Bouton-Boughton Family

4.049 iii. John Beach Boughton, b. Barker, Oct. 3, 1830; lived w^ith his parents until about twenty, when he went to Pipestone, Mich., until he reached his major- ity; he then returned to his father's, to take posses- sion of his legacy from his mother; he m. at Greene, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1851, Louise Ellerson, b. April 16, 1832; settled at Greene; moved to Barker, where, Nov. 16, 1880, he died. Children of John Beach and Louisa Ellerson Boughton. 4.050 i. Mary E. Boughton, b. Barkei-, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1852, d. Porterville, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1856. 4.051 ii. Frank E. Boughton, b. Barker, Aug. 29, 1858. Children of David and Anna C. Groftit Boughton. 88&S 4.052 iv. Martha J. Boughton, b. Fleming, Cayuga Co., N. Y., April tJ, 1837, m. Barker, N. Y., June 16, 1858, Eugene rotter (son of Lyman and Miriam Potter), of Greene, Chenango county, N. Y., where he was b. Jan. 30, 1830; settled at Barker, Clienango Forks post-office, Broome county, where they res. 1887. Children of Eugene and Martha J. Bonj^hton Potter. 4.053 i. Emmet C. Potter, b. Barker, Broome Co.,N. Y., August 8, 1859. BouTON-BouGHTON Familt. 426 4.054 ii. Deforest E. Potter, b. Barker, July 24, 1863; d. April 4, 1870. 4.055 iii. Arthur E. Potter, b. Barker, July 24, 1864. 4.056 iv. Myrtie a. Potter, b. Barker, Feb. 8, 1874, and was living with parents on farm in Barker 1887. 4.057 V. Alma M. Boughton (dau. of David and Anna C. Crofut Boughton), b. Barker, Broome Co., N. Y., May 10, 1839, m. Hannibal, Oswego Co., N. Y., May 12, "^1868, William H. Snyder; settled Nanticoke, Broome Co., N. Y.; moved in 1879 to Detroit, Minn.; she died July 9, 1880, leaving her little children to the care of their father at Detroit. Children of William H. and Alma M. Bongrbton Snyder. 4.058 i. Arbie L. Snyder, born Nanticoke, November 25 1870; moved with parents to Detroit; died August 1887. 4.059 ii. William D. Snyder, b. Nanticoke, Dec. 25, 1872 he also moved with his parents to Detroit. 4.060 iii. Hattie A. Snyder, b. Nanticoke, July 24, 1875 moved to Detroit with parents. 4.061 iv. Clayton D. Snyder, b. Nanticoke, Oct. 17, 1877 moved with pai-ents to Detroit. 4.062 vi. George M. Boughton (son of David and Anna C. Crofut Boughton), was born Barker, Sept. :i7, 1841; brought up on the farm where he was born; m. Tri- angle, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1864, Stelle E. Taft (daughter of Henry and Betsey Taft), of Triangle, where she was born April 27, 1845; they lived for a time on a farm and then moved to the village of Greene, Che- nango county, N. Y., in 1884, whei'e they bought a house and still resided in 1888. Children of George M. and Stelle E. Taft Boughton. 4.063 i. Leroy Erwin Boughton, b. Barker, Dec. 8, 1864; he resided with his parents at Greene, 1888. 4.064 ii. LiDA Mary Boughton, b. Triangle, Dec. 14, 1872, d. Dec. 29, 1875, at Greene, aged three years. 4.065 iii. Bert Elmer Boughton, b. Greene, May 25, 1877; was living with his parents at Greene, 1888. 4.066 vii. Ann E. Boughton (dau. David and Anna C. Cro- fut Boughton), b. Barker, Jan. 17, 1841^; converted and baptized into the Baptist church at Triangle, 1862; lived at home with her parents; she was 426 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. afflicted with a severe illness caused by an abscess^ from which she never fully recovered her health; she was unmarried, making ner home with her parents at her brother Delos' farm in Barker 1886. 4,C67 viii. Marshall C. Boughton (son of Davidand Anna C. Boughton), b. Barker, Dec. 6, 1847, m. first, Greene, Oct. 22, 1872, Ellen J. Keesler (dau. of Peter and Percey Keesler), of Damascus, Wayne Co., Pa., where she was b. July 16, 1849; settled Greene, N. Y., moved thence to Barker, and about 1880 to Damas- cus, where they were living 1885; she died there Oct. 3 of that year. He m. second, August 31, 1887, Mary J. Blain. Children of Marshall €. and £llen J. Keesler Bougrhton. 4.068 i. Mary L. Boughton, b. Greene, N. T., Dec. 2, 1873; living with parents 1885. 4.069 ii. Tracy C. Boughton, b.- Barker, N. T., March 25, 1875; died Sept. 4, 1875. 4.070 iii. Mardie A. Boughton, b. Barker, Feb. 4, 1878; living with parents 1885. 4,'07l iv. Anna M. Boughton, b. Damascus, Pa., Sept. 25, 1881; living with parents 1885. 4,072 ( V. Gertie A. Boughton, b. Damascus, April 6, Twins < 1884. Both living with prents 1885. 4,078 ( vi. Myrtie A. Boughton, o. April 6, 1884. 4.074 ix. Willie H. Boughton, b. Barker, Sept. 6, 1851; d. May 29, 1870. 4.075 X. Delos R. Boughton (son of David and Anna C. Crofut Boughton), b. Barker, August 2, 1856; wa& converted and baptized into the Triangle Baptist church ^ in early life ; on attaining his majority, his father being aged, he purchased his farm and improved it ; he m. Damascus, Pa., Feb. 22, 1882, Ella J. Maffett (dau. of Jonathan and Emily J. Maf- fet), of Long Branch, Sullivan county, N. i., where^ she was b. July 18, 1861 ; they settled on the home- stead in Barker; in 1882 he was elected justice of the g3ace, vice his father, retired ; they were living in arker, with their post-oflSce address Triangle, N. T., 1889. Children of Delos B. and Ella J« Maffett Boughton, of Barker, N. T, 4,075'^ i. Jahes Dewitt Boughton, b. Barker, Broome Co., N. T., August 23, 1885; d. same place, Jun«15, 1886. 4,075*^ ii. Willie Boughton, b. Barker, May 1, 1887. BouTON-BouGHTON Familt. 42T (vi.) Ebenezbr Downes Boughton (sun of John and Currence D. Boughton), b. Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 20, 1805; he was brought up by his parents on the farm where he was born; m. Ledyard, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1824, Mary Ann Hoyt. They were baptized into the Baptist church at Scipio, 1825; moved from Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1834 to Fostoria, Seneca Co., Ohio, on land bought of the government, in a dense forest, where, by persevering industry, he made a good home for his family. In 1852 he cast in his lot with the United Brethren of Fostoria, Sen- eca Co., 0., where he lived, a worthy member, until taken to the church tri umphant. She died at Fostoria, May 17, 1868, in the sixty-firat year of her age, and was buried in the cemetery at Fostoria. She was a great sufferer from rheumatism in her last illness, but she bore her afflictions with Christian fortitude. She was a faithful wife and mother, and her many virtues will not be forgotten by her remaining kin- dred while memory remains. He died at his home in Fostoria, 0., November 8, 1875, greatly loved and lamented by his family and friends, and was interred in the Fostoria cemetery. Children of Ebenezer Downes and Mary Ann Hoyt Bonghton. 8864 4.076 i. Emma Boughton, b. Ledyard, N. Y., April 2, 1827, d. there May 20, 1831. 4.077 ii. Hannah Harriet Boughton, b. Ledyard, April 19, 1829, m. Fostoria, O., March 14, 1847, Theodore Hunt* (son of Obadiah and Hannah Odell Hunt), of Bloom, Seneca Co., 0., b. May 20, 1826; a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. They settled at Hickory Corners, Barry Co., Mich. In 1848 they moved to Iowa, in 1858 to Ohio, and in 1859 settled in Fostoria, Seneca Co., 0. In 1869 they moved to Williams Co., Ohio, and in 1877 to DeKalb Co., Ind. He was settled pastor of the church at Hamilton, 1885. *Note. — Theodore Hunt entered the service of his coun- try in the suppression of the rebellion August 14, 1861. He was appointed corporal in Co. B, 55th Ohio Vol. Infantry, was in the Army of the Potomac, and in the battles of Mon- terey, Franklin, second Bull Run, and others. Was three times wounded but not very seriously; experienced a severe sunstroke, which incapacitated him for service, and he waa honorably discharged at Providence, R. I., Jan. 8, 1863, and returned to his home in Fostoria, 0. He was a stone mason 428 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. by trade. His wife, while he was absent on the battlefield, was active in efforts to support the flag of her country and in the education of her children to be loyal to their God and their native land. Children of Theodore and Hannah H. Bonghton Hunt i 4.078 i. Ellen Hunt, b. Washing^ton, Hancock Co., Ohio, March 3, 1848, d. in childhood in Barry Co., Mich., Feb. 28, 1851. 4.079 ii. HoYT Boughton Hunt, born Hickory Corners, Barry Co., Mich., Dec. 20, 1852. During a revival in the Sunday-school of which he was a scholar, at the age of fourteen years, he was converted, and was soon impressed with a duty to become a minister of the gospel, which was very objectionable to him; but after long resistance the impression became so strong that he determined to unite with the church, and yield to what seemed to be a duty. This was about 1869. On the removal of his parents to Bryan, Wil- liams Co., 0., he took his certificate of removal, and united with the M. E. church at that place, and was, Nov. 27, 1871, licensed to exhort, which was by him- self unsolicited; whereupon he commenced prepara- tion for the Christian ministry. He attended Bryan, 0., normal school, Wesleyan university and Drew theological seminary, where he finished his classical and theological course, and graduated May 16, 1879. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Peck, at Jersey City, N. J., April 1, 1877. After belonging to the Minnesota conference, in October, 1879, and the Northern Indiana conference April, 1881, and also, Sept. 15, 1881, he was transferred to the Michigan conference. During every year of his ministry he speaks of the great satisfaction he lias enjoyed in seeing souls converted under his ministry. He mar- ried, Granger, Madison Co., 0., May 27, 1874, Ida M. Rockwood (dau. of Lewis and Lamira C. Low Rock- wood), of Williamston, Igam Co., Mich., b. Dec. 3, 1856. They were settled at Parkville, Mich., 1884, removed to Vicksburg, Mich., in 1885, and were living there in health and happiness, laborifig in the work to which he had been called of God. They had no children at that date. 4.080 iii. Emma Ettie Hunt, b. Hickory Corners, Barry county, Mich., July 21, 1854; educated for a teacher, in which calling she was successful; m. Bryan, O. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 429