1.066 V. Josephine Frances Bouton, b. Norwalk, Conn., June 8, 1847, m. June 7, 1871, Charles H. Disbrow. Children of Charles H. and Josephine Frances Bouton Disbrow, 1.067 Josephine Cathrine Disbrow, b. city of South Norwalk June 19, 1873. 1.068 Emily Virginia Disbrow, b. city of South Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 27, 1874. 1.069 William S. Bouton Disbrow, b. New Rochelle, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1884; they reside at New Rochelle. 1.070 vi. Le Grand L. Bouton, b. South Norwalk Nov. 27, 1849. He went to Chicago, 111., m. Frank Mar- shall, resided there, no children, he died at South Norwalk June 26, 1876. 1049 (ii.) Mary Bouton (dau. of John and Hannah Bou- ton), b. Norwalk July 11, 1816, died Nov. 20, 1833. (iii.) Clarissa Bouton (dau. of John and Hannah Bouton), b. Sept. 19, 1818, m. 1836, Nathan Nash, of Norwalk, she d. Feb. 25, 1838. Cbild of Nathan and Clarissa Boaton Nash* 1050 1,072 Clarissa A. Nash, b. Norwalk Jan. 3, 1838, m. David Reardon, of Greenwich, Conn., June 2o, 1862, she died Nov. 20, 1873. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 99 Children of David and Giarlssa A. Nasli Beardon. 1,073 David Austin Reardon, b. Norwalk April 27, 1866. I,n74 Charles Grant Reardon, b. Nov. 22, 1869. 1.075 Clarence Nash Reardon, b. Nov. 11, 1873. (iv.) John Benedict Bouton (son of John and Han- nah Bo:.ton), b. May 15, 1821, m. May 15, 1849, Strat- ford, Ct., Harriet A. Weed, of New Canaan, Ct., b. Oct. 26, 1821. He enlisted Sept., 1861, in the war of the rebellion, and served three years ; returned to South Norwalk and settled on the old homestead, where his ancestors had lived for more than two hun- dred years, and was still residing there in the sprint of 1889. He has held public office in the town and in the city of South Norwalk ; was elected 1883, for two years, the first President of the Hatmakers* National Association. Cli. of John B. and Harriet A. Weed Bouton^ of So. Norwalk. 1061 1.076 Archibald Bouton, b. Norwalk, May 15, 1850, and has resided in Chicago, 111., since 1868. 1.077 Algernon Bouton, b. Jan. 10, 1852, d. Feb. 13, 1854. 1.078 Sarah M. Bouton, b. Aug. 7, 1856, graduated at Mount Holyoke seminary, class 1877 ; resides at South Norwalk. (v.) Elizabeth Betts Bouton (dau. of John and Hannah Bouton), b. Norwalk, Oct. 9, 1824, m. Oct. 6, 1851, Augustus S. Lyon, of Greenwich, Ct. Children of Angnstns S. and Elizabetb B. Lyon. 1052 1.079 Algernon Bouton Lyon, b. July 14, 1855, m. Sept. 14, 1885, Hannah Caroline Lyon, of Greenwich, Ut. 1.080 Charles A. Lyon, b. Aug. 10, 1857, d. Jan. 22, 1859. 1.081 Winfield S. Lyon, b. July 2, 1861, m. Mar. 24, 1886. Elizabeth A. Ponty, of Portchester, N. Y. (vi^ Sarah Esther Bouton (dau. John and Han- nah Bouton), b. Norwalk, Dec. 23, 1827, m. Geo. H. Palmer, of Fairfield, Ct., Sept. 20, i860: he d. Sept., 1867 ; m. second, Aug. 2, 1874, Edward L. Hubbell, of New Haven, Ct. ; he d. 1878. (vii.) Hannah Harriet Bouton (dau. John and Hannah Betts Bouton), b. Mar. 7, 1832, m. Sept. 12, 1855, Charles M. Lawrence ; res. South Norwalk. 100 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FaMILY. Child of Charles M. and Hannah Harriet Lawrence. 1054 1.083 John Bouton Lawrence, b. Conquest, N. Y., June 13, 1856, graduated at Dartmouth college, class of 1882, and Yale divinity, 1885 ; m. Sept. 2, 1885, Clara C. Dunning, dau. of Rev. Homer N. Dunning, of the city of South Norwalk, Ct., and was pastor of Con- gregational church at Wyandotte, Kansas, but m 1888 returned to South Norwalk, and res. there 1889. Children of John Bon ton and Clara C .Dunning Lawrence. ' 1083- 1,083" i. Amy Louise Lawrence, b. Jan. 28, 1887. ],083*» ii. Homer Dunning Lawrence, b. Norwalk, 1888. (xii.) Mary Bouton (dau. of William and Sarah Benedict Bouton), b. Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 28, 1793, m. first Henry Banta, of Gloucester, N. J., 1811, settled in N. i. city where he d. 1818, m. second, 1819, Christopher Gwyer, of N. Y. city, hed. in 1823, m. third Samuel Raymond, of Norwalk, 1826, he d. at the South, date unknown, shed. March 18, 18S6, in her ninety-third year. Children of Henry and Mary Bouton Banta, of New York city. 860 1.084 i. Susan Banta, b. New York city Sept. 9, 1812, m. William Thomas, b. Penn., res. N. Y. city where she d. July, 1841. Children of William and Snsan Banta Tbomas. 1.085 Josephine Thomas, b. N. Y. city March 7, 1832. 1.086 Virginia Thomas, b. N. Y. city August 17, 1834, m. Charles E. Bouton, son of Charles and Polly Nash Bouton. 1.088 Augusta Thomas, b. N. Y. city June 21, 1836. 1.089 William Henry Thomas, b. N. J., died 1862. 1.090 ii. Eliza Banta, b. N. Y. city June, 1815, m, Linus Scudder, of N. Y. city, settled there; he died April 2, 1881, she d. Nov. 1, 1881. Cliildren of Linns and Eliza Bonton Scndder. lOOO* 1.091 Susan M. Scudder. 1.092 Gi^orge Henry Scudder. 1.093 Linus Melville Scudder. 1.094 Emma Scudder. 1.095 William Mansfield Scudder. 1.096 Lizzie Scudder. 1.097 Minnie C. Scudder. IJOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 101 1.098 iii. John H. Banta, b. N. Y. city Jan., 1818, m. Mrs. Eliza Hunt, of N. Y. citv, they settled there, he went to South America ana died there, date of death unknown. Children of John H. and Eliza Hunt Banta. 1.099 William Henry Banta, b. N. Y. city. 1.100 Cornelia Banta, | u ^ y citv the v are teachers in 1.101 Leonora Banta, \^'^' ^ • city, tney are leacners m public schools N. Y. city. Children of Christopher Gwyer^ second hushand of wld. Mary Boaton Banta. 860 William A. Gwyer, Mary A. Gwyer. 1.102 William A. Gwyer, b. New York city, March 16, 1820, m. N. Y. city, Nov. 15, 1846, Sarah Ann Hall, of Portland, Conn., b. Oct. 3, 1819, d. Omaha, Oct. 5, 1882. When he was three years old his father died and his mother soon removed to Norwalk, to the home of her father, and his childhood was passed at intervals at both places. When ten years of a^e his mother placed him in a cotton mill in the town of Norwalk, where he remained until thirteen years of age and then worked on a farm. Subsequently obtained a situation in a printing establishment in New York city, where he was compelled to go through the hard ordeal of "printer's devil," becom- ing an excellent compositor. The business was not congenial to him, nor was the pay sufficient for his living, when a half brother on his father's side, hear- ing of his condition, came to his relief, gave him a home, sent him to school until a good education was obtained, then procured for him a situation in a dry- goods store, where he remained until twenty-one. A merchant of New York then offered him a stock of goods in partnership, and North Carolina was to be the field for operations, under his management. He sailed for Wilmington in 1843, and settled at Strick- land's Depot, on the Wilmington and Weldon rail- road, about forty five miles from W. This venture was a success and at the end of two years his partner sold out to him. He remained there three years longer, then went, 1848, to Wilmington, N. C, and opened business as a wholesale grocer, exporter of cotton and naval stores, which soon became extensive and profitable ; so that he retired from business in 102 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY.