My fifth cousin twice removed.
Born: 11 Dec. 1830, KY. 1
Parents: WILLIAM VAN RANSELEAR BOATWRIGHT AND SALLIE WADKINS GATES
Married: 22 Oct. 1852. 1
Death: 9 Nov. 1905, Wagoner, OK. 1
Notes:
Listed as a farmer in the 1870 Federal Census, Cedar Creek, Crawford, AR, and in the 1880 Federal Census, Van Buren, Crawford, AR.
OBITUARY
(Friday's Daily) Wagoner Weekly, Wagoner, OK:
The funeral of J. S. Boatright was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at
the family residence. Rev. J. N. Edwards, pastor of the Baptist church,
conductedthe service. The Masonic lodge took charge and conducted the
burial services after the beautiful rites of that splendid and ancient
order, of which the deceased was an honored member. The services were
very largely attended, as Mr. Boatright was one of those men who attain
a high place in the esteem of their community. His 76 years were well spent
and he leaves an honored name and a life record without a flaw. Mr.
Boatright was a scion of the pioneer stock whose sturdy manhood subdued a
continent wilderness; whose inflexible moral fibre laid deep and broad the
foundations of a great empire, and whose indefatigable energy built a
society which has never had an equal in this world. The deceased leaves a
family to perpetuate his name, and it is hoped to transmit his virtues, for
his was a life well worth the living.
Spouse: MARY EVALINE (MOLLY) MILLER b. about 1836, MO. 2
CHILDREN OF JESSE STINSON BOATWRIGHT AND MARY EVALINE MILLER 1:
(my sixth cousins once removed)
MARTHA ANN BOATWRIGHT b. 4 Oct. 1853, MO.
SUSAN ALICE BOATWRIGHT b. 8 March 1855, MO.
MARY ELLEN BOATWRIGHT b. 25 Aug. 1856, MO.
WILLIAM NEWTON BOATWRIGHT b. 7 Oct. 1857, MO.
THEODOCIA BOATWRIGHT b. 21 Nov. 1859, AR.
ADA BOATWRIGHT b. 21 March 1861, AR.
ISABELLE (BELLE) BOATWRIGHT b. 1 Feb. 1863, TX.
JOHN LEE BOATWRIGHT b. 26 May 1865, TX.
GEORGE W. BOATWRIGHT b. 20 Feb. 1867, AR. m. Sarah Letts 24 May 1887, Crawford Co. AR. 3
JULIA M. BOATWRIGHT b. 30 Aug. 1869, AR.
EVALINE BOATWRIGHT b. 5 Feb. 1872, AR.
JESSE L. BOATWRIGHT b. 21 July 1874, AR.
JAMES R. BOATWRIGHT b. 21 April 1876, AR.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT b. 27 April 1878, AR.
EUDORA PEARL BOATWRIGHT b. 25 May 1880, AR d. 1964.
MYRTLE BOATWRIGHT b. 6 Jan. 1883.
Sources:
1. "Historical Southern Families," Volume XI, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
2. 1870 Federal Census, Cedar Creek, Crawford, AR.
3. Hunting For Bears, comp., Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
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