Bouton-Boughton Family

In the month of September, 1816, he left Bridgeport and returned home to study and prepare to enter college, when an invitation came from the Rev. Mr. Bonney, pastor of the Congregational church at New Canaan, to attend the acad- emy there and which (board and tuition) was offered free. Again an invitation was received and accepted to attend a school at Wilton, taught by Mr. Hawley Olmstead, under whose instruction he was fitted for and entered Yale college in 1818, in a class of eighty-two ; and though deprived of advantages that others enjoyed he kept abreast with his- competitors in his class, never having received a reprimand, or reproof during his college course. Graduating at Yale in the summer of 1820, he visited and' labored in a religious revival work at Hotchkistown, two miles from New Haven, and on the opening of the terra at BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 107 Andover Theological seminary he was ready to enter upon a theological course, during which, as in college, he never declined any service required of him or lost any time by reason of ill health. After delivering the valedictory he was met by a com- mittee from Boston, to whom he engaged to commence his ministerial work in a new church m Boston, agreeing to remain for three months. Very soon after he was met by Mr. Fletcher, from Concord, N. H., who presented a call from the Congregational church of Concord, dated Jan. 1, 1825, to become their pastor. On a careful deliberation his mind was at last settled, and on Jan. 29, 1825, he penned his formal acceptance of the call. On or about January 25, 1825, he was on his way by stage to attend the funeral of the wife of Hon. Wm. Bartlett, at Newbury port, when, in conversation on the subject of missions in the west, with Aaron Foster and Hiram Chamberlain, the thought flashed upon his mind of a need of a national missionary society, which was discussed, and was doubtless the germ from which sprung the organization of the American Home Mis- sionary Society, which came into existence in New York, May 12, 1826. The ordination of Mr. Nathaniel Bouton took place accord- ing to appointment, at the court house at Concord, in the presence of a large assemblage of ministers and delegates, on March 22, 1825. From the ordination until its fifty-third anniversary, Dr. N. Bouton administered his sacred trust at Concord, with a singular equipoise and acceptability, never neglecting the obligations which he owed to the church as its pastor, but by great energy and industry accomplished a vast amount of work on historical and literary topics, which from time to time was rewarded by positions of distinction and honor, the recorded acknowledgments of which will b^tr the memory of his useful life to many generations. After a short illness, which was endured with great com- posure and confident trust, he peacefully departed this life on the 6th day of June, 1878, in the seventy-ninth year of bis age. To return to his family history, he was married, first, at Lebanon, Conn., Sept. 11, 1825, with Harriet Sherman, daughter of John Sherman, of Trenton, N. Y., and great grand-daughter of Roger Sherman of Conn. She died at Concord, May 21st, 1828. He married second at Chester, N. H., June 8, 1829, Mary Ann P. Bell, eldest daughter of Gov. John Bell, of Chester, 108 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. N. H. She lived and died at Concord, N H., Feb. 15, 1839. He married, third, at Deerfield, N. H., Feb. 18, 1840, Elizabeth Ann Cilley, eldest daughter of Horatio G. Cilley, of Deerfield, N. H. They continued to live at Concord, New Hampshire, until his death. She died Feb. 6, 1887. Children of Dr. Nathaniel and Harriet Sherman Bonton. 862 1.128 (i.) Elizabeth Ripley Bouton, b. Concord, N. H., Aug. 15. 1826, m. at Concord Dec. 22, 1847, Rev. John C. Webster, of Hopkinton, Mass., and settled at Hopkinton where they resided until the autum of 1865 when they removed to Wheaton, 111., where he died Aug. 23, 1884; she continued to live there spring of 1887. He received the degree of D.D. from his alma mater, Dartmouth college. Cliildren of Bey. John €. and Elizabeth R. Bouton Webster, of Hopkinton. Mass. 1.129 i. Frank Sherman Webster, b. Hopkinton, Mass., Feb. 23, 1850, ra. at Grayland Irving Park, 111., Oct. 20, 1885, to Grace Howland. His business was at 214 Dearborn st., Chicago, 111., in the spring of 1887, his residence was at Wheaton, 111., with his mother 1887, no children. 1.130 ii. Rebecca Russell Webster, b. Hopkinton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1852, and died in Hopkinton Aug. 10, 1853. 1.131 iii. Nathaniel Bolti'on Webster, b. Hopkinton, Mass., Feb. 26, 1856, unmarried, was employed in the foundry of N. Bouton & Co., Chicago, 111., in spring of 1887. 1.132 iv. WilllAlM Russell Webster, b. Hopkinton, Mass., Oct. 20, 1858, and died at Wheaton, 111., Dec. 26, 1874. 1.133 V. JosiAH Clifford Webster, b. Hopkinton, Mass., Jan. 4, 1861, unmarried. He was engaged in the drug business at Shenandoah, Iowa. 1.134 vi. Charles Ripley Webster, b. Hopkinton, Mass., May 12, 1862. Jle graduated at Dartmouth college in 1883, unmarried, and was practicing law, room 14, Montauk Block, Chicago, 111., spring of 1887. 1.135 vii. Harriet Sherman Webster, b. Hopkinton, Mass. , Nov. 2, 1 863, she died in infancy at Wheaton, 111., Jan. 1, 1866. 1.136 viii. Euzabeth Damen Webster, b. Wheaton, 111., Sept. 15, 1869, and died in infancy at Concord, N. H., July 25, 3871. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FaMILY. 109 1,137 (ii.) Nathaniel Sherman Bouton (son of Dr. Nathaniel and Harriet Sherman Bouton), b. Concord, N. H., May 14^, 1828. At the age of fourteen years he left home and from that time entirely provided for his own support and education, attended Gilman- town, N. H., academy one fall term and also East Hampton, Mass., one fall term, after which he taught school four wintera and served Fairbanks & Co. as traveling agent for four years. In 1852 he originated a firm in Chicago for railroad foundry work. In 1856 he originated the firm of Stone, Boomer & Bouton, Bridge and Car Builders and Rail- road Building. In 1857 to 1859 was superintendent of public works of Chicago. He was appointed quartermaster in 1862 of the 88th Illinois, he resigned at the close of 1863 after the battle of Chattanooga. He was supervisor of Cook county for the years 1864 to 1866. He was engaged in general foundry and machine work from 1858 to 1871 under firm name of N. S. Bouton & Co., when his health failed, and in 1876 and for several years he spent in traveling abroad, during which his brother, C. B. Bouton, assumed the management of the business and the style of the firm was changed to Bouton & Co. In 1881 he, N. S. Bouton, resumed his position in the firm without any change in the business style of the same which was still the same in spring of 1887. In religion he was a Presbyterian and an elder in the church at Chicago. He was chosen one of the twelve relief committee in the time of the great fire at Chicago, at which time said committee dispensed three-quarters of a million of dollars to the sufferers in Chicago. He joined a Union church { undenominational) in which he holds the office of elder at this writing, 1887, residence Chicago, 111. He m. first, Sept. 17, 185G, Emily L. Bissell and settled at Chicago, 111., where she died Sept. 12, 1857 ; he m. second E len Gould Shumway at Essex, N. J., Oct. 20, 1858. ChildreH of Nathaniel S. and Emily L: Bissell Bouton, of Cbi- eaico, lU. 1187 1,138 i. Charles Sherman Bouton, b. Sept. 2, 1857, died Sept. 22, 1857. 110 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 1.139 ii. Charles S. Bouton (second son of Nathaniel S. and Ellen G. Bouton), b. May 6, 1860, d. Aug. 6, 1860. 1.140 (iii.) John Bell Bouton (son of Dr. Nathaniel and Mary A. P. Bell Bouton, of Concord, N. H.), b. Concord March 15, 1830. He was educated at Dart- mouth college, N. H., where he graduated 1849, m. at Lowell, Mass., Dec. 3, 1873, Eliza Nesmith, and settled in N, Y. city, where he became one oif the editors and proprietors of the New York Journal of Commerce^ which he withdrew from in March, 1889, and went abroad. He is also author of Round the Blocks an American novel published by D. Appleton & Co., in 1864 — 5th edition, 1868 — and other works. His residence in 1888 was at East Orange, N. J., no children. 1.141 (iv.) Harriette Sherman Bouton (dau. of Dr. Nathaniel Bouton), b. Concord, N. H., Jan. 26, 1832, m. Concord, N. H., June 21, 1855, John W. Noyes, and settled at Chester, N. H., where they were living in 1886. €h. of John W« and Harriette S. Bouton Noyes, of Chester, N. H. 1141 1.142 i. Mary Bell Noyes, b. Chester, N. H., July 26, 1858; still resides with her parents in Chester, N. H., unmarried. 1.143 ii. John Weare Noyes, b. Chester, N. H., June 17, 1867, died Feb. 3, 1871. 1.144 (v.^ Mary Ann Persis Bouton (dau. of Dr. Nathaniel and Mary A. P. Bell Bouton), b. Concord, N. H., Dec. 15, 1834, she m. at Chester, N. H., June 8, 1859, Gen. Louis Bell, and settled at Chester, she died May 4, 1365. He was killed at the battle of Fort Fisher Jan. 15, 1865, commanding Third Brigade, Second Division, Tenth Army Corps ; Colonel of the Fourth New Hampshire Regt., and Brigadier-Gteneral by Brevet. Children of Gen'l Loais and Mary Ann Persis Bouton Bell, of Chester, N,H. 1.145 i. Marian Bell, b. Sept. 5, 1860, at Chester, N. H., died Sept., 1881. 1,14G ii. Louis Bell, Jr., b. Dec. 5, 1864, at Chester, N. H., graduated at Dartmouth college June, 1884, is now studying at Johns Hopkins university, Baltimt)re. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. Ill 1.147 (vi.) Samuel Fletcher Bouton (son of Dr. Nathaniel and Mary A. P. Bell Bouton), b. Concord, N. H., June 23, 1837, educated at Pembroke, N. H., and united with Plymouth Congregational church, Chicago, m. at Concord, N. H., March 17, 1856, first Ann Louise Hall (dau. of Robert Hall, M.D.) of Concord, where she was born 1836, and settled at . Chicago where she died Dec, 1856. He married second at Chicago, 111., Jan. 1, 1860, Mary Ann Hoyt (dau. of William H. Hoyt), of Henry, 111., where she was born Nov., 1840, and settled in Chicago where they were living 1886. Child of Snmael F. and Ann L. HaU Bonton. 1147