My fifth cousin twice removed.
Born: 19 Oct. 1850, Kentucky. 1
Parents: WILLIAM VAN RANSELEAR BOATWRIGHT AND SALLIE WADKINS GATES
Married: twice. 1
Death: 31 Dec. 1931. 1
Notes:
Listed as a farm hand living in his mother's household in the 1870 Federal Census, Miller, Gentry, MO.
Listed as a farmer in the 1880 Federal Census, Miller, Gentry, MO (indexed as Boatright).
Occupation listed as "job wagon" in the 1900 Federal Census, Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO (Boatright).
Listed as a coal wagon driving in the 1910 Federal Census, Precinct 21, El Paso, CO (Boatright).
Listed as a widowed unemployed farmer in the 1920 Federal Census, Precinct 59, El Paso, CO (Boatright); son Otis living in household.
Occupation listed as "none" and living in son household of son Otis (street car motorman) in the 1930 Federal Census, Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO.
Spouse (1): HATTIE ADALINE CHRISTIAN b. 18 Dec. 1856, MO d. 18 Dec. 1886. 1
CHILDREN OF JAMES BLACKBURN BOATWRIGHT AND HATTIE ADALINE CHRISTIAN:
(my sixth cousins once removed)
WILLIAM LOUIS BOATWRIGHT b. 14 June 1876, MO d. 25 Nov. 1938.
SOPHRONA VIOLA BOATWRIGHT b. 26 Aug. 1878 d. 5 Aug. 1879. 1
JESSE JANETTY BOATWRIGHT b. 31 March 1880, MO d. 6 Nov. 1880. 1
HARVEY EZRA BOATWRIGHT b. 8 March 1882, MO d. 7 Sep. 1954.
MARY BOATWRIGHT b. Oct. 1884, Missouri. 2
CORA BOATWRIGHT b. Jan. 1890, Missouri (note: birth date inconsistent with mother's death). 2
Spouse (2): MARY EMMA COGDILL (WRIGHT) b. 13 Nov. 1857, CA m. Dec. 1892 d. 15 July 1913, CO. 1
CHILDREN OF JAMES BLACKBURN BOATWRIGHT AND MARY EMMA COGDILL (WRIGHT):
(my sixth cousins once removed)
JAMES NEALY BOATWRIGHT b. 24 Sep. 1893, MO d. Dec. 1969.
EARL CLEO BOATWRIGHT b. 18 April 1895, Missouri.
CLARENCE HAROLD BOATWRIGHT b. 20 March 1897 Darlington, MO d. 12 July 1952.
PAUL THOMAS BOATWRIGHT b. 3 Jan. 1899 d. 19 Jan. 1899. 1
OTIS FRANCIS BOATWRIGHT b. 4 Oct. 1901, CO1 4 m.Marjorie B. (Unknown) @1929.3 d. 2 July 1988. 4
Sources:
1. "Historical Southern Families," Volume XI, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
2. 1900 Federal Census, Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO.
3. 1930 Federal Census, Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO.
4. Social Security Death Index.
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