Bouton-Boughton Family

Up one, two, three, four flights of stairs, or^ up a dismal elevator designed for freight, and that insistent on its avocation that you mentally apologize for intruding, and then desist from any apology for fear you will tip off into unknown space ; either way brings you to the top of the new Blade building and lands you nearly at the room labeled ^^ Household Editor." Entering, you meet the olnect of this sketch, Miss Emily S. Bouton, editor of the ** Household," the *' Saturday Salad" and the "Home Talk" columns of the Daily Blade: author of ** Social Etique|;t6," "Health and Beauty," and other works more or less directly relating to women. She is not only an adept in this class of writing, which has been chiefly instrumental in establishing her fame, but is also an expert in all classes of newspaper work; she can not only write a heavy editorial but can put it in type properly, and read and correct the proof. You meet as you enter, a lady who greets you with a pleasant smile, and in a particularly charming voice — ^a voice pitched in just that key that one unconsciously feels is as perfect in the sick room as in the ordinary work of life — bids you welcome. Miss Bouton is — well, perhaps thirty, you know a man can't safely guess on a woman's age, and I may not be right, but never mind, if you looked into those kindly eyes you would not be interested in the age question, but the rather be charmed with the lady. Miss B. drifted from school teaching into journalism some years ago, and now main- tains, with the efforts of her pen, a pleasant home presided over by her aged mother, who, a very mother in Israel, is an inspiration to her gifted daughter. With wavy brown hair, of medium height and weight, of gracetvl figure and easy manner. Miss Bouton shows by her kindly face, high, broad forehead and intellectual countenace, the woman of culture, thought and power. She has a reputation extending over the entire country, and her writings are quoted and read from Maine to Arizona. 1,548 V. Mart A. Bouton, b. New Canaan, Ct., May 2, 1839, m. Sandusky, Ohio, May 20, 1856, W. V. 152 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. Latham and settled and resided at Sandusky 1887. 1,549 vi. JuuA C. BouTON, b. New Canaan, Ct., May 14, 1841, m. Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1878, ApoUos Corn- stock, and settled at Toledo where they res, 1887. 1,560 vii. Charles E. Bouton, b. New Canaan, Ct., May 23, 1843, m. Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1871, Evan Vinton, and settled at Sandusky, O., where they res. 18S7. (iii.) Alexander Malichi Bouton, b. prob. New Canaan, Mar. 13, 1807, ra. Dec, 1834, Mary St. John (sister of Elizabeth Ann, wife of his brother, Nathan- iel Bouton), b. Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1815, settled New Canaan where she d. about Mar. 27, 1857, after which he went to Stamford where he d. about 1882; both buried at New Canaan. Children of Alexander M. and Mary St John Bouton, of New Canaan, Conn. 1589 1.551 i. Vasco Bouton, b. Stamford, Sept., 1835; he went west early in life, ra. and when last heard from by his relatives in Miss., he had one son and a dau. 1,551* Emma, who married a Mr. Petite and lived Empire City, Oregon. 1.552 ii. Kanville Bouton, b. Stamford, Ct., Feb. 17, 1838, received a good education and settled at Sharon, Conn,, a merchant and unmarried was residing there Jan. 1, 1888. (iv.) Ralph Leonard Bouton, son of Jared and Polly Webb Bouton, b. Tompkins Co., N. Y., Jan. 31, 1810; educated as a physician and went to Jack- son Co., Ark., where he m. Feb. 9, 1843, Annie Jane Gibson, and settled in Canaan. Miss, as a practicing physician, where he was still living in 1887. Children of Dr. Ralph L. and Annie J. Gibson Bouton, of Jackson, Arlc.9 and Tippah Co., Miss. 1540 1.553 i. Elizabeth Jane Bouton, b. Jackson Co., Ark., May 22, 1845, m. Maj. G. W. Garrett, settled Poca- hontas, Tenn. 1.554 ii. Nathaniel Webb Bouton, b. Tippah Co , Miss., Apr. 9, 1847, ra. Ann Eliza Cox, settled Ashland, Miss. 1.555 iii. William Paisley Bouton, b. Tippah Co., Miss., Nov. 26, 1848, m. MQdred T. Vaughan, settled Canaan, Miss. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 15S 1.556 iv. Leonard Gibson Bouton, b. Tippah Co., Miss., Dec. 7, 1851, m. Alice Weeks at Water Valley, Oct., 1881, res. Canaan, Hiss. 1.557 V. James A. Bouton, b. Tippah Co., Miss., May 20, 1855, d. Aug. 18, 1856. Children of Maj. G. W. Garrett and his wife Elizabeth J. Bouton Garrett. 1558 1.558 i. Minnie Garrett, b. Tippah Co., Miss., Mar. 28, 1868. 1.559 ii. Ottie Garrett, b. Benton Co., Miss., Oct. 25, 1871. 1.560 iii. Hallie Garrett, b. Pocahontas, Tenn., Apr. 9^ 1874. 1.561 iv. Georgia Garrett, b. Pocahontas, Tenn., July 4, 1875. 1.562 V. LoYD Garrett, b. Pocahontas, Tenn., Nov. 5, 1877. Summary op the Life of Maj. G. W. Garrett of Pocahontas, Tenn. Maj. G. W. Garrett was born in Union District, S. C, Mar. 5, 1840; he joined the Baptist church in Miss, at the age of sixteen and in May, 1861, volunteered in the Con- federate service. He went out as a drummer; though only twenty-one years of age he was soon elected major and his superior officer being absent most of the time for the follow- ing two and a half years the command of his regiment fell upon him . For his gallantry and success in several engage- ments he was appointed by rrest. Davis colonel of the 23d Miss, (his colonel having resigned); he was wounded three times and captured at Ft. Donaldson, Feb. 16, 1862, but was soon exchanged. He was again captured at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 18o4, and sent to Johnson's Island, where hp (almost starved) remained until July, 1865, when he was liberated, being reduced to almost a skeleton. He married Jan. 9, 1866, at Canaan, Miss., Elizabeth J. Bouton (dau. of Dr. Ralph L. and Annie J. Gibson Bouton of Jackson, Ark.), and settled in Tippah Co., Miss., and moved to Benton Co., and subsequently to Pocahontas, Tenn., where they resided in 1887 with their family. (ii.) Nathaniel Webb Bouton, b. Tippah Co., Miss., Apr. 9, 1847; he was educated at the Univer- sity of Louisiana at New Orleans, and graduated with the degree of M.D., Mar. 16, 1868; married 154 BouTON-BouGHTON Familt. at Ashland, Miss., Dec. 16, 1869, Annie E. Cox, and settled at Ashland where they resided Jan. 1, 1888. Children of Dr. Nathaniel W. and Annie E. Cox Bontont of Ashlandf Miss. 1,563 i. Walter Leonard Bouton, b. Ashland, Oct. 16, 1870, d. Mar. 16, 1871. 1,664 ii. Emma Frances Bouton, b. Ashland, Dec. 13, 1871. 1.565 iii. Charles Allen Bouton, b. Ashland, Oct. 9, 1873. 1.566 iv. Annie Lila Bouton, b. Ashland, Feb. 4, 1876. 1.567 V. Martha Ella Bouton, b. Ashland, Mar. 9, 1.878. 1.568 vi. Ralph Leonard Bouton, b. Ashland, Oct. 22, 1882. 1.569 vli. Elizabeth Cox Bouton, b. Ashland, Sept. 23, 1886. (iii.) William Paisley Bouton, son of Ralph L. and A. J. Gibson Bouton, b. Tippah Co., Miss., Nov. 26, 1848, received his education and graduated in medicine at university at Louisville, Ky., Mar. 1, 1870, m. Ashland, Dec., 1§84, Mildred Thomas Vaughan, and settled at Canaan, Miss., where they resided Jan. 1, 1888. Children of William P. and Mildred T. Yanghan Bonton^ of Canaan^ Ml88. 1656 1.570 i. Ethel Vaughan Bouton, b. Canaan, Benton Co., Miss., Mar. 21, 1886. 1.571 ii. George Ralph Bouton, b. Canaan, Benton Co., Miss., Sept. 27, 1887. (iv.) Leonard Gibson Bouton, b. Tippah, Miss., Dec. 7, 1851, received a primary educational course . at Canaan, Miss., and an academic course at Wood- land academy and a college course at Bethel college and Cumberland university. In 1877 graduated from Bethel college with the degree of A. B. and the following year filled the chair of mathematics in Bethel college, and in 1879 and 1880 attended medi- cal school at the University of Louisville, and in 1880 and 1881 at Vanderbilt university where he graduated M. D. The following year received a second time the degree of M. D. from Nashville university and entered upon the practice of medicine at once at Canaan, Miss. Marned Oct., 1881, Alice B. Weeks, of Water Valley, Kentucky, and settled at Canaan, Benton county. Miss. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 156 Child of Dr. Leonard G. and Alice B. Weeks Bonton^ of Canaan^Mlss. 1,572 i. Earle W. Bouton, b. Canaan, Miss., Feb. 18, 1886. Children of Aaron (son of Dea. Daniel and Mary Mead Bouton) and Anna Keeler Bouton^ of New Canaan^ Ct. 1527 1,578 i. Polly Bouton, b. New Canaan, Ct., 1810, m. Dec. 24, 1838, Miner Lounsbury, and d. Port Chester, Oct. 30, 1850; he d. Oct. 15, 1846. They had but one child and that d. in infancy. 1.574 ii. Samuel Bouton, b. New Canaan Sept. 3, 1817, m. Pound Ridge, N. Y., 1842, Rebecca A Keeler; living 188S at Winston, Daviess county, Mo., where he moved in 1875; a farmer and an elder of the Presby- terian church of that place. Children of Samuel and Bebeoca A. Keeler Bontony of Winston^ Mo. 1674 1.575 i. WiLUAM Bouton, b. New Canaan, Ct., 1843, m. Sarah Jane Stevens, of New Canaan, and settled in Cameron, Clinton county, Mo. , where they res. 1888. 1.576 ii. Charles Henry Bouton, b. New Canaan, Ct., 1845, m. Jan. 22, 1878, Ellen Maria Hines, no children. 1,677 iii. Ruth Bouton, b. New Canaan, Ct., 1847, and d. New Canaan Oct. 10, 1860. Children of William and Sarah Jane Steyens Bontoot of Osborn^ Clinton county^ Mo. 1.578 i. Fanny R. Bouton, b. Osborn, Mo., 1874. 1.579 ii. Grace Bouton, b. Osborn, Mo., 1885. 1,579' Richards. Bouton who lived and died at Westport, Conn., was not known to the writer. Whitney^ s Genealogy mentions him only as having married Sally Keeler, dau. of Philip and Hannah (Hull) Keeler, of Ridgefleld, Conn., who was b. Ridgefleld, Conn., about 1799; he b. about 1800, said to have lived in early life at Cherry Valley; he died at West- port about 1875, she, 1S77. Children of Biehard 8. and Sally Keeler Bouton, of Westport, Conn* 1,579'' i. Sylvester Bouton (sailor), was knocked over- board and drowned in New York harbor. 1,579^' ii. Hannah Maria Bouton, unknown, said to have lived in Greenpoint at one time. 1,579'' James Bouton, a soldier in the war, 1861, and d. ir the sei-vice, at Washington, D. C. 156 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY.