Bouton-Boughton Family

(iv.) Abigail Boughton (dau. of John and Cur- rence Downes Boughton), b. Scipio, Cayuga county, N. Y., March 8, 1801; baptized into the Baptist church at Scipio, N. Y., on the same day that her brother James and brother David and his wife were, in 1818; m. Ledyard, Cayuga county, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1825, Squire Alward, from Somerset county, N. J., where he was born May 18, 1800. They settled at Scipioville, N. Y., where she d. July 25, 1840. In 1847 he moved to Nunda, Livingston county, N. Y., where he d. Oct. 30, 1873. A tablet in the Evergreen cemetery at Scipioville bears the fc»llowing inscrip- 420 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. tion : * ^Abigail, wife of Squire Alwaixl, died July 25, 1840, aged 39 years, 4 months, 17 days." Children of Squire and Abigrail Bougrhton Alward. 8852 4.019 i. Cyrus M. Alward, b. Scipioville, Cayuga county, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1825; was educated for a teacher, engaging in this occupation in early life; went to Niles, Mich., where hem. April 17, 1851, Mary S. Gil- bert, of London, England. They settled at Niles, where he established himself as an attorney-at-law, having been admitted to the bar 1862; united with the Methodist Episcopal church ; moved to Wai-saw, Ind., where for a number of years he has practiced as an attorney, and where he resided in 1885. Children of Cyrns M* and Mary S. Gilbert Alward. 4.020 i. Cyrus Frederick Alward, b. Niles, Mich., Feb. 2, 1853; by vocation a book-keeper, employed in the store room of the Pullman Palace Car Co., of Pull- man, 111.; m. Niles, April 24, 1877, Henrietta Arm- strong Wing (dau. of Charles B. Wing), of Greenfield Centre, N. Y. ; settled at Pullman City, where they lived 1885. Child of Cyrns F. (son of Cyras M. Alward) and Henrietta A. Wingr Alward. 4.021 i. Madeline Theodosia Alward, b. May 9, 1884. 4.022 ii. Prank Edgar Alward, b. South Bend, Ind., No- vember 29, 1854, m. Niles, Dec. 27, 1876, Ella Frances Hatfield. They settled at Niles, where they united with the Presbyterian church; he was for fourteen years previously book-keeper in a large mercantile house of Niles, where he lived 1887. Children of Frank E. and Ella F. Hatfield Alward. 4.023 i. Bessie Mary Alward, b. Niles, Mich., June 29, 1878. 4.024 ii. Florence Ella Alward, b. Niles, June 2, 1880. 4.025 iii. Ida May Alward, b. Niles, July 20, 1882. 4.026 iii. G. Florus Alward, b. Niles, March 18, 1850. 4.027 iv. Dennis E. Alward, b. Niles, Jan. 26, 1859. He was educated at Niles, and graduated from Niles high school in 1876 ; devoted one year to a classical course in the literary department of Michigan uni- versity at Ann Arbor. In 1879, at the age of twenty BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 421 years, he established at Battle Creek, Michigan, The Moon, a daily newspaper, on a starting capital of $15, which he made a success. From a three col- umn paper, 7 x 10 inches, it has increased to many times that size, and was still in existence in 1885. He was editor and publisher of the Clare Press, and principal of the Clare public schools in 1885. He married at Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 11, 1879, Etta Stross, of Clarence, Calhoun Co., Mich., where she was born Oct. 25, 1862. They settled at Clare, Clare Co., Mich., where they still resided 1SS5. Child of Dennis E. and Etta Stross Alward. 4.028 i. Florus D. Alward, b. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 31, 1883. 4.029 V. Ralph H. Alward, b. Buchanan, Mich., Jan. 28, 1860. He was employed in the office of The Daily Moon, Battle Creek, Mich. 4.030 vi. LiLLiE May Alward, b. Niles, Sept. 21, 1863, d. South Bend, Ind., March 10, 1884, and buried at Niles, Mich. 4.031 vii. Charles Irving Alward, b. Niles, December 24, 1865, d. 1868. 4.032 ii. Charlotte A. Alward (dau. of Squire and Abi- gail Bough ton Alward), b. Scipioville, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June 21, 1827. A school teacher for many years at Milwaukee, Wis. While on a visit to her brother, George H. Alward, at South Bend, she died at his house Jan. 30, 1874, unmarried. 4.033 iii. Harriet M. Alward (dau. of Squire and Abigail Boughton Alward), b. Scipioville, N. Y., April 19, 1830; moved with her father to Nunda, Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1S46, m. Mishawauka, Ind.. Sept. 15, 1875, Samuel Bishop, a lawyer (son of Wm. ana Eliza N. Bishop), of New York, where he was born Febru- ary 17, 1826. They settled in Whitewater, Wiscon- sin, where they purchased a beautiful homestead in town, and resided there in 1S85. Children of Samael and Harriet M. Alward Bishop. 4.034 i. William H. Bishop, b. Milwaukee, Wis., August 23, 1856; living unmarried at Chicago and in the employ of Michigan Central Railroad Company, in local freight department, associated with his uncle, All)ert Alward. 422 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. 4,036 ii. Ida Bishop, b. Milwaukee, Dec. 18, 1857, d. in infancy Jan. 30, 1858. 4.036 iii. Ada L. Bishop, b. Milwaukee, July 7, 1859; educated at state normal school at Whitewater, Wis., and taught school until her health failed, when she went home to her parents, and resided there 1887. 4.037 iv. George W. Bishop, b. Ocommowoc, Wis., June 20, 1862; after completing his education at normal school, Whitewater, Wis., he went to Lake Mills, Wis. , where he was employed as foreman of Lake Mills Leader^ in which place he lived 1885. 4.038 V. Hattie I. Bishop, b. Fort Atkinson, Wis., Nov. 29, 1866; d. there August 30, 1868. 4.039 vi. Carrie A. Bishop, b. Fort Atkinson, Jan. 19, 1869; living with parents and attending school 1885. 4.040 iv. George Henry Alward (son of Squire and Abi- gail Boughton Alward), b Scipioville, Cay uga county, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1834, m. Niles, Mich., Sept. 23, 1857, Martha Lucinda Hodgkinson (daughter of Jam^ S. Hodgkinson), of England, where she was bom; set- tled at South Bend, Ind., where he was appointed clerk of St. Joseph county circuit court, two of his sons acting as assistants; res. South Bend 1885. He died at that place, Nov. 11, 1885, at 7i a. m. Some extracts from an obituary in the South Bend Daily Tribune, Nov. 11, 1885 : Death of Judge Alward. — The death of the clerk of the circuit court. Judge George Henrv Alward, was not unex- pected, for he had been in failing health for many months, out when the news of his death spread through the city this morning it created a shock, for few men in the community were better known or more highly respected than Judge Alward. Judge Alward was eminently a self-made man. Shortly after reaching his majority he went to South Bend, where he clerked for several years for Mr. A. G. Gushing, during which he studied and fitted himself for the law and com- menced practice 1867. Dunbar & Alward was one of the best known firms in northern Indiana. Judge Alward was for several years deputy county audi- tor under Auditor W. J. HoUoway; held the office of city clerk, judge of the municipal court, and in 1883 was elected clerk of the circuit court; and all these responsible positions he filled with the utmost satisfaction to the people and the republican party which elected him. His funeral was BouTON-BouGHTON Familt. 425 attended from the 1st M. E. church of South Bend, of which he was a member, and was in charg;e of the Masonic fraternity, of which he had held the oflSce of eminent com- mander of South Bend Commandery Knights Templars. Judge Al ward's married life was one of unusual happi- ness. His wife was a lady of rare womanly qualities and superior intellectual attainments, and her influences all tended to making home happy. Few men were so fortu- nate in their family relations. Children of George H. aud Martha L. Hodgkinson Alward, 4.041 i. George Henry Alward, Jr., b. South Bend, Ind., July 14, 1885, and m. there June 26, 1879, Mary E. Rockhill (daughter of William S. Rockhill), of South Bend. Members of the M. E. church and lived at South Bend 1885. Child of George H. Jr., and Mary E. Bockhlll Alward. 4.042 i. Robert G. Alward, b. South Bend, Aug. 25, 1880. 4.043 ii. James S. Alward (son of G. H. and Martha L. Alward), b. South Bend, Sept. 18, 1863; Methodist; assistant clerk of St. Joseph circuit court, living at South Bend 1885. 4.044 iii. Henry Boughton Alward, b. South Bend, Feb. 15, 1875; living with parents at South Bend 1885. 4.045 iv. Albert Fussel Alward, b. South Bend, July 31, 1876. 4.046 V. Albert Nathaniel Alward (son of Squire and Abigail Boughton Alward), b. Scipioville, N. Y., June 28, 1836, m. Nellie Campbell, who died South Bend. He went to Chicago, 111. , and secured a position in the freight department of the Michigan Central rail- road, which he has held for many years, and was residing at Chicago 1885. (v.) DAvm Boughton (son of John and Currence Downes Boughton), b. Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 21, 1803. He was converted and baptized into the Baptist church at Scipio, in 1818. He lived with his parents on their farm at Scipio, until m. Scipio, Jan. 8, 1824, Mary C. Beach (daughter of Asa and EUzabeth Beach), of Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y., where she was bom May 23, 1803. They settled at Ledyard, Cayuga Co., N. Y., and moved about 1835 to Flem- ing, Cayuga Co., where she died Nov. 16, 1835. He 424 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. mari'ied second, Victory, Cayuga Co., Annie C. Cro- fut (daughter of John and Betsey Crof ut), of Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., where she was born June 13, 1813. They moved to town of Barker, Broome Co., N. Y., in the year 1837, and the same year was chosen deacon of the Baptist church at Triangle, Broome Co., where he continned as such while he lived, He was elected justice of the peace in 1854: and served until 1878 as such, when, on account of extreme age, he vras succeeded by his youngest son, Delos R. Bough ton, who also succeeded him on the farm which, about fifty years previouslj^ he bought, and where nearly all his life had been spent. They were living with their son on said farm in 1885 in comfort, except from the infirmities of age. Children of Dayid and Mary C. Beach Bouj^hton. 88oS 4.047 i. Anna Maria BouGHTON, b. Ledyard, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Nov. 11, 1^24; d. at same place, March S, 1832. 4.048 ii. Mary C. Boughton, b. Barker, Broome county, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1826; d. at same place, April 2, 1847.*^