Bouton-Boughton Family

2.236 iv. Edna Bradt. 2,236* V. Lucy Bradt. 2.237 ii. Evelina Bradt, dau. of William and Harriet A. Bradt, b. CobleskUl, Sept. 5, 1844, m. Cobleskill, Dec. 28, 1864, Alexander McMillen. They settled at Cobleskill. Their post-office was Grovenor's Corners, N. Y., in 1888. Child of Alexander and Erellna Bradt MoMlUen. 2.238 i. William McMillen, b. Cobleskill, N. T., October 14, 1865. 2.239 iii. Gurdon E. Bradt, b. Cobleskill, N. Y., Apiil 3, 1851, m. Dec. 25, 1862, Oneonta, N. Y., Emma D. Burns, and settled for a time on the old homestead in Cobleskill, where she died, leaving one child, Floyd, he took his child and went to Michigan, and subse- quently Kansas, where the child died and he married a second time (name and address not known). 2.240 iv. Helen A. Bradt, b. Cobleskill, N. Y., June 25, 1855, m. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 14, 1881, A. N. Goodell, of Saranac, Ionia Co., Mich., where they lived, 1888. They had no children, 2.241 iii. Jane Eliza Boughton, b. Carlisle, N. T., Dec. 15 226 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. 3, 1813, m. Dec. Y, 1840, Rev. John PegR, who was born in Coventry, England, in the year 1800. Coming to the United States in his young man- hood, he joined the New York M. E. Conference in 1832. In 1833 he was made one of the original members of the Troy Conference of the I^ethodist church. She died Jan. 24, 1853; he died in 1879. Children of the Bey* John and Jane Eliza Bonghton Pegg^ of Carlisle, N.T. 2247 2.242 i. Samuel Worthington Pegg, b. Pittston, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1843, unmarried, d. Carlisle, N. Y., 1862. 2.243 ii. Cornelius Marshall Pegg, b. Bennington, Vt., Aug. 28, 1844, m. Brunswick, Rensselaer county, N. Y., Martha Wetherwax, of Brunswick, where she was bom Nov. 22, 1838. The following sketch was contributed by Rev. C. M. Pegg by request of the compiler of this work : My mother, Jane E. Pegg, was much after the manner of her venerable father, James Boughton, in so far as the matter of her religious life was concerned. She was devotedly pious, and sought dilligently to bring up her four children, Samuel, James, Charlotte and myself in the fear of the Lord. In the absence of father from home mother conducted the devotions of the family and would pray for each of the children by name. She died at the early age of forty-four years, worn out in the self-sacrificing service of her children. James was followed in his des- perate sickness by a brother and sister. When these had all rallied, their guardian angel and tender nurse laid down in exhausting sickness to die. The most terrible affliction of my life was the loss of my saintly mother. The years which have elapsed since might have been marked by' very different experiences than those which have obtained had she been spared to bless us with her presence and counsels. After her burial I went to visit a relative in a Mohawk valley town. JSot being very well after the severe ordeal through which our home had passed, some one suggested in view of a revival of religion going forward in the place, the best medicine for me would be to go to the meeting and get religion. I went and made a profession of faith in Christ. Thereafter for a time I lived in Hartford, Conn. . and in Middleburgh, N. Y. When in the latter place I was greatly impressed with the idea of preaching the gospel. I BouTON-BouGHTON Familt. 227 used to wander off by myself and on the *' Cliff " overhang- ing the beautiful valley below exercise myself in this direction. At this time my father had as his wife Catherine Hill Pegg, a sister of Nicholas Hill, who was one of the greatest lawyers who conducted cases in the Court of Appeals at Albany. She was a splendid specimen of Christian womanhood and helpful to me in the religious life. At the age of fifteen years I was admitted as a student oE the Troy Conference academy in Poultney, Vt. Then I attended the Jonesville academy, N. Y. From thence I entered the Methodist Biblical Institute which was located in Concord, N. H. At the age of seventeen, on a cold March afternoon in a country section, I found my way into the neighborhood of a school house, several miles from the city, where at night I preached as best I could from "My grace is sufficient for thee." There it was I had Daniel burning in the fiery furnace and I might have had him scorching yet, perhaps, if a brother minister had not told me Daniel was not in the furnace. Having spent several years in attendance on school and in preaching 1 concluded to abandon the work and go to sea. My father learning thereof came for me and induced me to attend the Troy Conference which was to hold its session in Platts- burgh, N. Y. I went, and being received on trial was stationed at what is now called rawling avenue church, in Troy, where I remained from 1865 to l866. Being some- what dissatisfied with the situation at the end of the first vear, despite the many kindnesses I had experienced at the hands of my numerous friends, I determined to try the venture for the sea again. T packed my books and boarded the steamboat '' Connecticut " for New York. Once there I sought out Pastor Headstrom of the Bethel ship. He discouraged me in my search for a situation. Nevertheless I sought from place to place, yet without success. I was reappointed to Pawling avenue, where I spent another year. From thence, in 1867, I was sent to Third street M. E. church. My next move was to Hartford, in Washington county, where 1 stayed from 1868 to 1869. Here the Lord graciously and powerfully visited the people and more than one hundred persons made a profession of the religion of Christ. After two years in the above place, in which great mate- rial and spiritual prosperity visited the church, I was trans- ferred to the Wilmington Conference, and sent in 1870 to Leipsic, Del. My following appointment, from 1871 to 1873, was in Fairmount, Md. Here, during three years, the 228 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. work of the Lord went forward with encouraging success. One of the finest churches on the eastern shore, during this time, was dedicated to the worship of God. From this southern charge I was sent in 1874 to Lewes, Del. This old town commanded a beautiful view of the Delaware bay and the Atlantic ocean. During my last of three years in this village, a wonderful revival of religion broke out, and scores of persons were added to the church. For two years thereafter, from 1877 to 1871^ my home was in the city of Wilmington, where I served as pastor of Scott M. E. church. Here we were blessed with a fair mea- sure of prosperity, despite the obstiaictions which were thrown in our way. Having completed my term of service there, I joined the New York East Conference, and was placed in 1880 at Ken- sington, Conn., where we received some displays of the Divine goodness, in the strengthening, in some measure, of the church. Having been stationea at Georgetown and Zion's Hill, in 1881, I remained in this field for three years, when the itinerant wheel brought me, in 1884, to South Norwalk, in the same State. Here a revival, remarkable for its extent and thoroughness, broke out, which greatly changed the whole character of the church, and deeply impressed many people with respect to the interests of the better life. Having served my term of three years, in April, 1887, I moved to New York as the pastor of the old and famous Allen street M. E. church. This grand old church, by reason of the complete change in the character of the poymlation in the neighborhood, and the thunderation of tlie elevated railroad, has ceased to be what it was a score of years ago, and can only, enjoy a per- manently prosperous future by speedily changing its loca- tion for a more quiet section of this great city, so full of unrest and sin. Children of Cornelins M. and Martha Wetherwax Pegg. 224S 2.244 i. Jennie M. Pegg, b. Postenkill, N. Y., August 25, 1867, res. with parents ; unmarried. 2.245 ii. Charles S. Pegg, b. Hartford, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1S69. 2.246 iii. James Walter Pegg, b. Fairmount, Md. Febru- ary 20, 1872. 2.247 iv. Edith Pegg, b. Lewes, Sussex county, Del., April 29, 1875. 2.248 iii. James Clark Pegg (son of Rev. John and Jane BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 22& Eliza Boughton Pegg), b. Chatham, N. Y., Oct. 14,. 1845, m. Malta, 111., Nov. 9, 1871, Anna Somers, and settled on a farm in Creston, 111., where they res. 1887. Children of James G. and Anna Somers Fegg, of Creston, Ogle Co., 111. 2.249 i. Charlotte Pegg, b. Malta, De Kalb Co., 111., De- cember 3, 1872. 2.250 ii. John Joseph Pegg, b. Malta, March, 1875. 2.251 iv. Charlotte Boughton Pegg (dau. of Rev. John and Jane Eliza Boughton Pegg), b. Canajohaiie, Mont- gomery Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1847, m. Castleton, Rens- selaer county, N. Y., Frank P. Harder, of Castleton, where they settled and still resided in 1888, in one of the most inviting homes along the banks of the upper Hudson. His wife is one of the most active and helpful members of the Methodist Episcopal church in that place. Mr. Harder has been elected by the people treasurer of Rensselaer county for three succes- sive terms of three years each, and these repeated marks of their confidence in his ability and integrity is warranted by the shrewd business tact he has dis- played in conducting the details of the office. (ii.) Francis Boughton (son of Joseph and Jennet Guffin Boughton), b. Danbury, Ct.,July 13, 1790, m. Schodack, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1814, Amy Hall, who was born July 5, 1793. They settled on a farm in Wor- cester, Otsego Co., N. Y. In 1850 thev returned to Schodack, purchased and settled on the old homestead, where he died April 12, 1857. Amy Hall Boughton died April 27, 1860. They were buried in Nassau, N. Y. Both were members of the Baptist church. Children of Francis and Amy Hall Boughton, of Worcester, N. Y. 2224