Bouton-Boughton Family

He was married at Scipio, Feb. 5, 1817, to Miss Anna Wakeley, daughter of Elder Abner and Ruth A. Wakeley, of the same place ; she was born in Connecticut, Oct 5, 1794. They settled at Ulysses (now Enfield), N. Y., and afterward moved toNunda, Allegany county, N. T., where she died, Dec. 14, 1831. He married, second, Melinda Enos, and in 1836 moved to Pipestone, Berrien county, Mich., where as farmer he lived until his death, Oct. 11, 1864. The following ghort extract was penned from a record by his own hand in the year 1851, viz. : ^'I was converted at the a^e of seventeen, and united with the Baptist church at Scipio, and ever after remained a member of that denomination. I never found anything so consoling as the religion of Jesus. I always sought to live in peace with all men, and never was engaged in an assault or even a lawsuit with any one. " GhUdren of William and Anna Wakeley Bonghton. 8849 8,856 i. Samuel Newell Boughton (son of William and Anna Boughton), born Ulvsses (now Enfield), Nov. 17, 1817. He passed his childhood with his parents at Nunda Valley, N. T., and was impressed with the idea of becoming a minister of the gospel. In 1831 he united with the Baptist church at Nunda, N. Y., and in 1836 was licensed by them to preach, and soon after he went to Hamilton college to prepare for the ministry; but being embarrassed for want of means he left the college and engaged in teaching school at Victory, Cayuga Co., N. Y. An affection of his eyes proved a serious hindrance to pursu- ing his studies and he never returned to finish his IJOUTON-BOUGHTON FamILT. 401 collegiate course, a thing he often after spoke of with much regi-et. He engaged to preach as a supply to the Gouv- erneur Baptist church, and was prevailed upon to accept the pastorate of that church and was ordained there March 11, 1840. He mairied at SterUng, Cayuga Co. , N. Y. , Oct. 3, 1839, Eliza W. Bent. dau. of Stephen and Elmira Bent. After serving several pastorates in New York state and at South Norwalk, Ct. , his health became impaii^ed, and he was induced to try a western climate, and in 1852 they moved to Delavan, Wis., where, after preaching for a year and a half he purchased a farm near Baraboo, Wis. , where, on Oct. 6, 1854, he died in the triumph of faith. Almost his last words were, ^'In the mercy and grace of God, I, a sinner, full of un- worthiness, put all my trust. " He was buried at Baraboo, and his widow remained upon the homestead until 1870, when she moved and settled at Seward, Nebraska. Here she resided, a devoted member of the Baptist church of Seward, until her death, which occurred July 9, 1887. Children of Elder Samuel NeweU and Eliza Bent Bonghton. 8866 3,857 f i. Clement Abner Boughton, b. Prattsville, Greene county, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1842, twin brother of Clarence Edwin Boughton. He enlisted in the war of the great rebellion, and was shot at the battle of Atlanta, Ga. He died a few days after, in 1863, aged twenty-one years. ii. Clarence Edwin Boughton, twin brother of Clement Abner Boughton, b. Prattsville, Nov. 17, 1842, m. Baraboo, Sauk Co., Wis., Dec. 19, 1865, Janette Washburn, b. Baraboo, Wis., Feb. 14, 1848 (dau. of Andrew F. and Elizabeth L. Washburn of Baraboo). They settled at Delton. Sauk Co., Wis. Some years after they moved to Fairfield, Sauk Co. , and afterward to Baraboo. He became a member of the Baptist church and was employed in the municipal department of that place, where they lived 1885. Children of Clarence E. and Janette Washbnrn Bonghton. 8868 8,869 i. Clement Edwin Boughton, b. Delton, Sauk Co., Wis., July 11, 1867 ; d. same place, Sept. 19, 1SG7. 26 8,858 Twins. - 402 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. 3.860 ii. Clement Abner Boughton, b. Deltou, March 5, 1869 ; was living with parents 1885. 8.861 iii. Dora Nettie Boughton, b. Delton, Jan. 9, 1871 ; d. same place, May 11, 1871. 3.862 iv. Archie Boughton, b. Fairfield, Sauk Co., ^'is., Sept. 19, 1879 ; was living with parents, Baraboo, Wis., 1885. 3.863 iii, Augustus Stephen Boughton, b. Chester, Mid- dlesex county, Ct., Dec. 21, 1846, m. Linden, Wis., Dec. 25, 1867, Sarah E. Bond, b. Willimantic, Wind- hamcounty, Ct., Jan. 26, 1847. They settled on a one-half section of land, purchased from government after his return from the war, near Bondville, Red Willow countj, Neb. He was previously a Baptist, but there being no Baptist church at Bondville, he united, with his wife and daughter, with the M. E. church at that place. Children of Aagnstas S* and Sarah £• Bond Bongrhton. 886S 3.864 i. Lettie Emeline Boughton, b. Delton, Sauk county, Wis., Sept. 30, 1868 ; living with parents at Bondville, Neb., 1885. 3.865 ii. Egbert Newell Boughton, b. Beaver Crossing, Seward county. Neb., June 18, 1878. 3.866 iii. Eugene Clinton Boughton, b. Bondville, Red Willow county, Neb., June 2, 1881. 3.867 iv. Anna Wakeley Boughton (dau. of Elder Samuel Newell and Elizabeth Bent Boughton), b. near Bar- aboo, Sauk Co., Wis., March 30, 1855; moved with her mother to Seward, Neb., in 1876, where she mar- ried, Jan. 1, 1879, Frank G. Simmons (son of Henry A. and Emma M. Simmons). They settled in Sew- ard, Seward Co., Neb., where he published a news- paper, and resided in 1888. Children of Frank G. and Anna TV. Bonghton Simmons. 3867 3.868 i. Ruby M. Simmons, b. Seward, Neb., 1881. 3.869 ii. IvA E. Simmons, b. Seward, Neb., 1883. 8.870 iii. Arthur Simmons, b. Seward, Neb., 1885. 3.871 ii. Adoniram Judson Boughton (son of William and Anna Wakeley Boughton), b. Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 28, 1819; abotanic physician. He lived with his parents and worked on the farm with his father; was converted at the age of sixteen and united BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 403 with the Baptist church at Silver Lake, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1836; went with his parents from Nunda, N. Y., to Pipestone, Berrien Co., Mich., where, in 1837, finding farm work too laborious, he bought his time of his father at the age of eighteen; but the climate not proving congenial to his constitution, he turned his attention to the medical profession and studied with Dr. Samuel Thompson, Jr., son of Dr. Samuel Thompson, founder of the Thompsonian system of practice. He married, at Jackson, Kosci- usco Co., lod., Sept. 12, 1846, Susanna Crum (dau. of Zachariah and Christena Crum, of Miami, near Dayton, Ohio). He settled in Jackson, and moved from there in 1S50 to Edwardsburgh, Cass Co., Mich., and thence to Wakelee, Cass Co., in 1879. He and his wife were members of the German Baptist church (Dunkards), and were living at Wakelee, where he practiced medicine, 1SS8. Children of Dr. Adoniniin J. and Sasanna Gram Booghton, 8871 3.872 i. Samantha Boughton, b. Jackson, Kosciusco Co., Ind., Feb. 21), 1848; lived at home with her parents until m. Edwardsburgh, Mich., Jan. 11, 1868, William Harmon, a farmer, of Porter, Cass Co., Mich., b. April, 181:5 ^son of Henry and Aurilla Harmon); they settled at Porter township, and in 1880 moved and settled at Wakelee, Cass Co., Mich., where they were living, 18S7. Children of William and 8amantlia Bong^hton Harmon. 3.873 i. Schuyler Judson Harmon, b. Wakelee, Cass Co., Mich., Dec. 4, 1871. 3.874 ii. Henry Sherman Harman, b. Wakelee, Dec. 20, 1874. 3.875 iii. Truman Elias Harman, b. Wakelee, Dec. 1, 1877, d. May 1, 1879. 3.876 iv. Floyd Glenn Harman, b. Wakelee, Juno 17, 1880, d. July 14, 1880. 3.877 ii. Elizabeth Boughton, b. Edwardsburgh, Mich.^ April 15, 1850, in. Nicholas J. Probst, Proctor, Cass Co., Mich., March 15, 1868; she died June 29, 1869, in Bureau Co., Ill; no children. 3.878 iii. Mary Jane Boughton, b. Brownsville, Cass Co., Mich., August 22, 1854, ni. Union, Cass Co., Mich., Dec. 10, 1871, Elias Eby, b. August 29, 1849 (son of 404 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. Peter and Margaret Miller Eby); they moved in 1874 to Sunshine, Bowlder Co., Col., on account of his poor health, and were living there 1885. Children of Elias and Mary Jane Bonghton Ebj. 3.879 i. William C. Eby, b. Sunshine, Boulder Co., CoL, May 8, 1875. 3.880 ii. Alfred M. Eby, b. Sunshine, June 23, 1870. 3.881 iii. Effa A. Eby, b. Sunshine, Sept. 1, 1878. 3.882 iv. William Adoniram Boughton, b. Lagrange, Cass Co.; Mich., Sept. 24, 1856. With delicate health and poor hearing from scarlet fever in infancy, he . was unable to engage in manual labor, and remains at home unmarried, 1885. 3.883 V. Phebe Maria Boughton, b. Lagrange, August 11, 1858; went in 1880 to live in Bayfield county, Wis. (Pratt P. 0.); m. Archibald Haggerty. -3,884 iii. Jaaies Boughton (son of William and Anna Wakeley Boughton, of Scipio, N. Y.), born Enfield (formerly Ulysses), N. Y., Sept. 20, 1820; went with his parents when they moved to Michigan ; two years later went to Ohio and stayed one year at Sandusky, and from there to Port Huron, Michigan, where, in the winter of 1843, he m. Samantha Ingersoll, b. in Pennsylvania, but brought up in Port Huron. He was an industrious mechanic and respected among all his acquaintances; he died at Mishawaka, St. Joseph county, Ind., July 15, 1877. Children of James and Samantha Ingersoll Boughton. 8884 3.885 i. Anna Maria Boughton, b. Port Huron, Mich., Dec. 11, 1843; d. Sept. 25, 1844. 3.886 ii. Abner Wakeley Boughton, b. Port Huron, Sept. 2, 1845; d. at Edwardsburgh, Mich., August, 1851. 3.887 iii. Chester James Boughton, b. Edwardsburgh, Dec. 1, 1848; d. same place, August, 1851. 3.888 iv. Sarah Ella Boughton, b. Edwardsburgh, Aug. 18, 1852; m. 1872, David Cheesbro; had one child; m. second, in Michigan, Aug. 18, 1881, John W. Mowry, b. Shenandoah, Va., May 23, 1849; they Uved Bu- chanan, Berrien county, Mich., 1885. Child of DaTid and Sarah Ella Boughton Cheeshro. 8888 8.889 i. James Herbert Cheesbro, b. July 31, 1873. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 405 Child of John W. and Sarah Ella Bonghton Mowry. 8888 3.890 ii. James Emmett Mowry, b. Ensley, Mich., Feb. 14, 1883. 3.891 V. Emmett Eben Boughton (son of James and Sa- mantha Boughton), b. Edwardsburgh, Dec. 1, 1856; m. Goshen, Ind., Sept. 21, 1875, Mary Frances Qrice, b. Canton, O., Jan. 8, 1856. Children of Emmett E. and Mary Frances Grice Boughton.