Bouton-Boughton Family

(v.) AzER Boughton (fourth child, son of Jona- than and Abigail Nichols Boughton, of Simsbury, Conn.), was bom at Simsbury, 1761, m. Elizabeth Nickerson. In youth he enlisted in the army of the Revolution as a musician, where he served six and a half years and returned and settled in Washington county, N. Y., where he died at Cambridge, N. Y., 1848, aged 87 years. 180 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FaMILT. Children of Azer and Elizabeth Nlckerson Boughton, of Nassan, N. T. 1748 1.755 i. Hannah Boughton, b. Nassau, 1785, m. Obadiah Culver. No chUdren. Died at Cambridge, 1848. 1.756 ii. Amy Boughton, b. Nassau, Feb. 1, 1790, ra. Moses Culver, Cambridge, d. June 16, 1873. 1.757 iii. Rhoda Boughton, b. Nassau, 179-, m. Timothy Eddy, Fort Edward, N. Y. He died. Fort Edward, 1855 ; she died about 1860. 1.758 iv. Mary (Polly) Boughton, b. Nassau, 1796, m. Orin Eddjr, d. Elizabeth, N. J., about 1883. 1.759 V. Seth N. Boughton, b. Nassau, 1798, m. first, Margaret Jane Fort ; second, Mary Jane Smith ; he died March. 1877, at Milledgeville, Ga. 1.760 vi. Betsey Boughton, b. Nassau, Dec. 25, 1800, m. Wm. J. Skelly, of Syracuse ; she died Nov. 5, 1876. 1.761 yii Diantha M. Boughton, b. Stephentown, Feb. 28, 1808, m. Arlington, Vt., Jan. 20, 1830, Chauncey Ryder; Uving Elizabeth, N. J., 1886. 1.762 viii. Smith Azer Boughton, b. Stephentown, 1810, m. Mary E. Bailey, 1840 ; he died November, 1888 ; she living at Alps, N. Y., 1889. Children of Moses and Amy Bonghton Gnlyer, of €am- bridsre5 N. T. 1764 1.763 i. Andrew Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., June 10, 1811, m. Oct. 12, 1837, Sarah Ketcham; died July 17, 1880. 1.764 ii. Maria Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1813, m. June 26, 1834, James Donahue, she d. Mar. 25, 1880, left no children. 1.765 iii. Nathan Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., April 16, 1815, m. May, 1843, Amanda Skelly, Syracuse, N. Y. 1.766 iv. Rhoda Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., April 14, 1817, ra. June, 1837, David Doig, d. Washington, la., 1876. 1.767 V. Eliza Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1819, m. Sept. 8, 1847, John Rusk, New York city, d. May 17, 1850. 1.768 vi. Oscar Culver, b^ Cambridge, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1821, m. Aug. 25, 1846, Eliza Draper; d. Cambridge, Sept. 11, 1860. 1.769 vii. Azer Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1824, m. Aug. 31, 1852, Mary Mott, Lyons, N . Y. 1.770 viii. Mary Ann Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., Jan. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FaMILT. 181 29, 1826, m. Nov., 1850, Alex Hornbeck, lives Sharon, W. T. 1.771 ix. Harriet Jane Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1831, m. Feb. 26, 1860, Ebenezer Smith, no children. 1.772 X. Seth B. Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1833, unmarried. Children of Andrew and Sarah Keteham Onlyer, of Pitts- town, N. T. 17aS 1.773 i. Sarah Case Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y., 1838, res. Pittstown, N. Y. 1.774 ii. Moses Culver, b. Cambridge, N. Y. 1.775 iii. Lucy Edwards Culver, b. , m. , res. Sandy Hill, N. Y. Children of Nathan (son of Moses and Amy Bongrhton CnlYor)5 and Amanda Shelly Cnlyer^ of Syracuse, N. T. 1766 1.776 i. Amy E. Culver, b. Spofford, N. Y., March 26, 1843, d. March 4, 1847. 1.777 ii. Helen Elizabeth Culver, b. Scott, N. Y., March 27, 1851, d. March 3, 1853. 1.778 iii. Eva A. Culver, b. Scott, N. Y., Oct, 21, 1853. 1.779 iv. Oscar Wiluam Culver, b. Scott, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1863. Children of Dayid and Rhoda Cnlyer Dolg, of Washing^ton, la. 1766 1.780 i. Moses Doig. 1.781 ii. Sarah Doio. 1.782 iii. Eliza Doio. 1.783 iv. Hetta Doig. 1.784 V. Ella Doig. 1.785 vi. Marion Doig. 1.786 vii. Emma Doig. Child of John and Eliza Cnlrer Rusk, of Pittstown, N. t. 1767 1.787 i. Amy Rusk, b. , living at Cambridge, N. Y. Children of Oscar and Eliza Draper Cnlyer. Mexico, N. T. 1768 1.788 i. Alice Culver. 1.789 ii. Olena Philip Culver, d. Bennington, Mich., Oct., 1860. Children of Azer and Mary Mott Cnlrer, of Marquette, Mich. 1769 1.790 i. Ensign Culver, b. Marquette, Mich., July 14, 1858. 1.791 ii. Fannie C. Gifford Culver, b. Marquette, Mich., March 25, 1856, Lyons, N. Y. 182 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 1.792 iii. John P. Culver, b. Marquette, Mich., Sept. 26, 1865. Children of ilexander and Mary Ann Cnlyer Hombeek, Sharon, N. T. 1770 1.793 i. AzER HoRNBECK, b. Sharon, N. Y. 1.794 ii. Irene Hornbeck, b. Sharon, N. Y. 1.795 iii. Oscar Hornbeck, b. Sharon, N. Y. 1.796 iv. Minna Hornbeck, b. Sharon, N. Y. (iii.) Rhoda Boughton (dau. of Azer and Elizabeth Nickerson), b. ; m. . Timothy Eddy, and settled at Fort Edward, N. Y., where she died about 1853. He died Fort Edward, 1855. Children of Timothy and Rhoda Booghton Eddy, of Fort Edward, N. T. 1757 1.797 i. Elizabeth Boughton Eddy, b. Fort Edward, N.Y., m. Fort Edward, 1850, James Dickey Norton, and settled at . She died Children of James D. and Elizabeth Eddy Norton^ of Fort Edward, N. T. 1797 1.798 i. WAsmNGTON Eddy Norton, b. Feb. 22, 1862, and died Aprils, 1852. 1.799 ii. James Eddy Norton, b. Fort Edward, N. Y., 1856. With a mind quick and perceptive, and an energy of disposition, ne graduated with honor at Cornell University in , 18 — , and became the proprietor of the Oenesee Valley Post (a prohibition paper), published at Belmont, N. Y. He now, May, 1886, is connected with the N. Y. Commercial Aavertiser, as telegraphic editor. He m . at Belmont, N. Y., Cripe McNett, dau. of Col. A. J. McNett, of Belmont ; they settled at 437 West 57th street. New York city, where they were living in May, 1886. 1.800 iii. S. Mary Norton, b. at 1858. With a nat- ural taste for the beautiful, she gave her time to the cultivation of her talent, and in 1885 entered the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts as a student, where in 1886 she was pursuing the study of her chosen occupation. Unmarried. Address (care of J. E. Norton), 437 West 57th street. New York city. 1,S01^ ii. Timothy Eddy, Jr. (son of Timothy and Rhoda Boughton Eddy), born. at , m. , Maiy E. Underwood, , 1869 ; settled at Belmont, N. Y. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 183 Children of TlmothT^ Jr.y and Mary E. Underwood Eddj^ of Belmonty N. T. 1.802 i. Pauline Elizabeth Eddy, b. Belmont, N. Y., 1874, living with parents at . 1.803 ii. BouGHTON Underwood Eddy, b. , 1877, living with parents at . (vii.) Dlajntha Maria Boughton (dau. of Azer and Elizabeth Nickerson Boughton), b. Stephentown, N. T., Feb. 28, 1808, m. Arlinc:ton, Vt., Jan. 20, 1829, Chauncey Ryder, of Rensselaerville, Albany county, N. Y.; lived Albany, N. Y., where he died March 12, 1850. She was living with her son, ex-mayor S. B. Ryder, of Elizabeth, N. J., 1887. Children of Chauncey and Dlantha M« Booghton Ryder, of Arlln«rton, Yt 1761 1.804 i. Seth Boughton Ryder, b. Arlington, Vt., Oct. 17, 1830, m. Albany, N. Y., April 13, 1854, Maria Griffin and settled at Elizabeth, N. J. His War Record. After raising two companies, not having military experi- ence, he refused to take command. On Sept. 29, 1861, he was mustered into the U. S. service as second lieutenant of Co. D, Fifth N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry, and promoted to first lieutenant June 11, 1862, chosen captain of same Jan. 30, 1863, brevet major May 4, 1866. His rc^ment was up the Shenandoah Valley, under Q^n. Banks, until Gen. Pope took command, then under him and with the Army of the Potomac. Until the end of the war, under G^ns. Kilpatrick and Sheridan . He was captured by a band of confederates, who were lying in wait to pick up horses and revolvera, July 23, 1863, near Orleans, Va., while returning from delivering despatches from Gfen. Eilpatrick to the officers commanding the forces at Snickers Gap, Va. One man with him was also captured. They were released with some forty others, who had been picked up by ones and twos, after keeping them three days in the Blue Ridge mountains. He was next captured Oct. 10, 1863, while trying to pre- vent Stewart's cavalry (the advance of Gen. Lee's army) from crossing the river near Madison Court House, was taken to Ldbby Prison and remained there until May 7, 1864 ; was then sent to Danville, Va., thence to Macon, Gki., thence to Charleston, S. C. The confederates then 184 BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. put their prisoners under the fire of the union guns on Marvin's Island, after which they were taken to Camp Sor- ghum, two miles back of Columbia, S. C. (Saluda Mills), thence to insane asylum yard in Columbia, to Charlotte, Baleigh, Goldsborough, N. C, and to the union lines, ten miles from Wilmington, where they were exchanged, March 1, 1865. Mr. Kyder was mustered out of the service Majr 16, 1865, and returned to Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 1, fol- lowing. He was elected sheriff of Union county, Novem- ber, 1872, for a term of three years, chosen freeholder from 1876 to 1876, again elected sheriff in 1878 and served till 1881 ; he was elected mayor 1882. In 1885 he was awarded a medal by the American Insti- tute for fire proof composition for waUs and ceilings, which he was engaged in manufacturing at his factory in Eliza- beth, N. J., where he also resided at the date of this record, 1887. Chnd of Seth B. and Maria eriffln Ryder, of Elliabeth, N. J. 1804 1,806 i. Chauncey A. Ryder, b.. July 27, 1855. 1.806 ii. John Absalom Ryder (son of Chauncey and Diantha Bough ton Ryder), b. Arlington, Vt., Aug. 20, 1833, m. Philadelphia, Pa., December 1, 1856, Emma Leach^ and died Philadelphia, Pa., 1873. They settled m Philadelphia where his widow still resiaes, 2628 N. Broad st. ; he was a wholesale dry foods merchant, was partner of the firm of Spar- awk. Slack & Axe. Children of John A. and Emma Leach Ryder, of Phila- delphia, Pa. 1806 1.807 i. Margaret Diantha Ryder, b. Nov. 15, 1858, died Dec. 9, 1868. 1.808 ii. Mary Emma Ryder, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 5, 1862, m. Mar. 11, 1885, William Charles McPheiBon. 1.809 iii. Amy Ryder, b. Philadelphia May 6, 186*2, not m., lives with her mother. 1.810 iv. Elizabeth Ryder, b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 25, 1864, m. Aug. 25, 1884, George W. Williams. 1.811 V. John Absalom Ryder, Jr., b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 5, 1867, d. May 16, 1873. Child of George W. and Elizabeth Ryder Wiliiamsi of Philadelphia, Pa. 1810