Bouton-Boughton Family

4.238 iv. Eliza Boughton Dodds, b. Clinton, March 23, 1829, m. first, Shultzville, N. Y., May 14, 1846, Gteorge W. Tripp ; settled in Butternuts, Otsego county, N. Y.; about 1852 moved to Racine, Wis.; during their residence there he d. at Milwaukee, and she returned, with her children, to Gilbertsville, N. Y. She m. second, near Butternuts, July 4, 1867, Nelson Green, a farmer, owning a farm about one mile north of Gilbertsville, where, April, 1875, he died. She m. third, Gilbertsville, May 29, 1877, William Delos Bab- cock, of that town, where they lived until she died, Feb. 9, 1882. At Racine, she united with the Baptist church, but on returning to Gilbertsville joined the M. E. church and then the Episcopal church, with which she stood connected when she died. Children of George W. and Eliza B. Dodds Tripp. 4.239 i. Joseph Dodds Tripp Briggs, b. Butternuts, Otsego county, N. Y., March 16, 1849; his aunt Mary having BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 449 no children, while Joseph was yet a small boy she adopted him as her child, and he was brought up by his uncle and aunt on the farm near Rockwell's Mills, and he took the name of Brigejs; m. Mary D. Crosby, b. Hartwick, Otsego county, Feb. 24, 1851; settled on a hired farm in Morris, same county; after a year or more they moved on to the farm of his adopted parents, to unite with them in its cultivation. In December, 1 882, becoming dissatisfied with farming in New York state, he determined to see what attractions for him were in the west; he went to New Mexico, where soon after he was attacked with a fever and died Feb. 4, 1883, leaving his widow a life insurance for $2,000. She returned to the farm of his parents, living there until the spring of 1884, when she went to live at Oneonta, N. Y. ; returned to live with her father-in-law at Mount Upton, N. Y., spring of 1885. She and her husband were both mem- bers of the M. E. church at Eockwell's Mills, while he was living. She built a house and lived at Otego, spring of 1868. Child of Joseph D. and Marj D. Crosbj Brig^gs. 4.240 i. Annie Euzabeth Briggs, b. Morris, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1874 ; lived with her mother, near Mount Upton, N. Y. ; she died suddenly, near Rockwell's Mills, Che- nango county, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1887, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery there. Note. — Soon after the death of her daughter a despond- ency came upon Mrs. Briggs, and she was sent to the insti- tution at Miadletown, N. x. 4.241 ii. Edward Everett Tripp, b. Butternuts, N. Y., about 1861; he grew up with a delicate constitution; lived in Otsego and Chenango counties, N. Y., until m. at Maple Grove, Otsego county, Feb. 16, 1875, Mary McKniff (dau. of Micnael and Mary McKniff), of New York city, where she was b. Feb. 1, 1853; they then settled at Unity, Clark county. Wis., and moved to Abbottsford, same county, about 1884, where his health was much improved, being em- ployed by L. Eoter & Co., lumber firm, of Abbotts- ford. In the autumn of 1884 he was seized with typhoid pneumonia, of which he died Nov. 2, 1884. 29 450 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. Children of Edward £. and Marj McKniff Tripp. 4.242 i. Edward Everett Tripp, Jr., b. Colby, Clark Co., Wis., Feb. 8, 1877. 4.243 ii. ZiNNiE Adell Tripp, b. Unity, Sept. 24, 1878. 4.244 iii. Franklin Derick Tripp, b. Abbottsford, July 16, 1884. The subsequent history of the above family not known. 4.245 iii. Hiram Briggs Tripp (son of G. W. and Eliza B. Dodds Tripp), lived at Unity, Wis., 1885; not heard from since. 4.246 iv. Thomas Smith Tripp (son of G. W. and Eliza B. Dodds Tripp), b. town of Coventry, Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1853; a molderby trade; m. at West Law- . rence, Otsego county, N. Y., Ida De Etta Georgia (dau. of Moses and Electa Hill Georgia), of Lawrence, b. Nov. 29, 1858; settled in West Oneonta, N. Y., where they were living until they moved, 1888, to Walton, Delaware Co., N. Y., where they res. 1889. Child of Thomas Hmith and Ida D. £. Georgia Tripp. 4.247 i. Minnie Gertrude Tripp, b. West Oneonta, Sept. 28, 1878. End of Eliza Bough ton Tripp's descendants. Children of 6(eorge and Salij Ann Bonghton Dodds Wallace. 4.248 V. George W. Wallace, b. Clinton, Dutchess Co., N. Y., June 12, 1837; after his mother's death (1850) he went to Butternuts, Otsego Co., N. Y., to live; m. at Butternuts (now Gilbertsville), Dec. 24, 1865, Jose- phine HoUis, of Butternuts, where she was b. Oct. 25, 1841. They both united with the M. E. church at Gil- bertsville at about eighteen years old. In the year 1862 he enhsted in the 121st Kegt N. Y. S. Vols, for three years or the war, and was in the 6th army corps until close of war. He was at the battle of Gettysburg and the capture of General Lee; was never wounded or taken prisoner, but was sick with typhoid fever in hospital. By occupation house painter, which he engaged in on returning from the war; he was mus- tered out July 8, 1865. They sold their place in Gil- bertsville and moved to Otego, N. Y., in April, 1888, where they were living in 1889. No children. 4.249 vi. Jacob Henry Wallace (son of George W. and Sally Ann Wallace), b. Clinton, Jan. 10, 1840; by occupation a farmer; Sept. 5, 1862, he enlisted in the BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY, 451 152d Regt. N. Y, State Vols.; went into camp at Mohawk, N, Y., and mustered into U. S. service Oct. 15, 1862, and from thence to Virginia; he took part in the engagement at RoUenston's Tavern, Va., Nov., 1863, and subsequently, in February, at Western Fords, and May 6, 1864, at the battle of the Wilder- ness, where he was wounded and disabled for service. He was discharged from the service Jan. 2, 1865, and sent home. The effect of his wounds deprived him from engaging in ordinary employment, for which he was granted a pension from the government, which has been increased and regularly paid until the present writing. After he returned from the army he went to Gilbertsville to live, where he m. Jan. 14, 1869, Almeda H. Hopkins (dau. of Almond and Cornelia Hopkins), a milliner of that village, who was b. Jan. 18, 1848, and died Sept. 22, 1876. Child of Jacob M. and Almeda Hopkins Wallace. 4,250 i. Frederick Eugene Wallace, b. Gilbertsville, N. T., Oct. 3, 1872, and died April 17, 1876. He married, second, at Gilbertsville, March 31, 1880, Frances L. Brown Tinker, widow of Squire Tinker (with two sons). She was born June 13, 1847. They settled at Otego, Otsego county, N. Y., where they bought a farm and were living 1889. She died October 28, 1889. 4,261 iv. Eliza Bouton (dau. of Jesse and Sally Boughton Bouton), b. at Ridgefleld, Ct., Dec. 29,1805, m. Ridge- field, Dec. 15, 1844, Jeremiah Gilbert, a farmer of Ridgefield, three miles east of the village, where her mother made her home while she lived. He d. Oct. 30, 1860. After his death she continued to live on the farm with her only son, who, failing to provide suitably for her in her infirmity and decrepitude of years, she went to live with Mr. W. R. Buttery, a neighbor, who most kindly offered her a comfortable home with them, where, about one mile north of Branch ville, Ct., she died June 19, 1884, and was buried in the Ridgefield cemetery. Child of Jeremiah and Eliza Bouton Gilbert. 4.252 i. George W. Gilbert, b. Ridgefield, Ot., July 1, 1850; unmarried. 4.253 V. Jesse Scott Bouton, b. Ridgefield, April 15, 1808; he learned his trade as a house carpenter at Clinton, 452 BouTON-BocGHTON Familt. N. Y., where he also earned on a wagon maker's shop; m. DansviUe, Ulster county, N. T., 1829, Catharine Bardenbui^h, of that place, b. Nov. 26, 1810. They settled at CUnton Hollow, Dutchess Co., N. Y.; moved from thereto Rondout, thence to Rock City and to Fisbkill and Rhinebeck, N. Y., where he d. May 29, 1860. In the fall of 1861 his family moved to New York city, and thence, a month later, to Jer- sey City, N. J., where she made her home with her son. Denton Botton, until she died July 20, 1885, and was buried in Jersey City. ChildreB of Jesse S. and Catharine Hardenhnii^h Beaton. 4.254 i. Isaac Hakdenburgh Bouton, b. Clinton Hollow, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1830. His vocation was that of boat hand on the harbor and J^st river, where, in Dec. 23, 1853, he was washed overboard and drowned. 4.255 ii. Thomas Burr Bouton, 2d, b. CUnton, Sept. 6, 1832, m. Sept. 13, 1864, Janet Livermore, and settled Lewis Centre, Delaware county, O., where he buys produce and ships to New York market. Further details of his record could not be obtained. He w*as Uving at said place September, 1885; moved to Sunbury, Dela- ware county, O., where they were living 1887. A letter was received from him in October, 1889, telling of his removed to Jerry City, Wood county, O. No children. 4.256 iii. Peter Hardenburgh Bouton, b. Clinton, Sept. 3, 1834; he was a boatman about New York; was taken ill and sent to hospital on Staten Island, where he died Nov. 10, 1861. 4.257 iv. Francis Donnell Bouton, b. Clinton, July 10, 1837, m. Fall Kiver, Mass., March, 1862, Josephine Connor, of Fall River. They settled in Jersey City, where he d. Sept. 28, 1867, after which she moved to West Bergen, N. J., where she lived spring of 1889. Children of Franeis D. and Josephine Connor Ronton. 4.258 i. John Dennis Bouton, b. Jersey City, Dec. 21, 1862; he lived at home with his mother, at 171 Westside avenue, Jersey Citjr; unmarried 1889. He met with a serious accident m Colgate & Co.'s factory, where he was employed ; his hand, l)eing caught in a machine, was terribly torn and mutilated, for which the generous firm made him a Uberal consideration, and by whom he was still employed, summer of 1889. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 468 • 4.259 ii. Eva Frances Bouton, b. Sept. 28, 1865, m. Oct. 27, 1884, George Oram (son of John and Adell Oram), of New York city, where he was b. Oct. 26, 1859. They lived at 171 Westside avenue, Jersey City, 1889. Child of Geon^e and Era Frances Bouton Oram. 4.260 i. JosiE Floeence Oram, b. Jersey City, N. J., June 8, 1886. 4.261 V. Jesse Scott Bouton, Jr. (son of Jesse S. and Catharine Bouton), b. Clinton, N. Y., March 26, 1839, machinist, m. Astoria, L. I., July 24, 1864, Emma Rich, of Trenton, N. J., born ; they lived at