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Boat(w)right Family Genealogy in America
Generation 8
8-435. EMILINE "EMILY" BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1836 in Tennessee. She married WILLIAM WOOLEN. He was born 1832 in Tennessee, and died 1860 in Arkansas.
Notes for EMILINE "EMILY" BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Emily Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 14 Estimated birth year: abt 1836 Birth place: Tennessee Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, AR. Page: 308 Roll: M432_27
Child of WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT and MARY BRIGHT is:
i. JOHN D. WOOLEN, b. 1857, Arkansas.
8-436. FRANCES MELVINIA "FANNIE" BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1838 in Tennessee, and died 1889 in Lamar County, Texas. She married JOHN L. PARKER Abt. 1855. He was born 1830 in Tennessee, and died 1890 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas.
Notes for FRANCES MELVINIA "FANNIE" BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Fanny Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 12 Estimated birth year: abt 1838 Birth place: Tennessee Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 308 Roll: M432_27Burial: McDonald Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Children of FRANCES BOATRIGHT and JOHN PARKER are:
i. MARY J. PARKER, b. 1857, Madison County, Arkansas.
ii. WILLIAM H. PARKER, b. 1861, Madison County, Arkansas.
iii. LORENA LUCINDA PARKER, b. 19 Nov 1863, Madison County, Arkansas.
iv. JAMES M. PARKER, b. 1866, Madison County, Arkansas.
v. ELIZA J. PARKER, b. 1868, Madison County, Arkansas.
vi. JAMES B. PARKER, b. 1875, Madison County, Arkansas.
vii. LEE ANN PARKER, b. 05 Mar 1878, Madison County, Arkansas.
8-437. HENRY PRESTON BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Dec 1838 in Arkansas, and died 29 Oct 1900 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas. He married ELIZABETH COON 08 Jul 1866 in Madison County, Arkansas, daughter of JACOB J. COON and MARY ANN LEONHARDT. She was born 31 Jan 1843 in North Carolina, and died 19 Oct 1900 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for HENRY PRESTON BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Henry Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 10 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 308 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: Henry Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 21 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 514 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jno Boatright 1880 Census: Name: Henry BOATRIGHT Date: June 10, 1880 Age: 42 Estimated birth year: <1838> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Relationship to head-of-household: Self Home in 1880: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Spouse's name: Elisabeth BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 535A; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 0794. 1900 Census: Name: Henry P Boatright Date: June 8, 1900 Home in 1900: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 61 Estimated birth year: 1839 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 68.Burial: McBroom Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for ELIZABETH COON:
1880 Census: Name: Elisabeth BOATRIGHT Date: June 10, 1880 Age: 37 Estimated birth year: <1843> Birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Keeps House Relationship to head-of-household: Wife Home in 1880: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Spouse's name: Henry BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: NC Mother's birthplace: NC Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 535A; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 0794. 1900 Census: Name: Elizabeth Boatright Date: June 8, 1900 Home in 1900: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 57 Estimated birth year: 1843 Birthplace: North Carolina Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 68.Burial: McBroom Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Children of HENRY BOATRIGHT and ELIZABETH COON are:
9-951. i. WILLIAM BENJAMIN BOATRIGHT, b. Apr 1868, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 14 Apr 1949, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-952. ii. JOSEPH LAWSON BOATRIGHT, b. 04 Dec 1869, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 04 Mar 1946, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-953. iii. JAMES DANIEL BOATRIGHT, b. 08 Sep 1873, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 17 Mar 1955, Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma.
9-954. iv. WALTER EDCAR BOATRIGHT, b. 09 Nov 1879, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 17 May 1958, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
8-438. LUCINDA BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1842 in Arkansas. She married JOSEPH DORSEY.
Notes for LUCINDA BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Lucinda C Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1842 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 308 Roll: M432_27
8-439. HUGH CHESLEY BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 07 Nov 1846 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas, and died 23 Feb 1931 in Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas. He married LUCY ANN LEE 1872 in Arkansas, daughter of ROBERT LEE and REBECCA ELIZABETH JACKSON. She was born 23 May 1846 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 17 Jan 1929 in Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for HUGH CHESLEY BOATRIGHT:
The Madison County Record
Huntsville, Arkansas
26 Feb 1931
Hugh Boatright, age 83 years, Confederate solder of the Civil war, died Sunday morning at Aurora, where he had resided many years, and his remains were interred in the Aurora cemetery Monday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Jake Drake, and a beautiful eulogy of the life and character of the deceased was made by Capt. W. C. Cluck, himself a Confederate veteran 94 years old.
Mr. Boatright was a native of Madison county, born at Huntsville, and resided in this and the Aurora community practically all his life. He was a blacksmith by trade. He is survived by three sons and one daughter, Robert Boatright of Johnson, Walter Boatright of Aurora, Ed Boatright of Braggs, Okla., and Mrs. Will Peters of Okmulgee, Okla.; also by two sisters and one brother, Mrs. S. B. Gilliland of Braggs, Okla., Mrs. Laura Heflin and J. L. Boatright of Huntsville.
1850 Census: Name: Hugh C Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 2 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 308 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: H C Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 11 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 514 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jno Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Hugh Boatright Date: August 11, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Age in 1870: 23 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $200 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 367 Image: 258 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: Hugh BOATRIGHT Date: June 3, 1880 Age: 32 Estimated birth year: <1848> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Blacksmith Relationship to head-of-household: Self Home in 1880: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Spouse's name: Lucy BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's birthplace: --- Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 529A; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 0782. 1900 Census: Name: Hugh C Boatright Date: June 20, 1900 Home in 1900: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 52 Estimated birth year: 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 68. 1910 Census: Name: Hugh C Boatright Date: April 23, 1910 Age in 1910: 62 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Blacksmith Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 81. 1920 Census: Name: H C Boatright Date: January 3, 1920 Age: 72 years Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Home owned: Own Occupation: Black Smith Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Illinois Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 660.Burial: Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for LUCY ANN LEE:
The Madison County Record
Huntsville, Arkansas
17 Jan 1929
Mrs. Ann Boatright, wife of H. C. Boatright of Aurora, was fatally burned yesterday when her clothing caught fire from an open fireplace in her home, death resulting this morning, about twenty-four hours after the deplorable accident. Interment will be made tomorrow in the Aurora Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Boatright, both past 80 years of age, lived alone and were finishing their breakfast when the latter went from the kitchen into the living room and soon was heard screaming for help. Her husband ran to her as quickly as possible and found her clothing all aflame; he threw a bucket of water on her and then finished smothering out the flames with his hands, but not before the unfortunate old lady's body had been so badly burned that she never regained consciousness fully enough to tell how it all happened. One theory is that she may have fainted and fallen in the fire, while another is that possibly her skirts were drawn into it as she stood before or passed by the fireplace.
Mr. Boatright's hands and arms were severely burned in his efforts to extinguish his wife's blazing garments.
The Boatright's were among the pioneer settlers of this part of Arkansas and had resided many years at Aurora, where Mr. Boatright worked as a blacksmith. Mrs. Boatright was a daughter of "Uncle Bobbie" Lee, one of the grand old men of this county in its early days and who was said to have been a close lineal descendant of General Robert E. Lee. Besides her husband she is survived by the following children: Robert Boatright of Johnson, Mrs. William Peters of Morris, Okla., Ed Boatright of Braggs, Okla., and Walter Boatright of Aurora.
1870 Census: Name: Lucy Boatright Date: August 11, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Age in 1870: 23 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 367 Image: 258 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: Lucy BOATRIGHT Date: June 3, 1880 Age: 33 Estimated birth year: <1847> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Keeping House Relationship to head-of-household: Wife Home in 1880: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Spouse's name: Hugh BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: AL Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 529A; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 0782. 1900 Census: Name: Ann Boatright Date: June 20, 1900 Home in 1900: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 54 Estimated birth year: 1846 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 68. 1910 Census: Name: Annie L Boatright Date: April 23, 1910 Age in 1910: 62 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Alabama Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 81. 1920 Census: Name: Lucy C Boatright Date: January 3, 1920 Age: 73 years Estimated birth year: abt 1847 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Sex: Female Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: United States of America Father's Birth Place: United States of America Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 660.Burial: Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas
Children of HUGH BOATRIGHT and LUCY CHESTER are:
9-957. i. JOHN ROBERT BOATRIGHT, b. 02 Apr 1869, Bowen, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 24 Jan 1954, Springdale, Washington
County, Arkansas.
9-958. ii. NORA ELIZABETH BOATRIGHT, b. 23 May 1876, Bowen, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 27 Dec 1966.
9-959. iii. WALTER MONROE BOATRIGHT, b. 15 Sep 1877, Bowen, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 17 Oct 1957, Springdale,
Washington County, Arkansas.
9-960. iv. EDGAR LEE BOATRIGHT, b. 30 May 1880, Bowen, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 03 May 1963, Madison County,
Arkansas.
8-440. MARTHA ANN BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 28 Jun 1849 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 07 May 1928 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas. She married JOHN L. PERRY.
Notes for MARTHA ANN BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Martha Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 308 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: M A Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 10 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 514 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jno BoatrightBurial: Alabam Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Child of MARTHA BOATRIGHT and JOHN PERRY is:
i. FLORENCE PERRY, b. 15 Jan 1877, Madison County, Arkansas.
8-441. MARGARET J. BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1852 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for MARGARET J. BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: M J Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 8 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 514 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jno Boatright 1880 Census: Name: Margrett J. BOATRIGHT Date: June 10, 1880 Age: 28 Estimated birth year: <1852> Birthplace: Arkansas Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Eliza A. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 514C;
8-442. SUSAN J. BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1854 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 1898 in Madison County, Arkansas. She married ELIJAH DANIEL DAVIS Abt. 1876, son of JARRETT DAVIS and EASTER DRAKE. He was born 02 Feb 1857 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 25 Dec 1939 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for SUSAN J. BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Susan J Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 6 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 514 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jno BoatrightBurial: Brashears Cemetary, Madison County, Arkansas
Children of SUSAN BOATRIGHT and ELIJAH DAVIS are:
i. DANIEL CLARENCE DAVIS, b. 08 Sep 1877, Madison County, Arkansas.
ii. BENNER ELBERT DAVIS, b. 29 Jan 1880, Madison County, Arkansas.
iii. JOHN FREDERICK DAVIS, b. 17 Mar 1883, Madison County, Arkansas.
iv. CHARLES HUGH DAVIS, b. 1885, Madison County, Arkansas.
v. HENRY MONROE DAVIS, b. 01 Mar 1888, Madison County, Arkansas.
8-443. WILLIAM R. BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1856 in Madison County, Arkansas. He married PHOEBE A.. She was born 1857 in Missouri.
Notes for WILLIAM R. BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Wm Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 4 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 514 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jno Boatright 1880 Census: Name: William R. Boatright Date: June 23, 1880 Home in 1880: Fishing River, Clay, Missouri Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1855 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Phoebe A. Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Census Place: Fishing River, Clay, Missouri; Roll T9_682; Family History Film: 1254682; Page: 420.4000; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 0022.
1880 Census: Name: Phoebe A Boatright Date: June 23, 1880 Home in 1880: Fishing River, Clay, Missouri Age: 23 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's name: William R. Father's birthplace: Missouri Mother's birthplace: Indiana Occupation: Keeps House Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Census Place: Fishing River, Clay, Missouri; Roll T9_682; Family History Film: 1254682; Page: 420.4000; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 0022.
Child of WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT and PHOEBE A. is:
i. MARGARET ELIZABETH BOATRIGHT.
8-444. SOPHRONA E. BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 07 Oct 1858 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 27 May 1927 in Madison County, Arkansas. She married WILLIAM M. TWEEDY 1892 in Arkansas, son of WILLIAM TWEEDY and SARAH HILL. He was born 18 Jun 1842 in Arkansas, and died 26 Jan 1925 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for SOPHRONA E. BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: S E Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 2 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 514 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jno Boatright 1880 Census: Name: Sophrona E. BOATRIGHT Date: June 10, 1880 Age: 20 Estimated birth year: <1860> Birthplace: Arkansas Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Eliza A. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 514C; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 0752.Burial: Drake's Cemetery
Child of SOPHRONA BOATWRIGHT and WILLIAM TWEEDY is:
i. BERTHA E. TWEEDY, b. 13 Aug 1893, Madison County, Arkansas.
8-445. LUCRETA F. BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Dec 1862 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 1953 in Madison County, Arkansas. She married SAMUEL B. GILLILAND.
Notes for LUCRETA F. BOATRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: Luc. T. BOATRIGHT Date: June 10, 1880 Age: 18 Estimated birth year: <1862> Birthplace: Arkansas Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Eliza A. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 514C; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 0752. 1900 Census: Name: Luerva Boatright Date: June 19, 1900 Home in 1900: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Age: 38 Estimated birth year: 1862 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 76.Burial: Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
8-446. LAURA C. "SARAH" BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Jul 1864 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died . She married GREEN NUTON HEFLIN 29 Jan 1905 in Madison County, Arkansas, son of SEWELL LEE NUTON HEFLIN and ELIZABETH DOUGLAS. He was born 26 Sep 1837 in Clay County, Illinois, and died 24 Oct 1920 in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
Notes for LAURA C. "SARAH" BOATRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: Sarah E. BOATRIGHT Date: June 10, 1880 Age: 15 Estimated birth year: <1865> Birthplace: Arkansas Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Eliza A. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 514C; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 0752. 1900 Census: Name: Laerra Boatright Date: June 19, 1900 Home in 1900: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Age: 37 Estimated birth year: 1863 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 76.Burial: Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
8-447. JOHN L. BOATRIGHT (JOHN CALVIN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1865 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 12 Nov 1938 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for JOHN L. BOATRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: John L. BOATRIGHT Date: June 10, 1880 Age: 13 Estimated birth year: <1867> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Farm Hand Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Eliza A. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 514C; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 0752. 1900 Census: Name: John L Boatright Date: June 19, 1900 Home in 1900: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Age: 34 Estimated birth year: 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Son Occupation: Farmer Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 76. 1910 Census: Name: John L Boatright Date: April 18, 1910 Age in 1910: 43 Estimated birth year: abt 1867 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Head Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 80; Image: 350. 1920 Census: Name: John L Boatright Date: January 19, 1920 Age: 53 years Estimated birth year: abt 1867 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Sex: Male Marital status: Single Relation to Head of House: Boarder Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Illinois Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 892. 1930 Census: Name: John L Boatright Date: April 5, 1930 Age: 64 Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to head-of-house: Lodger Race: White Home in 1930: Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 82; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 512.0.Burial: Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
8-448. SARAH BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1835 in Tennessee.
Notes for SARAH BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Sarah Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 13 Estimated birth year: abt 1837 Birth place: Tennessee Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 298 Roll: M432_27
8-448A. LOUISA ELIZA BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1837 in Tennessee, and died 29 Oct 1923 in Madison County, Arkansas. She married WILLIAM TURNER HARWOOD 1864, son of MALLY HARWOOD and SARAH HENRY. He was born 1828 in Virginia, and died 14 Feb 1897 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for LOUISA ELIZA BOATRIGHT:
In the "History of Northwestern Arkansas" published by Goodspeed in 1889, Louisa's name is shown as "Eliza".
This cemetery is located on land homesteaded by William Turner and Louisa Boatright Harwood. The earliest date on a tombstone is of Wright Harwood, son of William T. and Louisa who died 12 Apr 1870.
The work of volunteers and donations to the Cemetery Fund keep this cemetery very well maintained.
1850 Census: Name: Louisa Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1842 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 298 Roll: M432_27
Notes for WILLIAM TURNER HARWOOD:
William Turner Harwood's date of birth is uncertain. His obituary indicates that he was 70 years of age when he died in 1897. This would make his date of birth 1826-1827. According to a cemetery survey by Peggy Rogers, his tombstone gives no date of birth and reads, "Died February 14, 1897; Age 72 years." If this is correct, his date of birth would be 1825-1826. - Source: David C. Rains
OBITUARY
William Turner HARWOOD - Fort Smith Elevator. (died Feb 14 1897]
Mr. William T. Harwood, father of our townsman, Mr. J. B. Harwood, died at his home near Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas, on the 15th ult., aged seventy years. His funeral took place on the 16th and was largely attended.
Mr. Harwood was a native of Virginia. At a very early age he went to Tennessee with his parents, where he lived until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he settled in Madison County, where he lived until the day of his death.
In Madison County Mr. Harwood was recognized as a live, progressive, up-to-date farmer, and through his admiration for fine stock the wealth of Madison County was largely increased. He introduced into Madison County some of the finest breeds of stock, and some of his horses sold for large figures. Mr. Harwood was a veteran of the Mexican war. He enlisted at the first call for volunteers and served until the war closed. He took service in a Tennessee regiment and was assigned to cavalry service, in which he did some very active work. He served under both Generals Scott and Taylor and took part in the battles of Vera Cruz, Chepultepec, Cherubusco, Buena Vista, Monterey and Cerro Gordo. He also participated in a number of other engagements which are not recorded in history.
Madison County papers speak in the highest terms of Mr. Harwood.
[Transcribed and Submitted by Peggy Rogers from James B. Harwood's book, Genealogical and Historical Account of Harwoods, Henrys, and Dotsons., published in 1902 ]
This cemetery is located on land homesteaded by William Turner and Louisa Boatright Harwood. The earliest date on a tombstone is of Wright Harwood, son of William T. and Louisa who died 12 Apr 1870.
The work of volunteers and donations to the Cemetery Fund keep this cemetery very well maintained.
Children of LOUISA BOATRIGHT and WILLIAM HARWOOD are:
i. JAMES B. HARWOOD.
ii. WRIGHT HARWOOD, b. Abt. 1863; d. 12 Apr 1870.
iii. LUCINDA HARWOOD, b. Abt. 1865.
iv. SARAH TENNESSEE HARWOOD, b. Abt. 1866.
v. MARTHA M. HARWOOD, b. 16 Jan 1869.
vi. STEPHEN HARWOOD, b. 1872.
vii. DOCK C. HARWOOD, b. 15 Aug 1873.
viii. CHARLES I. HARWOOD, b. 05 Jan 1879.
ix. WALTER TURNER HARWOOD, b. 27 Jun 1881.
x. PLUMMER HARWOOD, b. 15 Mar 1885.
8-449. JEMIMA BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1838 in Missouri.
Notes for JEMIMA BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Jemima Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 12 Estimated birth year: abt 1838 Birth place: Missouri Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 298 Roll: M432_27
8-450. WILLIAM JESSE BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 09 Jun 1840 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 15 Jan 1924 in Johnson, Whitman County, Washington. He married (1) SARAH ANN COON 1860 in Madison County, Arkansas, daughter of JACOB J. COON and MARY ANN LEONHARDT. She was born 1841 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1864 in Madison County, Arkansas. He married (2) MALINDA EVALINE NEELY 25 Aug 1864 in Arkansas. She was born 13 Feb 1838 in Arkansas, and died 17 Jul 1917 in Johnson, Whitman County, Washington.
Notes for WILLIAM JESSE BOATRIGHT:
1870 Census: Name: Will Boatright Date: August 11, 1870 Birth Year: abt 1840 Age in 1870: 30 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Round Prairie, Benton, Arkansas Race: White Occupation: Farmer Gender: Male Post Office: Spavinaw Census Place: Round Prairie, Benton, Arkansas; Roll M593_47; Page: 314B; Image: 625; Family History Library Film: 545546. 1880 Census: Name: William J Boatright Date: June 4, 1880 Home in 1880: Wallace, Benton, Arkansas Age: 39 Estimated birth year: abt 1841 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Malinda E. Father's birthplace: Tennessee Mother's birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Census Place: Wallace, Benton, Arkansas; Roll T9_38; Family History Film: 1254038; Page: 275.1000; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 0555.Burial: Pullman City Cemetery, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington
1900 Census: Name: William G Boatright Date: June 18, 1900 Home in 1900: Johnston, Whitman, Washington Age: 59 Birth Date: Jun 1840 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Spouse's name: Malinda E Marriage Year: 1864 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 36 Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Johnston, Whitman, Washington; Roll T623_1753; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 93. 1910 Census: Name: William J Boatright Date: May 5, 1910 Age in 1910: 69 Estimated birth year: abt 1841 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Spouse's name: Millinda A Home in 1910: Johnson, Whitman, Washington Marital Status: Married Occupation: Own Income Race: White Gender: Male Census Place: Johnson, Whitman, Washington; Roll T624_1675; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 272; Image: 26. 1920 Census: Name: William Boatright Date: January 17, 1920 Home in 1920: Johnson, Whitman, Washington Age: 79 years Estimated birth year: abt 1841 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Arkansas Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas Marital Status: Widow Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Johnson, Whitman, Washington; Roll T625_1944; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 146; Image: 578.
Notes for SARAH ANN COON:
1860 Census: Name: Sarah Boatright Date: August 13, 1860 Age in 1860: 19 Birth Year: abt 1841 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Gender: Female Post Office: War Eagle Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll M653_45; Page: 447; Image: 447; Family History Library Film: 803045.
1870 Census: Name: Malinda Boatright Date: August 11, 1870 Birth Year: abt 1840 Age in 1870: 31 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Round Prairie, Benton, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Spavinaw Census Place: Round Prairie, Benton, Arkansas; Roll M593_47; Page: 314B; Image: 625; Family History Library Film: 545546. 1880 Census: Name: Malinda E Boatright Date: June 4, 1880 Home in 1880: Wallace, Benton, Arkansas Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's name: William J. Father's birthplace: Tennessee Mother's birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: Keeps House Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Census Place: Wallace, Benton, Arkansas; Roll T9_38; Family History Film: 1254038; Page: 275.1000; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 0555. 1900 Census: Name: Malinda E Boatright Date: June 18, 1900 Home in 1900: Johnston, Whitman, Washington Age: 61 Birth Date: Feb 1839 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to Head of House: Wife Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother: number of living children: 3 Mother: How many children: 5 Spouse's name: William G Marriage Year: 1864 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 36 Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Johnston, Whitman, Washington; Roll T623_1753; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 93. 1910 Census: Name: Malinda A Boatright Date: May 5, 1910 Age in 1910: 71 Estimated birth year: abt 1839 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Spouse's name: William J Home in 1910: Johnson, Whitman, Washington Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Census Place: Johnson, Whitman, Washington; Roll T624_1675; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 272; Image: 26.Burial: Pullman City Cemetery, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington
Children of WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT and SARAH COON are:
9-961A. i. MARY ALICE BOATRIGHT, b. 16 Apr 1861, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 17 Nov 1935, Little, Seminole County, Oklahoma.
9-961B. i. JOHN FRANKLIN BOATRIGHT, b. 1863, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 1880, Madison County, Arkansas.
Children of WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT and MARTHA NEELY are:
9-961. i. MARY FRANCES BOATRIGHT, b. 08 Jun 1866, Arkansas; d. 12 Apr 1900,
Washington.
9-962. ii. ROBERT L. BOATRIGHT, b. 16 Oct 1868, Arkansas; d. 26 Apr 1925,
Johnston, Whitman County, Washington.
9-963. iii. VIRGINIA JOSEPHINE BOATRIGHT, b. 29 Sep 1873, Benton County, Arkansas;
d. 08 Jun 1948, Whitman County, Washington.
9-964. v. CHARLES HERBERT BOATRIGHT, b. 30 Apr 1874, Benton County, Arkansas;
d. Jun 1937, Washington.
8-451. THOMAS WALTER "T. J." BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 18 Oct 1841 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 09 Nov 1899 in McLennan County, Texas. He married KARILLA J. FINE 15 Jan 1865 in Lamar County, Texas, daughter of SPENCER FORBY FINE and JANE BRANDON. She was born 1842 in Washington County, Arkansas, and died 26 Jan 1920 in Dow, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
Notes for THOMAS WALTER "T. J." BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Thomas Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 10 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 298 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: Thos Boatright Date: August 13, 1860 Age in 1860: 21 Birth Year: abt 1839 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Gender: Male Occupation: Farmer Post Office: War Eagle Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll M653_45; Page: 447; Image: 447; Family History Library Film: 803045. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles Name: Thomas J Boatwright Age at Enlistment: 20 Enlistment Date: 2 Feb 1863 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: Fayetteville, Arkansas State Served: Arkansas Side Served: Union Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Arkansas 1st Infantry Regiment on 02 Feb 1863. Mustered out on 20 Oct 1864 at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Birth Date: abt 1843 Sources: Index to Compiled Military Service Records 1st Arkansas Union Infantry - Arkansas Research U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Thomas Boatright Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Arkansas Regiment Name: 1 Arkansas Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry Company: B Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Alternate Name: Thomas J. Boatright Film Number: M383 roll 1 Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 Name: T. J. Boatright Gender: Male Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1865 Spouse: Carilla Piercy Marriage City: Lamar Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 1880 Census: Name: T. J. Boatright Date: June 29, 1880 Home in 1880: Mclennan, Texas Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: P. Father's birthplace: Tennessee Mother's birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Census Place: , Mclennan, Texas; Roll T9_1318; Family History Film: 1255318; Page: 282.3000; Enumeration District: 120; .
Krilla first married Unknown Piercy. She had two daughters from this marriage, A. P. and C. L. Pierce, both are listed in the 1880 census as daughters of Thomas and Karilla.
1850 Census: Name: Curriller Fine Date: December 20, 1850 Age: 6 Estimated birth year: abt 1844 Birth Place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Prairie, Washington, Arkansas Family Number: 231 Census Place: Prairie, Washington, Arkansas; Roll M432_31; Page: 399B; Image: 207. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 Name: Carilla Piercy Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1 Gender: Female Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1865 Spouse: T. J. Boatright Marriage County: Lamar Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1814-1909 1880 Census: Name: P Boatright Date: June 29, 1880 Home in 1880: Mclennan, Texas Age: 38 Estimated birth year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's name: T. J. Father's birthplace: Tennessee Mother's birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: Housekeeper Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Census Place: , Mclennan, Texas; Roll T9_1318; Family History Film: 1255318; Page: 282.3000; Enumeration District: 120; .
Children of THOMAS BOATRIGHT and KARILLA FINE are:
9-964A. i. CLEMENTINE ELIZABETH "TINNIE" BOATRIGHT, b. 25 Mar 1869, Arkansas;
d. 05 May 1936, McLennan County,
Texas.
9-964B. ii. BENNIE JAMES BOATRIGHT, b. 1871, Arkansas.
9-964C. iii. THOMAS WALTER BOATRIGHT, b. 04 Feb 1873, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas;
d. 1952, Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
9-964D. iv. JOHN CALVIN BOATRIGHT, b. 08 Apr 1875, McLennan County, Texas;
d. 1942, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
9-964E. v. ALONZO BARLOW BOATRIGHT, b. 1878, McLennan County, Texas.
9-964F. vi. JENNIE MAY BOATRIGHT, b. 1880, McLennan County, Texas.
9-964G. vi. WILBURN LEE BOATRIGHT, b. 01 Nov 1883, McLennan County, Texas;
d. 30 Sep 1968, Henryetta, Okmulgee County,
Oklahoma.
9-964H. vii. ALBERT WINN BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Dec 1886, McLennan County, Texas;
d. 23 Mar 1954, Syracuse, Hamilton County,
Kansas.
8-452. MARY BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1844 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for MARY BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Mary Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 6 Estimated birth year: abt 1844 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 298 Roll: M432_27
8-453. IDA BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1845 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for IDA BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Ida Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 5 Estimated birth year: abt 1845 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 298 Roll: M432_27
8-454. NANCY LUCINDA BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1847 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for NANCY LUCINDA BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Lucinda Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 3 Estimated birth year: abt 1847 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 298 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: Nancy L Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 12 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 519 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jas Boatright
8-455. JAMES BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1849 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died Bef. 1860 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for JAMES BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: James Boatright Date: November 13, 1850 Age: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1849 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas 19 Page: 298 Roll: M432_27
8-456. CALVIN BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1851 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. He married ELISAH. She was born 1855 in Alabama.
Notes for CALVIN BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Calvin Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 9 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 519 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jas Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Calvin Boatright Date: August 10, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Age in 1870: 19 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 461 Image: 440 Year: 1870
Children of CALVIN BOATRIGHT and ELISAH are:
9-965. i. ELLA BOATRIGHT, b. 1876, Arkansas. 9-966. ii. MARY BOATRIGHT, b. 1880, Arkansas.
8-457. REBECCA DRUCILLA BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 28 Mar 1853 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 26 Jan 1928 in Westville, Oklahoma. She married BUTLER ISAIAH SISEMORE. He was born 1850.
Notes for REBECCA DRUCILLA BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Drusilla Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 7 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 519 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jas Boatright
Children of REBECCA BOATRIGHT and BUTLER SISEMORE are:
i. MARION SISEMORE.
ii. LULA SISEMORE, b. 1873.
iii. DORA L. MARIE SISEMORE, b. 17 Nov 1874.
iv. GOLDA GRACE SISEMORE.
v. ELSIE SISEMORE. b. 1899.
8-458. ARBELLE BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1854 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for ARBELLE BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Belle Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 4 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 519 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jas Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Arbelle Boatright Date: August 10, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Age in 1870: 13 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 461 Image: 440 Year: 1870
8-459. NELSON BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1858 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for NELSON BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Nelson Boatright Date: September 5, 1860 Age in 1860: 2 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 519 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jas Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Nelson Boatright Date: August 10, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Age in 1870: 10 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 461 Image: 440 Year: 1870
8-460. CORA ANN BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1861 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 13 May 1961 Mclennan County, Texas. She married JAMES DAVID OGDEN 29 Jul 1888 in Johnson County, Arkansas, son of WILLIAM RILEY OGDEN and RUTH J. HUNT. He was born 1866 in Arkansas, and died 25 Feb 1948 in Mclennan County, Texas.
Notes for CORA ANN BOATRIGHT:
1870 Census: Name: Corena Boatright Date: August 10, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 Age in 1870: 8 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 461 Image: 440 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: Coe Boatright Date: June 1, 1880 Home in 1880: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1863 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of Household: Sister-in-law Father's birthplace: Tennessee Mother's birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: At Home Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 527.1000; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 0778. living with sister Rebecca and family Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Name: Cora Ogden Death Date: 13 May 1961 Death County: Mclennan Certificate: 29446
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Name: James David Ogden Death Date: 25 Feb 1948 Death County: Mclennan Certificate: 81928
Children of CORA BOATRIGHT and JAMES OGDEN are:
i. GRACIE OGDEN, b. 1889, Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas.
ii. BEULAH R. OGDEN, b. 1892, Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas.
iii. LORA V. OGDEN, b. 1895, Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas.
iv. GREER OGDEN, b. 1897, Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas.
v. CHARLES MACK OGDEN, b. 1900, Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas.
8-461. JOHN ANDREW BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 13 Aug 1864 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 25 Jul 1942. He married MARY FRANCES SCRITCHFIELD. She was born 12 Oct 1871 in Missouri, and died 21 Sep 1945.
Notes for JOHN ANDREW BOATRIGHT:
1870 Census: Name: John Boatright Date: August 10, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Age in 1870: 6 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 461 Image: 440 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: John A. BOATWRIGHT Date: June 9, 1880 Age: 16 Estimated birth year: <1864> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Works On Farm Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Mars Hill, Washington, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Father's name: James BOATWRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Nancy Ann BOATWRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Mars Hill, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: T9_58; Family History Film: ; Page: 503C; Enumeration District: 203; Image: 0510. 1900 Census: Name: John A Boatright Date: June 5, 1900 Home in 1900: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 34 Estimated birth year: 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 68. 1910 Census: Name: John A Boatright Date: April 15, 1910 Age in 1910: 45 Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 71. 1920 Census: Name: John Boatright Date: January 10, 1920 Home in 1920: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 55 years Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Mollie Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll T625_71; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 669. 1930 Census: Name: John A Boatright Date: April 15, 1930 Age: 65 Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Mollie Boatright Race: White Home in 1930: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farming Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 82; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 293.0.Burial: McBroom Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for MARY FRANCES SCRITCHFIELD:
1900 Census: Name: Moley Boatright Date: June 5, 1900 Home in 1900: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 28 Estimated birth year: 1872 Birthplace: Missouri Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 68. 1910 Census: Name: Mary F Boatright Date: April 15, 1910 Age in 1910: 39 Estimated birth year: abt 1871 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky Father's Birth Place: Kentucky Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 71. 1920 Census: Name: Mollie Boatright Date: January 10, 1920 Home in 1920: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Age: 47 years Estimated birth year: abt 1873 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's name: John Father's Birth Place: Kentucky Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll T625_71; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 669. 1930 Census: Name: Mollie Boatright Date: April 15, 1930 Age: 57 Estimated birth year: abt 1873 Relation to head-of-house: Wife Spouse's Name: John A Boatright Home in 1930: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas Census Place: Bowen, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 82; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 293.0.Burial: McBroom Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas
Children of JOHN BOATRIGHT and MARY SCRITCHFIELD are:
9-967. i. JIMMY MYRTLE BOATRIGHT, b. Oct 1889, Arkansas.
9-968. ii. CREED BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Dec 1891, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 15 Apr 1941 in Salina, Mayes County, Oklahoma.
9-969. iii. ANNA MARIE BOATRIGHT, b. 25 Sep 1903, Arkansas; d. 17 Apr 1986,
Madison County, Arkansas.
8-462. FLORA L. BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1869 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for FLORA L. BOATRIGHT:
1870 Census: Name: Flora Boatright Date: August 10, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Age in 1870: 1 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M593_58 Page: 462 Image: 441 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: Flora L. BOATWRIGHT Date: June 9, 1880 Age: 11 Estimated birth year: <1869> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: At Home Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Mars Hill, Washington, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: James BOATWRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Nancy Ann BOATWRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Mars Hill, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: T9_58; Family History Film: ; Page: 503C; Enumeration District: 203; Image: 0510.
8-463. ELLEN C. BOATRIGHT (JAMES H.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1871 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for ELLEN C. BOATRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: Ellen C. BOATWRIGHT Date: June 9, 1880 Age: 9 Estimated birth year: <1871> Birthplace: Arkansas Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Mars Hill, Washington, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: James BOATWRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Nancy Ann BOATWRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Mars Hill, Washington, Arkansas; Roll: T9_58; Family History Film: ; Page: 503C; Enumeration District: 203; Image: 0510.
8-464. MARY BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1836 in Carroll County, Arkansas.
8-465. EVALINE BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 22 Feb 1841 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas, and died 14 Jul 1929 in Dry Fork, Carroll County, Arkansas. She married ABRAHAM AUGUSTINE SIETZ 1869 in Arkansas, son of JESSE SEITZ and JANE SMITH. He was born 12 Jan 1831 in Tennessee, and died 02 Nov 1876 in Carroll County, Arkansas.
Notes for EVALINE BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Eveline Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 11 Estimated birth year: abt 1839 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 307 Roll: M432_27
Children of EVALINE BOATRIGHT and ABRAHAM SIETZ are:
i. F. F. SIETZ, b. 1872, Dry Fork, Carroll County, Arkansas.
ii. MARGARET BEE SIETZ, b. 14 Nov 1875, Dry Fork, Carroll County,
Arkansas.
8-466. SARAH E. BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1842 in Carroll County, Arkansas.
Notes for SARAH E. BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Sarah E Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 9 Estimated birth year: abt 1841 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 307 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: Sarah E Boatright Date: September 6, 1860 Age in 1860: 17 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M653_38 Page: 870 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Sarah Boatright Date: July 28, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842 Age in 1870: 28 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Living in household of Mary Alfred, neighbor. Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81 Year: 1870
8-467. JAMES KNOX POLK BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 23 Dec 1847 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 10 Jul 1939 in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. He married (1) MARY BUREN MCCRACKEN 1869 in Madison County, Arkansas, daughter of JOHN MCCRACKEN and MARY KENNER. She was born 06 Sep 1846 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 19 Oct 1876 in Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas. He married (2) MARTHA ANN "MATTIE" PAGE 10 Feb 1878 in Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas, daughter of DAVID PAGE and MARTHA ROGERS. She was born 27 Sep 1861 in Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas, and died 25 May 1920 in Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for JAMES KNOX POLK BOATRIGHT:
James Knox Polk Boatright and granddaughter.
See link for photo of James Knox Polk Boatright Farmhouse.
1850 Census: Name: Polk Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 3 Estimated birth year: abt 1847 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 307 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: James K P Boatright Date: September 6, 1860 Age in 1860: 13 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M653_38 Page: 870 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatright 1870 Census: Name: James Boatright Date: August 20, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Age in 1870: 23 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Kingston Roll: M593_58 Page: 396 Image: 314 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: Poke BOATRIGHT Date: June 5, 1880 Age: 32 Estimated birth year: <1848> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Relationship to head-of-household: Self Home in 1880: Marble, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Spouse's name: Mattie BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Marble, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 474C; Enumeration District: 100; Image: 0672.Burial: Upper Campground Cemetery, Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas
1900 Census: Name: Poke Boatright Date: June 8, 1900 Home in 1900: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Age: 51 Estimated birth year: 1849 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 71. 1910 Census: Name: J P Boatright Date: April 21, 1910 Age in 1910: 62 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 161. 1920 Census: Name: James P Boatright Date: January 2, 1920 Age: 72 years Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Home owned: Own Occupation: Farmer Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 732.
Notes for MARY BUREN MCCRACKEN:
1870 Census: Name: Mary B Boatright Date: August 20, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Age in 1870: 20 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Kingston Roll: M593_58 Page: 396 Image: 314 Year: 1870Burial: Upper Campground Cemetery, Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for MARTHA ANN "MATTIE" PAGE:
1880 Census: Name: Mattie BOATRIGHT Date: June 5, 1880 Age: 18 Estimated birth year: <1862> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Keeping House Relationship to head-of-household: Wife Home in 1880: Marble, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Spouse's name: Poke BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: AL Mother's birthplace: AL Census Place: Marble, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: 1254050; Page: 474C; Enumeration District: 100; Image: 0672. 1900 Census: Name: Martha Boatright Date: June 8, 1900 Home in 1900: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Age: 38 Estimated birth year: 1862 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 71. 1910 Census: Name: Mattie Boatright Date: April 21, 1910 Age in 1910: 48 Estimated birth year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Father's Birth Place: Alabama Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 161. 1920 Census: Name: Mattie Bastright Date: January 2, 1920 Age: 58 years Estimated birth year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Sex: Female Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Father's Birth Place: Alabama Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 732.Burial: Upper Campground Cemetery, Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas
Children of JAMES BOATRIGHT and MARY McCRACKEN are:
9-970. i. EFFIE MAY BOATRIGHT, b. 09 Nov 1869, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 21 Aug 1968, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-971. ii. EDWARD HENDERSON BOATRIGHT, b. 22 Sep 1873, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 09 Nov 1951, Muskogee, Muskogee County,
Oklahoma.
9-972. iii. BUREN L. "DUCK" BOATRIGHT, b. 27 Sep 1876, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 22 Jul 1943, Tucson, Pima County,
Arizona.
Children of JAMES BOATRIGHT and MARTHA PAGE are:
9-973. iv. MINNIE ETTA BOATRIGHT, b. 26 Nov 1878, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 23 Jul 1934, Little Rock,
Pulaski County, Arkansas.
9-974. v. THOMAS HUNTER BOATRIGHT, b. 22 Dec 1880, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
9-975. vi. JOESPH OSWALD BOATRIGHT, b. 11 Nov 1882, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 12 Mar 1888, Kingston,
Madison County, Arkansas.
9-976. vii. BERT CLEVELAND BOATRIGHT, b. 23 Jun 1885, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 28 Nov 1959, St. Louis,
St. Louis County, Missouri.
9-977. viii. MARVIN DUTTON BOATRIGHT, b. 04 Jun 1888, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 14 Jan 1945, Fayetteville,
Washington County, Arkansas.
9-978. ix. CLAUDE OBERN BOATRIGHT, b. 26 Jul 1889, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 03 Mar 1952, Mounds, Creek
County, Oklahoma.
9-979. x. JOEL LEMUEL BOATRIGHT, b. 29 Nov 1893, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 26 Mar 1956, Ogden, Weber
County, Utah.
9-980. xi. LAOLA BELLE BOATRIGHT, b. 01 Jul 1895, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. Corcoran, Kings County,
California.
9-981. xii. OMA BOATRIGHT, b. 14 Apr 1898, Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 12 Oct 1961, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County,
Kansas.
9-982. xiii. ELMER POLK BOATRIGHT, b. 28 Oct 1901, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 13 Feb 1964, St Louis, St Louis
County, Missouri.
9-983. xiv. ELSIE MARTHA BOATRIGHT, b. 11 Feb 1907, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 23 Jun 1987, St. Louis,
St. Louis County, Missouri.
8-468. ARMINTA VIOLA BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1849 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 02 Mar 1916. She married CULLEN E. BOBO 19 Jul 1874 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas, son of BURRELL BOBO and MARGARET WILSON. He was born 25 Mar 1850 in Bedford County, Tennessee, and died 18 Apr 1911.
Notes for ARMINTA VIOLA BOATRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Arminta V Boatright Date: November 20, 1850 Age: 9.12 Estimated birth year: abt 1841 Birth place: Arkansas Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Page: 307 Roll: M432_27 1860 Census: Name: Arminta V Boatright Date: September 6, 1860 Age in 1860: 10 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M653_38 Page: 870 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Arminta V Boatright Date: July 28, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Age in 1870: 20 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81 Year: 1870
Child of ARMINTA BOATRIGHT and CULLEN BOBO is:
i. JOHN BOBO, b. 1878, Arkansas.
8-469. AMANDA JANE BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 30 Aug 1853 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and died Jun 1934 in Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas. She married LEWIS SANFORD STAMPS 01 Jan 1874 in Dryfork, Carroll County, Arkansas, son of ELIJAH STAMPS and LAVINA ROBINSON. He was born 20 Nov 1843 in Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 1923 in Carroll County, Arkansas.
Notes for AMANDA JANE BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Amanda E Boatright Date: September 6, 1860 Age in 1860: 7 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Kings River Roll: M653_38 Page: 871 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Amanda J Boatright Date: July 28, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Age in 1870: 17 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81
Lewis Sanford Stamps was born Nov. 20, 1843 in Newton County, Arkansas. He enlisted with the C.S.A. in 1862 and was discharged in 1865. On January 01,1874, he married Manda Jane Boatwright. He had lived with her parents in 1850, 1860 and 1870 according to census records. In 1870, Lewis, with his brother, James, farmed their parent's land. Lewis was a prominent farmer and at one time, was tax assessor for Newton County, Arkansas.
Letter from Lewis Sanford Stamps to his uncle John Sanford Stamps:
Osage, Ark.
March 23, 1873
Dear Uncle John:
I received your kind letter dated Feb. 28 and was glad to hear from you and that you and as many of your family is living as what there is. Uncle, your few lines found us all well and I earnestly hope these few lines may find you and yours enjoying the same like blessing. Uncle, I have nothing of interest to communicate more than I received a letter from Tenn the same day I rec'd yours from cousin Lewis Bohanan. Our relatives and friends are all well in that country.
Uncle, you wanted to know how my father was treated by the Federals, bad enough I guess as they never was known to do any other way - nigh starved him to death so I expect they served father the same way. I was lucky enough, thank God, to never fall into their hands. I think I shall visit you this fall seeing my relatives in Tenn puts me in the notion to see some more of my kinfolks. I have come to the conclusion they are generally a pretty damned cliver (sic) set. We have fine water and tolerable health but mountainous and ruff (sic). Our state affairs is in a hell of a fix. When we elect good men the damned radicals will throw them out of office. The Democrats in this country are too negligent about going to elections.
You wanted to know our names. I now proceed to give you them. My eldest sister Mary Ann, she died in 63, left three children. She married a man by the name of Marion Miller and he was such a rascal during the war that some man shot and killed him two years ago. James K., the eldest is living at home with us. Lewis Sanford, myself, is with mother when I am not rambling about the country; Leah, the fourth, married a man by the name of William Phillips; died in 63, left a little girl; Nancy June, the fifth, married a man by the name of Bunch and is living about a mile or so from us. Wanda Elizabeth, the sixth, she is married to a man by the name of Johnson and lives in the neighborhood of where we do. John Preston Stamps my youngest brother, he is at home and writing a letter at this time to Tenn. Margaret Isabells she is at home with me. Julia Tennessee, the baby is 13 years of age and about as large as any of them.
Uncle, you wanted to know how many children Aunt Polly Roberson left; she left six. Three of them is in Tennessee; Laviser, Polly Ann and Leah; Nancy and Jane and Winfield Scott Roberson is living in this country. Uncle William was killed by some thieves in the time of the war. The other Roberson boy lives on the Calfkiller yet. Aunt Polly Prior is dead and Uncle Jonathan, both their children lives in Bates County, Missouri. With much respect I subscribe myself your affectionate nephew and friend until death.
Lewis S. Stamps
Children of AMANDA BOATRIGHT and LEWIS STAMPS are:
i. ARCHIBALD "ARCH" STAMPS, b. 30 Dec 1874, Newton County,
Arkansas.
ii. MINNIE STAMPS, b. 28 Jun 1877, Newton County, Arkansas.
iii. CLAUDE STAMPS, b. 15 Jan 1880, Newton County, Arkansas.
iv. ELIJAH KENNER STAMPS, b. 07 Jan 1882, Newton County,
Arkansas.
v. MATTIE D. STAMPS, b. 19 Dec 1883, Newton County, Arkansas.
vi. ALBERT CHESLEY STAMPS, b. 17 Mar 1887, Newton County,
Arkansas.
vi. WILLIAM L. STAMPS, b. 23 May 1890, Newton County, Arkansas.
vii. GROVER D. STAMPS, b. 06 Nov 1892, Newton County, Arkansas.
8-470. MARGARET ELIZABETH BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 12 Apr 1855 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 03 Feb 1941 in Madison County, Arkansas. She married JOEL NATHANIEL BUNCH 18 Feb 1875 in Madison County, Arkansas, son of LARKIN BUNCH and ELIZA MAXWELL. He was born 21 Apr 1856 in Dinsmore, Newton County, Arkansas, and died 14 Aug 1927 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Notes for MARGARET ELIZABETH BOATRIGHT:
1860 Census: Name: Margaret Boatright Date: September 6, 1860 Age in 1860: 5 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Kings River Roll: M653_38 Page: 871 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatright 1870 Census: Name: Margarett Boatright Date: July 28, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Age in 1870: 15 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81 Year: 1870Burial: Liberty Cemetery, near Kingston, Newton County, Arkansas
Notes for JOEL NATHANIEL BUNCH:
BUNCH BROTHERS
The merchantile interests of Madison Co., AR are ably represented by the aboved named firm, which consists of Joel N. and John A. Bunch. They began their merchantile career in Kingston in 1880, and by their industry, honesty, and good business management have secured a large and lucrative trade. The senior member of the firm, Joel N. was born in Newton Co, AR April 21, 1856, and received aliberal education in the home school. In 1875 he engaged in tilling the soil, which occupation he continued until 1880, when he came to Kingston and engaged in merchandising. In 1884 he was elected to represent Madison Co, AR in the State legislature for one term, and served with entire satisfaction to his constituents. He is a Democrat and a Mason, being a member of the chapter and represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge in 1886. Feb. 18, 1875, he married Margaret Elizabeth Boatright, a daughter of William A. Boatright and their union has resulted in the birth of 5 children, 4 of whom are living. Alvin B., Ola, Virgie E. and Ora B.
John A. Bunch, the junior member of the firs, was born in Newton Co., AR. Sept. 15, 1860 and received a liberal education at Berryville Academy. He worked on a farm the early part of 1880 and was then appointed deputy Clerk of Newton Co. In the latter part of the same year he came to Kingston and engaged in business with his brother. In 1888 he received the nomination as County Clerk by the Democratic Convention, and if elected will prove able and efficient officer. Sept. 7, 1882 he married Ala F. Ogden, a daughter of W. R. Ogden, by whom he has 4 children. Joel Burton, Eliza Imogene, Vera Eva, and an infant unnamed. His wife is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and he is a member and secretary of the A.F. & A.M. and is a Democrat in politics. The parents of these two gentlemen are Capt. Larkin & Eliza (Maxwell) Bunch. The former was born in Overton Co., TN Oct. 24, 1827 and was killed in the Battle of Pilot Know, near St Louis, MO., Sept. 24, 1864. He came with his parents to Newton Co, AR in 1841 and was always an honest tiller of the soil. During the early part of the war he was elected Captain of a company of State Troops, and he soon after organized a company of Confederate Troops, wand was choosen Captain, and was a participant in many hotly contested battles. He was a Democrat, a Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church.
His wife was born in TN May 8, 1835 and moved with her parents to IL and afterwards to Franklin Co., AR. She is still living, the wife of J. C. Reeves and resides on the old homestead in Newton Co., AR. She and Capt. Bunch became the parents of 5 children: Stillman B. b. Aug. 27, 1853, Joel N. b. 4-21-1856, Clarissa (Kay) wife of John P. Stamps, John A. b. Sept. 15, 1860 & William Larkin b. June 27, 1864.
Note the above business establishment founded by the late Joel N. Bunch, in the fall of 1880, has never been out of the Bunch family, is now owned and operated by Alvin Bunch, son of the founder. This store has operated under the following names: J.N. Bunch, Owner: J.N. Bunch and Brother, Owners. J.N. Bunch and John A. Bunch; Bunch and Boatright, Owners, J.N. Bunch and R.D. Boatright; Bunch Bros. & Co. Owners J.N. Bunch, W.L. Bunch, R.D. Boatright: Bunch Trading Co. Owners J.N. Bunch, R.D. Boatright, A.B. Bunch; A.B. Bunch sole owner & operator. - - - - - - Carl Bunch, Dec. 1, 1953
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, near Kingston, Newton County, Arkansas
Children of MARGARET BOATRIGHT and JOEL BUNCH are:
i. ELMORE LOU BUNCH, b. 22 Nov 1875, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
ii. ALVIN B. BUNCH, b. 03 Mar 1878, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
iii. ORA BELLE BUNCH, b. 16 Dec 1880, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
iv. MARY VIOLA BUNCH, b. 20 Feb 1885, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
v. ELIZA JANE BUNCH, b. 04 Mar 1888, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
vi. VIRGIE E. BUNCH, b. 04 Mar 1888, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
vii. WILLIAM LARKIN BUNCH, b. 21 Jan 1891, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
viii. ROBERT CARLYLE BUNCH, b. 21 May 1893, Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas.
8-471. JOHN THOMAS BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 19 Jan 1858 in Liberty Township, Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 02 Apr 1933 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas. He married INGOBER BIRD SMITH 02 Oct 1881 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas, daughter of JOSEPH SMITH and INGOBER POTEET. She was born 09 May 1866 in Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 19 Sep 1925 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas.
Notes for JOHN THOMAS BOATRIGHT:
My Memories of my Maternal Grandparents
John Thomas Boatright and Ingober Byrd Smith
By Lucie Dean Patton
May 1985
Foreward:
For a number of years I have planned to write a story of my four grandparents to put into my own life history. Now it appears to be not only appropriate, but urgent.
At this time I am 73 years old. I have the honor of being the oldest granddaughter. My brother, Fred Harbert, and cousin, Carl Boatright, were their two oldest grandchildren. They are both deceased. While many of my childhood and youthful memories are still tucked away in fairly good condition I shall be happy to share them with the many descendents of my beloved Grandpa and Grandma Boatright. How I wish I could remember more to record for my own posterity.
Things I write will be from my own memories, family histories, my own feelings, my
personal observations, my personal opinions and stories my mother told me. I am thankful
and proud to be among the numerous posterity of John and Byrd (Bird) Boatright.
Submitted by Larry Calvin.
John Thomas Boatright was born 9 January, 1858 at Osage, in Carroll County, Arkansas. His father, William Boatright, Jr. was born in Granger County, Tennessee, in 1814, his mother, Martha Jane Fancher, was born in Overton County, Tennessee in 1825. According to my search, the Boatrights came from England. The Fanchers were French.
Let not your minds be boggled by the spelling of “Boatright”. The original spelling (was) “Wright”. Perhaps some recorder just got in a hurry away back when and decided to drop the “W”.
Grandpa was the fifth of eight children. His brothers were James Polk, Robert Dixon, and William Amos (real southern names). His sisters were Arminta Bobo, whom they called Aunt Minty, Amanda Jane, who was called Mandy Stamps, Elizabeth Bunch, who was not nicknamed; then there was Grandpa’s baby sister, Mattie Bell Ray. She was known as Aunt Matt.
My mother was the oldest child, Kate Boatright. Later I’ll tell you how she got her name.
One of my earliest memories of Grandpa’s visits to our home in Green Forest, Arkansas, was when he would talk to my mother about his brothers and sisters. He seemed to love them all very much, and expressed an interest in the welfare of each one of them. Despite difficult modes of transportation and communication, he managed to keep in touch with them. In those days families didn’t scatter like in our present time. I can remember that Grandpa rode horseback or he and Grandma took trips with the horses and buggy to visit their relatives. Grandpa seemed to be very fond of his youngest sister, Mattie Ray. Grandpa somehow transmitted this love of family to Mamma.
I can barely remember when my Daddy and Mamma took Fred, Ruby Jane and me to see our Great-Aunt Margaret Bunch, in Kingston, Arkansas. When I was a little older, Grandpa was delighted that I enjoyed visiting his two younger brothers, my Great-Uncle Bill in Huntsville and Great-Uncle Bob in Berryville, Arkansas. They were good, honest, hardworking, stalwart people.
Stories of Grandpa’s Childhood that I have heard:
He as a big, tall boy for his age. One time when he attended church with his parents (he was four or five years old) the older children tried to get him to leave his mother’s side to sit with them. After some coaxing little John clung even tighter to his mother’s long, flowing skirts in her church pew. When an older child inquired of little John, “Why don’t you come and sit with us?” The little lanky boy replied, “I want to sit by Ma, so I can suck.” Evidently in those ancient days breast feeding was a lingering, satisfying custom.
Grandpa used to tell me some of his memories of the Civil War. He was a young child, perhaps six or seven; his family lived on a farm at Osage. He could remember how those damned Yankees came to their home and stole their home-cured hams and bacon, or any thing they could get their hands on to eat and take with them. He told how the Yankees burned people’s homes, their smokehouses and left paths of destruction. I’m sure the horrible memories of the Civil War remained with Grandpa all his life.
I have no recollection of hearing Grandpa mention anything about going to school. In those days educational opportunities were very poor for rural children of southern states. However, I’m of the opinion that our Grandfather Boatright’s knowledge of farm management would surpass the skills of many experts in this era of modern times.
My knowledge of Grandpa’s youth and courting days is zero. But I can imagine he was a very tall, straight, handsome young man, with dark, wavy hair, a striking, well trimmed black mustache and beautiful brown eyes that would melt the heart of many of those young Osages maidens.
Mamma was told by her mother a few things about their brief courtship and marriage. According to our Grandma Boatright, she was his second choice for a bride. Therein lies a bit of mystery. Do you wonder as I often have if Grandma was really happy? I think she was. She was so lovable! Grandpa was known to have been in love with Grandma’s older sister, Nancy Sue Smith. Shortly before their marriage, Nancy Sue took a fever and died. It is said that Grandpa’s grief for his sweetheart left an indelible mark of sadness on his heart forever. From what mama was able to piece together Grandpa made further visits to the Smith home, seeking hope and comfort for his grievous loss. In time the wounded lover began to notice that Nancy Sue’s little sister, Byrd, had suddenly grown up to be a very pretty girl. She must have charmed him with her big blue eyes, her sweet smile, her girlish giggles and good natured disposition.
Early marriages for girls were not unusual in those century-ago days. Grandma was 15 and Grandpa was 23 when they were married 2 October 1881 at Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas.
My grandmother, Ingober Byrd Smith, the daughter of Joseph Smith and Ingober Poteet, was born at Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas, on 9 May 1866. She was the fifth of six children. Her oldest sister, Rachel Jane, married Spencer Morris. Their son, Tom, was the sheriff of Carroll County, Arkansas. His son, Tom Morris, Jr., served as postmaster for many years at Berryville, and is a prominent citizen there today. Grandma’s brother Thomas Smith was a twin to her sister Jane. He lived to be 14. Grandma showed her love and devotion to her brother by naming one of her baby boys for him, Thomas Carl Boatright.
Mary Ella, an older sister of Grandma’s, married James Fancher, who was Grandpa’s first cousin. Therefore, those sisters became cousins and their children became double cousins. I can remember Great-Aunt “Ellie” Fancher visiting in our home, in Green Forest, when I was a little girl. She and Grandma had a great love for one another. Aunt Ellie raised a big family and has a long line of descendents. I’m sure our relatives are numerous as the sands of the sea.
Grandma’s older sister, Nancy Sue, has been mentioned previously. It was she who had planned to marry Grandpa when her early death terminated their courtship. Grandma cherished her dearly, so dearly that she named one of her baby girls for her, my aunt Janie Sue Dennis.
Grandma’s youngest brother was William Booker Smith. She named her first son for him, my uncle Booker Boatright. I can remember Great-Uncle Booker coming to visit Grandma. He and Aunt Ida (Wilson) lived in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. They came to visit us in Green Forest when I was 10 or 12 years old. How he and Grandma laughed and talked and loved one another! Grandma adored that brother and made a big fuss over him.
Mama could remember her Grandpa and Grandma Smith. She told me a few things about their lives. My Great-Grandfather, Joseph Smith, Jr., was born in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1831. His wife was Ingobar Byrd Poteet,who was born in Overton County, Tennessee in 1835. Their children were all born in Carroll County, Arkansas.
My Great Grandfather, Joseph Smith, went to California during the gold rush. He worked hard, saved his money, went back home and bought two farms at Osage. He married his sweet, little, neat Poteet. Can you read between the lines with me as I picture that brave, strong, young man going out to California, perhaps in a covered wagon with other gold seekers, enduring many dangers and hardships of the wild, untamed, unsettled West. What strength and courage, thrift and perseverance it must have taken for that young man to work diligently and save sufficient money to return to Arkansas to buy land. Wouldn’t it be a great to meet him and give him a big hug!
I’d like to thank our dear Great Grandfather Smith for living a good life in his youth. I’m thankful that he didn’t fall into the evil temptations that existed in the gold rush stampede such as drinking, gambling and buying wild women. I feel sure he was a God-fearing man who lived a good, clean Christian Life.
Often as we travel to some of the California Gold Rush historical towns I wonder – was he in Coloma, Columbia, Angels Camp, or Sonora? Why didn’t we ask more questions in our youth about our ancestors?
Great Grandfather Joseph Smith was sufficiently wealthy to own Negro slaves. I love this story! When Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves there was a great emotional upheaval in the South. Many slaves rejoiced over their long-awaited freedom as was anticipated. Feelings were just the opposite when my Great-Grandfather proclaimed the good news to his slaves. They broke into tears and wept with sadness. No way did they want to leave our kind great-grandparents. The slaves had been treated with love and kindness by the Smiths. They begged our Great-Grandfather to continue living on his farm. That wish he graciously granted. When a marvelous example of Christ-like living he set for all of us, his posterity.
When I taught school I always told that true story on Lincoln’s birthday. It was a real-life story the textbooks always omitted.
I didn’t hear too much about Great-Grandmother Smith, except a few things mama told me. The name, Poteet, is interesting. It is French. There are Poteets in Livingston, Tennessee. One of them has a drugstore there (we saw it in 1972). He could be related. There is a town in Texas named “Poteet”. Herb Poteet of Rupert, Idaho, thinks we are from the same ancestral line.
Granny’s Negro Mammy
Grandma’s parents were slave owners. One of the Negro women had a baby about the age of my grandmother. Due to an illness, Grandma’s mother became unable to breast-feed her. The kind Negro woman then let little baby Byrd nurse her until her own mother was well enough to resume nursing. Little wonder there was a great bond of love between my great-grandparents and their slaves. Grandma found it easy to love her “Negro Mammy”.
The Crooked Finger
Mamma had in her possession a photograph of her grandmother Smith. The dignified matron posed sitting in a straight chair, holding her folded hands on her lap. Her middle finger on her right hand was very crooked. As a little girl I was curious as could be! Mama carefully informed me every time I looked at the old pictures. Her grandmother was out gathering eggs in the hen house late one afternoon. She put her hand in a nest located within her reach, but perched higher than she could see. A horrible snake was coiled in the nest and bit that sweet little lady on the finger. First aid was applied quickly by an old fashioned method. Her husband grabbed up a chicken. The snake-bitten victim thrust her hand inside the warm chicken for relief of the pain. The treatment also served to draw out the poison from the snakebite. She recovered, but always carried the reminder on her crooked finger.
The Boatright Home
My Grandpa and Grandma Boatright’s home made a lasting and favorable impression on
me. The home I remember was the place where most of their children were born. They
lived near Grandma’s parents when Mamma and the first few children were born.
Grandma was very young when she got married, and started having babies. Mamma got to stay with her maternal grandparents a lot when she was little. Her Grandpa disliked her name so much that he changed it from Stella Grey to “Kate”. She went by Kate all her life. In a joking way her Grandpa told people, “My old hound dog, Kate, has a prettier name than that little baby girl,” So he named her Kate, which was just right for her. My Grandma Boatright was so happy over one little granddaughter named for my mamma. She was known for a long time as “Little Kate”. Now she is Kate Walker, one of my favorite cousins. She and her husband, Uel, reside in Rupert, Idaho, at this time (1985).
Grandma loved babies! She had sixteen all together! Some of the family members told me she had seventeen and the last one was stillborn, or died at birth. She had two sets of twins. The first pair was named Charlie Fay and Maudie May. The little girl only lived a short time. The next set of twins was named Earl and Pearl. As an added note of interest, twins have been born to some of my cousins, the third generation. My cousins, Josephine and Vinnie Pearl, had twins. Aunt Pearl Thompson has three (triplets) great-granddaughters in Houston, Texas. Are there any other triplets or twins in this line of John and Byrd Boatright’s descendants?
Visiting my grandparents when I was a child was usually fun and exciting. Aunt Sue and Aunt Anna Lee were the two youngest children, only a few years older than I. They are both still living (1985).
Grandma had borne all her big family by the time I knew her. She was failing in health by then. She became old and worn out even before she reached middle age.
Grandma’s Lap
Grandma as I recall was rather short is stature and was plump and round. She had big blue eyes, a double chin, a long nose, and light brown hair that she rolled up and pinned on top of her head. Her fat tummy left a little bitty lap when she sat down. That little narrow lap was a choice place to sit and be held and loved and petted. Grandma was warm, gentle and bestowed affection abundantly. I can’t remember her ever scolding or fussing at the little children. She was quiet and soft spoken. Apparently she was extremely patient in dealing with her family. I’m sure she endured many hardships, pain and sadness. Her hands were so busy with children I don’t think she had much time for sewing, knitting or crocheting, etc. She was a good homemaker for their big two-story house was always clean.
There was the most delicious smell that fascinated my early day senses. Isn’t it funny how certain scents return our memories? At Granny Boatright’s house there were smells of fried ham, spicy dried apples, sassafras tea, hickory smoke coffee beans, liniment and coal oil. When the big Sunday dinners were served, many more tantalizing odors permeated the house.
Over their fireplace mantel, in the living room, hung the big picture frame that displayed baby pictures of the grandchildren. It was one of Grandma’s prized possessions.
I can remember seeing calendars on the walls. Also they had colored pictures, unframed, pinned on the walls in the living room.
Those pictures were about the size of a place mat, made of slick, shiny paper. The pictures came as a free gift with the purchase of a flat, round tin box of Cloverline salve. It was a common practice in those days to take orders for Cloverline salve, dishes and garden seed. Usually this door-to-door sales work was done in the early spring by young women and girls. It also provided an opportunity to visit with neighbors. Other traveling salesman were men who drove sort of closed-in buggies, or hacks, who called on the rural homemakers selling spices, salves, ointments and food flavorings. Every household welcomed this Watkins man and the Raleigh man with their wares. Grandma was one of their best customers.
Grandma and Grandpa lived in a big, two-story house on a 160 acre creek bottom farm. To my childish eyes their house was a beautiful sight to behold. Their home was on Osage Creek, located eight miles south of Berryville, Arkansas. They were in the Snow School District.
The big two-story house had a big kitchen, a big living room, and a big screened-in back porch. A big breezeway was between the living room and the big parlor. The living room also served as a bedroom. There were usually two big feather beds and several chairs in the living room. The long front porch was high off the ground on one end. It was made safer and more attractive with banisters and railings around it.
The second story had two big bedrooms and an unfinished room called the attic. There was a big front porch upstairs with banisters and railings around it. I can remember playing in the attic with Aunt Sue and Aunt Anna Lee. It was somewhat a mysterious place to me. There was an old sewing machine in the attic and old clothes.
The parlor was the show place of this beautiful southern colonial style home. A brightly flowered rug covered the floor. White lace curtains hung over the windows. A beautiful, tall organ stood like an elegant monument in one corner. There were one or two feather beds in the parlor and a dresser. Four pictures of my Great-Grandparents, in lavish, ornate frames, held a permanent place on the walls of the parlor. The large kitchen with unfinished board floors had a large dining table, two large cabinets and a huge cook stove. Grandma must have been a good cook as all of her daughters were excellent cooks. The big, wood-burning cook stove was a “Home Comfort”, the best on the market. It was equipped with a closed compartment at the upper back part of the stove and it was called a warming closet. Another added convenience was the hot-water reservoir attached to the side of the big stove. If we had a nickel for every biscuit baked in that old oven we’d be rich. Grandpa had to have hot biscuits, gravy and meat every day.
A red brick building stood a few steps behind the back porch. It had a concrete floor and no windows in it. That compact little building had shelves from top to bottom all around to store the jars of home canned fruit. A long table held earthen crocks filled with fresh milk, and crème. Homemade butter, cottage cheese and fresh eggs were stored in this building. It was called the “milk house”. Most farm homes were not so well-to-do as to afford a milk house.
Grandma and Grandpa Boatright’s house was painted white. To be able to afford paint for a house in those days, in the Ozark Mountains, was strong evidence of wealth or being “well-off”. There were many houses that never had a drop of paint on them.
My grandparents derived their cash income from selling farm products, corn, oats and wheat, hogs and cattle. They had a big garden and grew most of their food. They took corn and wheat to the flourmill in Berryville, where it was ground into meal and flour for their year’s supply. They were thrifty, ambitious, self-reliant, honest, upright, hard working people.
Their big front yard was fenced. The grass on the lawn was kept green and trimmed during the growing season. Grandma liked flowers. The one I remember best were yellow roses, wild pink roses, honeysuckle, and peonies. (They called them pee-o-nies, different to the way we pronounce it today). Four-o’clocks, Zinnias (“Zennies” in Arkansas), bleeding heart and lilacs also added beauty to their lovely farm home in the summer. Around one side of the front yard were straight, even ricks of stove wood. The wood, hickory, oak and cedar, grew on the rocky, hilly side of the farm. Besides producing timber the land was used for pasture for the horses and cattle. The hogs had separate holdings.
A lovely grove of hickory and black walnut and oak trees stood between the house and the two barns. In the grove wood was chopped or sawed. Chips were for kindling fires and lay thick in that area. Grandpa and his boys shod the horses there, also. Horses with saddles were tied there for short times. The grove was totally off limits for such things as building a playhouse for there was too much work going on in the grove. Seems like I can remember playing tree tag there with Uncle George, Cousin Carl and Aunt Sue and Aunt Anna Lee.
Milking time at Grandpa’s was an interesting activity during my early childhood visits. He had lots more cows to milk than we had on our farm. Every horse and cow had a name, so help me! My memory fails me at this point. Old “Shoestring”, an old bridled cow , is the only barnyard character whose name I can recall.
Grandpa ruled with sternness. Most kids could play in the hay in the barn lofts, but our Grandpa permitted no such activity. His reason made good sense. He believed the horses and cattle were entitled to hay that had not been “tromped” on by the young-uns.
Play Houses
On our visits to my grandparents it was fun to play house with Mamma’s little sisters. There were numerous, desirable locations for such recreational centers. In cold weather the mystery-filled attic housed the playhouse. Under the pear trees in the summer was a delightful spot. When outside we little girls could make mud pies without fear of mess making. We became extremely creative in making mud pies. We poured the thick chocolate-like earth and water mixture into discarded metal mason fruit jar lids. Before the mixture was baked by the sun the little cooks decorated the make-believe pastry with red buck berries, tiny pebbles, dog fennel’s yellow blossoms or anything else provided by Mother Nature.
Our most adventurous recreational center was in the granary when it held lots of threshed wheat. We had to climb a ladder to enter the small, tightly closed building. It wasn’t approved for safety by Mamma and the other adults. The tight restrictions made it more enticing. We rolled and tumbled and buried ourselves in the wheat. Once there was a crisis! I fell off the ladder while getting out and bawled like a calf. Mamma spanked her baby sister and blamed her for the accident. My aunt stayed mad at Mamma a long time.
Coffee for Neighbors
I’m sure Grandma was a good neighbor and was generous and kind to all. One interesting story I’ll share with you is about their neighbors. They had a habit of borrowing from our grandparents and seldom returned what they borrowed. Coffee was one of the few things Grandma bought in the store. Our grandparents drank not more than one cup a day, a sack would last them a long time, except when their neighbors used from their supply. Grandma didn’t have the nerve to refuse her neighbors. She discreetly resolved the problem by buying a cheaper kind of coffee. It was kept separate from Grandma’s supply in the cupboard and was called the “Neighbor’s Coffee”. (name has been omitted to protect innocent descendents)
Wells
While many farm homes at the turn of the century in the Ozark hill country got their drinking water from our springs, Grandpa was more modern- he had two wells near the house.
The Ash Hopper
As further evidence of being self-sufficient managers of their resources, our grandparents had an ash hopper. The ash hopper was a wooden box-like structure, which was about five feet high, perhaps about 3 ½ feet wide. It was open at the top, and was slanted “v” shaped at the bottom. There was a trough underneath this big container to catch and hold dark brown liquid that came from the water soaked ashes. The ashes from the fireplace and cook stove were first cooled and then dumped into the open ash hopper. When the ashes were soaked by the rain or snow that was a big help. Otherwise it became another farm chore for some of the children to perform. They had to pour water over the ashes. The dark brown water from the ash hopper had to be strained to remove all solid particles. It had a very important function in soap making.
Soap Making Day
This activity took place in the grove of trees located between the house and the barns. The process employed Grandma and the girls. A big black round iron wash kettle, on legs, was the most important item of equipment used. The dark brown liquid was put into the kettle and boiled. The liquid was used as a substitute for concentrated lye. Lye and fats are the two basic ingredients for making soap. Lye in cans probably wasn’t on the market at the time.
The supply of fats for soap making was plentiful. Grandma made sure to save drippings from cooking fat meat, and rancid lard and fat meat scraps. The fats combined with the liquid from the ashes were boiled and stirred and boiled nearly all day. It was a full time job for one person to keep the fire going to keep the contents boiling. The attendant assigned to stir the soap had no easy task. She used a long-handled carved ladle to stir the mixture and to skim off meat rinds. Grandma was choosey, even as to the wood used for the stirring stick. Those who helped make soap cried much of the time from the smoke getting in their eyes. When the mixture reached a thick stage it was cooled and poured out on a flat surface to harden. Later it was cut into bars, cured and stored on a shelf in the smoke house. A year’s supply was the amount produced. If it didn’t last long enough, another soap making day was scheduled.
Wash Day
Washday involved several hands and able bodies with strong backs. The boys hauled the wood. The grove of trees was the fair weather laundry location. Sturdy benches held the zinc washtubs. Water has hauled from the creek in a barrel for washing because it was softer than the well water. The boys hauled the water in the wagon. Water was heated in the big, black, iron kettle. White clothes were washed first, then they were boiled in the kettle. The women scrubbed the clothes on a brass scrub board and used their homemade soap. The first wash water was used for the white clothes, then for the colored dresses, aprons and faintly colored clothes, then used a third time for the men’s and boy’s overalls, socks and heavy items. From wealth and sheer necessity, Grandma had four big washtubs and two washboards.
Now Granny Boatright presided over washday with other strict rules such as Monday was almost a sacred day for washing. She made sure the project was started early in the morning. Clothes were hung on a line in the back yard in an orderly manner. The washing had to look good. Ironing required long hours of hard work, too. Sad irons were heated on the cook stove. Ironing began early in the day. A homemaker was considered slovenly who washed and ironed in the afternoon.
Around the Farm
The floors in their big farm home were bare except the parlor. The floors were scrubbed on Friday and Saturday – never on Sunday. Hot water with melted homemade soap and white sandstone were used to clean the wooden floors.
Brooms were used with great vigor to perform that housekeeping chore. The sandstone was composed of natural white sand and could be found in certain places on Grandpa’s farm. After cleaning, the rinsing with clean water left the floors smelling and looking pretty.
Six or more fat hogs were killed at one time. Usually in November after cold weather set in so the meat wouldn’t spoil, or be swarmed by flies. In those days neighbors often helped neighbors, but Grandpa had so many kids he had his own crew.
The hogs were scalded in a big metal vat or kettle, filled with boiling water. Then the carcass was scraped and cleaned.
The hard work had just begun. Pork products they made included lard, cured hams, bacon, sausage, scrapple and meat rinds for using in cracklin’ bread. The sausage was packed in corn shucks and stored in the smoke house. This was a generous year’s supply for the family.
Hog killin’ was a big job, which required the help of the whole family. This is truly a beautiful example of our grandparents’ struggle to provide well for their children and to teach them the value of work. There was always plenty of food in their home.
Grandpa was able to own a threshing machine. There was not another one for miles around. He and my uncles not only threshed their own wheat and oats, but they threshed for other farmers. They were paid in cash, grain, cows or hogs.
A big bell hung just outside the kitchen door on a pole. The beautiful tone could be heard clear down in the bottomland, by the creek, perhaps a mile away from the house. The bell was to let the men folks know that the noonday meal was ready. The bell was to be used only for that purpose. Grandpa didn’t allow us children to ring the bell just to hear it ring.
Politics
Grandpa was a strong Democrat. I don’t think Granny has highly interested in politics as she was too busy with her big family. Woman suffrage came about during the life of Grandma. It was 1917 that women in Arkansas were first permitted to vote in the presidential election. Full privileges for voting by women were granted in the United States in 1920. I think Grandma needed time to adjust to the new political freedom before she began to vote.
Grandpa was always very pleased that several of his Fancher relatives held government offices. I’m sure our grandparents were good, honest, law-abiding citizens.
Religion
My grandparents lived in the Snow community. The schoolhouse served also as the church house. Nearly every Sunday there was preachin’. Perhaps one Sunday a Baptist preacher conducted services and the next Sunday a Methodist preacher occupied the pulpit, then a Presbyterian would get a turn. It seemed to be a rather harmonious arrangement. I’m not sure which Church my grandparents had membership in.
Even as a child I knew they lived by good, Christian principles. They were kind, generous, honest, upright people. Grandpa was an early riser and a hard worker. Perhaps the thing he hated most was idleness. He was a good provider for his family. He was considered stern and cranky by some, but I think that was the way he showed firmness. There was love and orderliness in their home.
Mamma always said that Grandma was one of the best mothers-in-law on earth. My father agreed. They said Grandma loved all her daughters and sons-in-law like her own children.
The "Weaner"
Grandpa had a little lean-to, two room house on their farm known as the “Weaner”. It was down by Osage Creek about a mile from the house. It looked like Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace.
The little house was a home for their children when they got married. Free housing was provided for them until they were able to make it on their own. Some of the grand children were born in the “Weaner”, including my brother, Fred Harbert. Some of their children who found Home-Sweet-Home to be the “Weaner” were Kate, Booker, Tab, George, and Sue.
This was another example of the concern our grandparents had for their married children. Not many parents were able or willing to assist their married children with rent-free housing. They were loving, caring parents.
The Little Cemeteries on the Farm
There were two burial spots on Grandpa’s farm. As a child I was extremely curious about the people who were buried there. It always remained an unanswered question. The bits and pieces of information I gleaned was that some Negro slaves were buried there long before Grandpa owned the place. I’ve also heard from some of my relatives that Grandma’s seventeenth baby died at birth or was stillborn. I was told that baby was buried in the family garden in an unmarked grave. The baby had no name.
No more beautiful burial ground could be found, for their huge garden lined with long, neat rows of fresh vegetables was truly a feast for the eyes and the stomach, too. The family garden perhaps was on almost an acre of ground on the south side of the house.
My Grandparent’s Children
Their children were all born at home near Berryville, in Carroll County, Arkansas. They were:
1) Stella Gray, or “Kate”
2) William Booker
3) Joel Burton, or “Tab”
4) Joseph Smith
5) Robert Raymond
6) Thomas Carl
7) Roy Alvin
8) Charlie Fay (twin)
9) Maudie May (twin)
10) Hugh Neff
11) Pearl (twin)
12) Earl (twin)
13) Ona Grace
14) George Polk
15) Janie Sue
16) Anna Lee
At one time twelve of them were living. I knew all of them except Joe, Ray, Maudie May and Hugh. At this date (June 1985) Pearl and Sue are the two living children. Anna Lee Beard, the youngest child died while I was in process of writing this history. She died June 15, 1985 in Columbus, Nebraska, and was buried in Bellwood, Nebraska. She had no children.
Their Last Days
Grandma died when she was 51. After giving birth to sixteen healthy babies, having one stillborn, and miscarriages with two sets of twins, it’s no wonder she died at an early age! The poor dear was literally worn out! I fully expect her to be the Mother, the Super Mother of the year of her generation in Heaven. Grandma had five babies after her oldest child, Kate, was married.
I can remember Grandma being sick before her death. She came and stayed at our house for a while and Mamma took care of her. I don’t know what illness she died from, but I thought, after I was grown, a lot about her early death. I thought it was caused by cancer in her reproductive organs. I know that she was always cheerful and never complained. I don’t remember anything about her funeral. I know she was loved and admired by all who knew her.
Grandpa lived several years after Grandma died. He was devastated by her passing. The big farm and the big home were too much for him to care for alone. Some of his younger sons and their families lived with him from time to time. He never got over his grief from Grandma’s death.
The spring of 1933 Grandpa got a cold that turned to pneumonia. Uncle Bob and Aunt Vinnie were living with him at the time. Grandpa was worried because his son, Bob, had pneumonia at the same time. Grandpa wouldn’t complain or let on like he was sick. Uncle Bob got well. Our strong-willed Grandpa died from pneumonia sitting in his rocking chair. They were buried side by side in a beautiful cemetery in Berryville, Arkansas.
As mentioned before in this story, I am sincerely grateful for being a granddaughter of this God-fearing, Stalwart, noble couple. I am grateful for their example of strong Christian principles they lived by and for the sweet memories I have of them.
My Own Comments
Before closing, I need to say how pleased I have always been to have been named for my sweet little Grandmother Boatright. Many of you who read this story did not know my full name. It is Lucie Byrdean. It is pretty and I do appreciate it, but it’s length created problems for me. At this time I have felt guilty not using my full name. As far as I know, I am the only one of Grandma’s offspring who was named for her.
Grandma had so much love for her family and friends. Patience, tolerance and cheerfulness were among her many Christ-like virtues. Truly a great unselfish, virtuous, noble woman. I am so grateful to be one of their granddaughters. Please join with me in expressing gratitude to God for the wonderful example our beloved grandparents provide for us, their posterity.
We can truly be proud to have the honor to be a descendent of JOHN and BYRD BOATRIGHT.
1860 Census: Name: John Boatright Date: September 6, 1860 Age in 1860: 2 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Kings River Roll: M653_38 Page: 871 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatright 1870 Census: Name: John T Boatright Date: July 28, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858 Age in 1870: 12 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: John T. BOATRIGHT Date: June 27, 1880 Age: 22 Estimated birth year: <1858> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Farm Laborer Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Father's name: William BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Martha J. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T9_40; Family History Film: ; Page: 249B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 0020. 1900 Census: Name: John Boatwright Date: June 6, 1900 Home in 1900: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas Age: 42 Estimated birth year: 1858 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T623 52; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 44. 1910 Census: Name: John Boatright Date: May 3, 1910 Age in 1910: 52 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas Occupation: Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T624_45; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 376. 1920 Census: Name: John Boatright Date: January 7, 1920 Age: 61 years Estimated birth year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: Cabanal, Carroll, Arkansas Home owned: Own Occupation: Farmer Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Cabanal, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T625_55; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 607. listed with son Raymond and family and also listed with wife Bird and family 1920 Census: Name: John Boatright Date: January 13, 1920 Age: 61 years Estimated birth year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas Home owned: Rent Occupation: Farmer Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T625_55; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 962. 1930 Census: Name: John T Boatright Date: April 9, 1930 Age: 72 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Relation to head-of-house: Father Home in 1930: Cabanal, Carroll, Arkansas Census Place: Cabanal, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 66; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 807.0. living with son Charles and familyBurial: Berryville Memorial Cemetery, Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas
Notes for INGOBER BIRD SMITH:
1900 Census: Name: Birdie Boatwright Date: June 6, 1900 Home in 1900: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas Age: 34 Estimated birth year: 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T623 52; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 44. 1910 Census: Name: Bird Boatright Date: May 3, 1910 Age in 1910: 44 Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T624_45; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 376. 1920 Census: Name: Bird Boatright Date: January 13, 1920 Age: 53 years Estimated birth year: abt 1867 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas Sex: Female Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: North Carolina Census Place: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T625_55; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 962.Burial: Berryville Memorial Cemetery, Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas
Children of JOHN BOATRIGHT and INGOBER SMITH are:
9-984. i. STELLA GRAY BOATRIGHT, b. 11 Aug 1882, Conner, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 14 Mar 1937, E. Orchard Mesa,
Grand Junction County, Colorado.
9-985. ii. WILLIAM BOOKER BOATRIGHT, b. 31 Dec 1883, Conner, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 07 Apr 1923, Berryville,
Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-986. iii. JOEL BERTON BOATRIGHT, b. May 1886, Conner, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 21 Sep 1974, Berryville, Carroll
County, Arkansas.
9-987. iv. JOSEPH SMITH BOATRIGHT, b. Mar 1890, Conner, Carroll County,
d. 08 Nov 1912, Heyburn, Minidoka County,
Idaho.
9-988. v. ROBERT RAYMOND BOATRIGHT, b. 29 Oct 1891, Berryville, Carroll
County, Arkansas; d. 23 Oct 1951,
Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-989. vi. THOMAS CARL BOATRIGHT, b. 22 Nov 1893, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 22 Jan 1969, Rupert, Minidoka
County, Idaho.
9-990. vii. ROY ALVIN BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Sep 1895, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 03 Sep 1910, Berryville, Carroll
County, Arkansas.
9-991. viii. CHARLES FAY BOATRIGHT, b. 16 Dec 1897, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 04 Mar 1965, Neosho, Newton
County, Missouri.
9-992. ix. MAUDIE MAY BOATRIGHT, b. 16 Dec 1897, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 07 Mar 1899, Berryville, Carroll
County, Arkansas.
9-993. x. HUGH NEFF BOATRIGHT, b. 24 Nov 1899, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 25 Aug 1910, Berryville, Carroll
County, Arkansas.
9-994. xi. EARL BOATRIGHT, b. 29 Jan 1902, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 11 May 1966, Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho.
9-995. xii. PEARL BOATRIGHT, b. 29 Jan 1902, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. Dec 1988, Houston, Harris County,
Texas.
9-996. xiii. ONA GRACE BOATRIGHT, b. 13 Sep 1903, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 01 Jul 1923, Berryville, Carroll
County, Arkansas.
9-997. xiv. GEORGE POLK BOATRIGHT, b. 04 Jul 1905, Berryville, Carroll
County, Arkansas; d. 16 Apr 1967,
Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-998. xv. JANIE SUE BOATRIGHT, b. 15 Oct 1908, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. Oct 2002 in Vacaville, Solano
County, California.
9-999. xvi. ANNA LEE BOATRIGHT, b. 08 Jan 1910, Berryville, Carroll County,
Arkansas; d. 14 Jun 1985, Columbus, Nebraska.
8-472. ROBERT DIXON BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 04 Mar 1861 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 29 Jan 1960 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas. He married JOSEPHINE BASHAM 24 Dec 1893 in Arkansas. She was born Aug 1876 in Arkansas, and died 1967 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas.
Notes for ROBERT DIXON BOATRIGHT:
1870 Census: Name: Robert D Boatright Date: July 28, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Age in 1870: 9 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: Robert D. BOATRIGHT Date: June 27, 1880 Age: 18 Estimated birth year: <1862> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Farm Laborer Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Father's name: William BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Martha J. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T9_40; Family History Film: ; Page: 249B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 0020. 1900 Census: Name: Robert D Boatright Date: June 14, 1900 Home in 1900: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Age: 39 Estimated birth year: 1861 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Merchant Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 71. 1910 Census: Name: Robert D Boatright Date: April 19, 1910 Age in 1910: 49 Estimated birth year: abt 1861 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Rainy, Washita, Oklahoma Occupation: Dry Goods Proprietor Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Rainy, Washita, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1277; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 264; Image: 918. 1930 Census: Name: Robert D Boatwright Date: April 7, 1930 Age: 69 Estimated birth year: abt 1861 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Josephine A Boatwright Race: White Home in 1930: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas Census Place: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 66; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1054.0.Burial: Berryville Memorial Cemetery, Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas
Notes for JOSEPHINE BASHAM:
1900 Census: Name: Josephine Boatright Date: June 14, 1900 Home in 1900: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas Age: 23 Estimated birth year: 1877 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: Kings River, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 71. 1910 Census: Name: Josie Boatright Date: April 19, 1910 Age in 1910: 33 Estimated birth year: abt 1877 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Rainy, Washita, Oklahoma Race: White Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Mother's Birth Place: Illinois Father's Birth Place: Arkansas Census Place: Rainy, Washita, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1277; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 264; Image: 918. 1930 Census: Name: Josephine A Boatwright Date: April 7, 1930 Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1877 Relation to head-of-house: Wife Spouse's Name: Robert D Boatwright Home in 1930: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas Census Place: Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 66; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 1054.0.
Children of ROBERT BOATRIGHT and JOSEPHINE BASHAM are:
9-1000. i. CHLOE BOATRIGHT, b. Nov 1894, Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-1001. ii. CHARLES BAXTER BOATRIGHT, b. 21 Dec 1895, Kingston, Carroll
County, Arkansas; d. 1944, Carroll
County, Arkansas.
9-1002. iii. GRACE BOATRIGHT, b. Aug 1897, Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-1003. iv. RUTH BOATRIGHT, b. 31 Jul 1900, Carroll County, Arkansas;
d. 04 Jun 1906, Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-1004. v. CARL BOATRIGHT, b. 1903, Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-1005. vi. MARY BOATRIGHT, b. 1905, Carroll County, Arkansas.
8-473. MARTHA BELLE BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1863 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 10 Apr 1949. She married THOMAS L. RAY. He was born 1855 in Arkansas.
Notes for MARTHA BELLE BOATRIGHT:
1870 Census: Name: Martha B Boatright Date: July 28, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Age in 1870: 5 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: Matta B. BOATRIGHT Date: June 27, 1880 Age: 15 Estimated birth year: <1865> Birthplace: Arkansas Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: William BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Martha J. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T9_40; Family History Film: ; Page: 249B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 0020.
8-474. WILLIAM AMOS BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM MCLEAN8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 10 Feb 1870 in Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 25 Jun 1944 in Madison County, Arkansas. He married (1) LUCINDA ARTIMIS "ARTIE" WHITE 1889 in Carroll County, Arkansas, daughter of JAMES WHITE and TALITHA ANN BLEVINS. She was born 30 Jul 1872 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 22 May 1944 in Carroll County, Arkansas. He married (2) NANCY JANE "JANIE" HALE 12 Feb 1893 in Carroll County, Arkansas, daughter of JOHN T. HALE and MARGARET. She was born 05 Dec 1871 in Arkansas, and died 09 Jan 1900 in Carroll County, Arkansas. He married (3) LELA VISTA MONTGOMERY 24 Dec 1911 in Madison County, Arkansas, daughter of HENRY MONTGOMERY and NORA DENNEY. She was born 06 Sep 1890 in Dry Fork, Carroll County, Arkansas, and died 23 Dec 1984 in Madison County, Arkansas.
Notes for WILLIAM AMOS BOATRIGHT:
Occupation: A farmer and Director of the First National Bank of Huntsville, Arkansas.
1870 Census: Name: William Boatright Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Age in 1870: 3 months Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: Osage, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Osage Roll: M593_49 Page: 42 Image: 81 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: William A. BOATRIGHT Date: June 27, 1880 Age: 10 Estimated birth year: <1870> Birthplace: Arkansas Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Father's name: William BOATRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: Martha J. BOATRIGHT Mother's birthplace: TN Census Place: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T9_40; Family History Film: ; Page: 249B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 0020. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Name: W A Boatright Gender: Male Age: 25 Birth Year: abt 1868 Residence: Carroll, Arkansas Spouse's Name: Jennie Hale Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse's Residence: Carroll, Arkansas Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1893 Marriage License Date: 8 Feb 1893 Marriage County: Carroll Event Type: Marriage FHL Film Number: 1035334 1900 Census: Name: William Boatright Date: June 7, 1900 Home in 1900: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas Age: 30 Estimated birth year: 1870 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Dry Fork, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: T623 52; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 38. 1910 Census: Name: William A Boatright Date: April 18, 1910 Age in 1910: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Marble, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Dry Goods Retail Merchant Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Relation to Head of House: Brother-in-law Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: Marble, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 235. living with sister Martha and family 1920 Census: Name: William Boatright Date: January 22, 1920 Age: 49 years Estimated birth year: abt 1871 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Home owned: Own Occupation: Farmer Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 894. 1930 Census: Name: William A Boatright Date: April 19, 1930 Age: 60 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Lella V Boatright Race: White Home in 1930: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 82; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 532.0.Burial: Alabam Cemetery, Alabam, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for LUCINDA ARTIMIS "ARTIE" WHITE:
Note: this family story was added to the website in the spirit of helping descendants. There is no concrete evidence that Bessie White is the daughter of Bill Boatright and Artie White.
It has been told to me that William ‘Bill’ Boatright married a woman named Lucinda ‘Artie’ White in about 1889 and a child, Bessie, was born on January 19, 1890. Bill and Artie parted company afterwards.
Artie is said to have married again to Alexander Blair, a civil war veteran. Artie and Alexander had and raised another child in addition to the child from the ‘Artie’ and ‘Bill’ marriage. Though, the child, Bessie, probably spent more time with her grandmother (Talitha Blevins White) than her birth mother, Artie.
The first child was named Bessie White. Later, Bessie White moved to Sapulpa Creek, Oklahoma where she met and married a man named Joseph Benjamin Lynch. ‘Bessie’ and ‘Joe’ had fifteen children.
Source: Glen Lynch, descendent of Artie White and William Boatright.
A review of Arkansas records shows no marriage record for William Boatright and Artie White. Perhaps
they never married and had Bessie Boatright White out of wedlock. After parting ways with William, Artie and Bessie
appear back with Artie's parents in the 1900 census. Both are listed as children of James and Talitha White,
Artie is listed as a son, "Artimus" and Bessie is listed as a daughter. James and Talitha did not have a son
named Artimus. If Bessie was born out of wedlock it could very well be that this fact was disguised to the census
taker. This also fits with stories handed down through the family that Bessie was raised more by her grandmother than
her mother.
Source: George Boatright
Notes for NANCY JANE "JANIE" HALE:
Burial: H. B. Smith Farm Cemetery, Dry Fork, Carroll County, Arkansas
Notes for LELA VISTA MONTGOMERY:
1920 Census: Name: Lela V Boatright Date: January 22, 1920 Age: 29 years Estimated birth year: abt 1891 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Sex: Female Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas Father's Birth Place: Arkansas Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 894. 1930 Census: Name: Lella V Boatright Date: April 19, 1930 Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Relation to head-of-house: Wife Spouse's Name: William A Boatright Home in 1930: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 82; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 532.0.Burial: Alabam Cemetery, Alabam, Madison County, Arkansas
Child of WILLIAM BOATRIGHT and ARTIE WHITE is:
9-1006A. i. BESSIE BOATRIGHT WHITE, b. 19 Jan 1890, Berryville, Carroll,
Arkansas; 15 Jun 1970, Houma,
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
Children of WILLIAM BOATRIGHT and JANIE HALE are:
9-1006. ii. MARY BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Mar 1895, Carroll County, Arkansas;
d. 18 May 1901, Carroll County, Arkansas.
9-1007. iii. KATHERINE BOATRIGHT, b. 03 Aug 1897, Carroll County, Arkansas;
d. 07 Mar 1969, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1008. iv. HUGH A. BOATRIGHT, b. 01 Jan 1900, Carroll County, Arkansas;
d. 25 Jan 1927, El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma.
Children of WILLIAM BOATRIGHT and LELA MONTGOMERY are:
9-1009. v. RUTH W. BOATRIGHT, b. 20 Nov 1912, Huntsville, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 10 Jul 1999, North Little Rock,
Pulaski County, Arkansas.
9-1010. vi. WILLIAM DIXON BOATRIGHT, b. 08 Jun 1914, Huntsville, Madison
County, Arkansas; d. 29 Oct 1933,
Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1011. vii. MARIE BOATRIGHT, b. 03 Mar 1917, Huntsville, Madison County,
Arkansas; d. 08 Dec 1977.
9-1012. viii. JOSEPH T. BOATRIGHT, b. 02 Jul 1919, Huntsville, Madison County,
Arkansas; d 22 Sep 2007, Fayetteville,
Washington County, Arkansas.
9-1013. ix. BETTIE G. BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Dec 1921, Huntsville, Madison County,
Arkansas.
9-1014. x. BERTIE LEE BOATRIGHT, b. 1923, Huntsville, Madison County,
Arkansas.
8-475. JOHN CHESLEY BOATRIGHT (CHESLEY HOOD8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 08 Nov 1859 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas, and died 13 Dec 1946 in Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. He married ALICE BELL BOREN 14 Jan 1886 in Madison County, Arkansas, daughter of JOSHUA BOREN and SARAH DOAK. She was born Jan 1866 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas, and died 23 Sep 1942 in Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
Notes for JOHN CHESLEY BOATRIGHT:
He was an ordained Cumberland Presbyterian minister and also a circuit riding preacher. He pastored the Presbyterian Church in Huntsville and married many people in the area before moving to Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma in 1924. John Chesley Boatright was married to Alice Bell Boren, daughter of Joshua Boren and Sarah Ellen Doak Boren, in Huntsville.
The Madison County Record
Huntsville, Arkansas
19 Dec 1946
Rev. John C. Boatright, age 87 years, of Fort Gibson, Okla., died Friday morning, Dec. 13, at a Muskogee hospital following three weeks illness. Funeral service was held Sunday morning at Fort Gibson, and the body was brought to Huntsville for interment in the cemetery here beside his wife who passed away four years ago. Service was conducted at the Presbyterian church by Rev. Moody A. Nicholson of Vinita, Okla., with the arrangements in charge of the Brashears Funeral Home.
The deceased was a native and long time resident of Madison county, residing in Huntsville many years. He was a Presbyterian minister for more than 45 years but retired from active work about 20 years ago when he moved to Fort Gibson. While residing here he also taught school in various districts of the county, and was county treasurer in 1908-1910.
Survivors include two sons, Chesley of Vinita and Ewell of Fort Gibson, Okla., and four daughters, Mrs. Denny O'Barr of Oklahoma City, Mrs. W. D. Cox of Wilcox, Ariz., Mrs. Glen Champlain of Muskogee, Okla, and Mrs. Ernest Luker of Chanute, Kansas, all of whom were present at the funeral except Mrs. Cox. There are 17 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
1860 Census: Name: John W Boatright Date: September 8, 1860 Age in 1860: 1 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Huntsville Roll: M653_45 Page: 526 Year: 1860 Head of Household: C H Boatright 1880 Census: Name: John BOATRIGHT Date: June 16, 1880 Age: 20 Estimated birth year: <1860> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Farm Hand Relationship to head-of-household: Stepson Home in 1880: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farm Hand Race: White Gender: Male Father's birthplace: TN Mother's birthplace: AL Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: ; Page: 517B; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 0759. living with mother and step-father 1900 Census: Name: John C Boatright Date: June 22, 1900 Home in 1900: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Age: 40 Estimated birth year: 1860 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Farmer Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 76. 1910 Census: Name: John C Boatright Date: May 12, 1910 Age in 1910: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1860 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Church Minister Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 80; Image: 369. 1920 Census: Name: John C Boatright Date: January 5, 1920 Age: 60 years Estimated birth year: abt 1860 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Public School Teacher Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 876. 1930 Census: Name: John C Boatright Date: April 5, 1930 Age: 70 Estimated birth year: abt 1860 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Alise B Boatright Race: White Home in 1930: Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma Occupation: Presbyterian Clergyman Census Place: Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Roll: 1915; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 788.0.Burial: Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for ALICE BELL BOREN:
The Madison County Record
Huntsville, Arkansas
1 Oct 1942
Funeral service for Mrs. Alice Boatright, age 77 years, who died at her home in Fort Gibson, Okla., Thursday of last week was conducted by Rev. J. M. Bandeen at the Presbyterian church in this city and interment was made in the Huntsville cemetery Sunday afternoon, 4:30 p.m. Services at the home, 10:00 a.m., were conducted by Rev. T. E. McSpadden.
Mrs. Boatright was born and reared near Huntsville, being a daughter of Joshua Boren, a pioneer of this community. She and her husband, Rev. J. C. Boatright, moved to Fort Gibson, Okla., 20 year ago and had resided there continuously since. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Chesley Boatright of Vinita, Okla., and Ewell Boatright of Fort Gibson, and by four daughters, Mrs. Ethel Cox of Wilcox, Ariz., Mrs. Drusie O'Barr of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Annie Champlin of Muskogee, and Mrs. Margie Luker of Chanute, Kas.; also by seventeen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
1900 Census: Name: Allice b Boatright Date: June 22, 1900 Home in 1900: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Age: 34 Estimated birth year: 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T623 67; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 76. 1910 Census: Name: Alice B Boatright Date: May 12, 1910 Age in 1910: 44 Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T624_57; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 80; Image: 369. 1920 Census: Name: Alice B Boatright Date: January 5, 1920 Age: 54 years Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Home in 1920: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Sex: Female Marital status: Widow Relation to Head of House: Wife Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T625_71; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 876. 1930 Census: Name: Alice B Boatright Date: April 5, 1930 Age: 64 Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Relation to head-of-house: Wife Spouse's Name: John C Boatright Home in 1930: Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma Census Place: Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Roll: 1915; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 788.0.
Children of JOHN BOATRIGHT and ALICE BOREN are:
9-1015. i. CHESLEY HOOD BOATRIGHT, b. 31 Dec 1886, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 25 May 1968, Vinita, Craig County,
Oklahoma.
9-1016. ii. COLLAR LEE BOATRIGHT, b. 01 Oct 1888, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 17 Jul 1912, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1017. iii. SARAH ETHEL BOATRIGHT, b. Dec 1890, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1018. iv. DRUCILLA B. BOATRIGHT, b. Apr 1893, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 14 Apr 1971, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1019. v. ANNIE B. BOATRIGHT, b. Nov 1895, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1020. vi. MARGARET BOATRIGHT, b. Jun 1897, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1021. vii. EWELL ARTHUR BOATRIGHT, b. 01 Aug 1904, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 01 Aug 1961, Fort Gibson, Cherokee County,
Oklahoma.
8-476. THOMAS LAFAYETTE BOATRIGHT (CHESLEY HOOD8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 15 May 1861 in Madison County, Arkansas, and died 08 Jul 1926 in Susanville, Lassen County, California. He married PHOEBE ANN LOGAN, daughter of MARIAN LOGAN and MARY ANN GRUBBS. She was born Jun 1864 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas, and died 09 Dec 1939 in Eureka, Humboldt County, California.
Notes for THOMAS LAFAYETTE BOATRIGHT:
Thomas farmed from 1878 to 1891 then assumed control of the Huntsville hotel. After he sold the hotel, he moved to Susanville, California in Lassen County where his uncle and cousins lived and he remained there until his death on July 8, 1926. The following obituary mentions four children. There was another child, Bessie Ann Boatright, who was born in 1884 and died in 1887. She is buried in the Old Alabam Cemetery in Madison County, Arkansas. Source: Find-A-Grave
Lassen Advocate, July 9, 1926
T. L. Boatright Dies Thursday Morning
Thomas L. Boatright, for 27 years a resident of Susanville, died at his home on Roop Street shortly after midnight, Thursday morning.
Mr. Boatright was born in Huntsville, Arkansas May 15, 1872. (This was a typo – he was actually born in 1861.) His early life was spent in Arkansas. He and Mrs. Boatright coming to Susanville in 1899 when he engaged in the carpenter trade until five years ago when he was stricken and has since been an invalid patient and kind until his death. Surviving him are his wife and four children, Mrs. Mary Strong, Mrs. Pansy Lauterio of Chico (CA), two sons Vol and Wood, both of Sacramento.
1880 Census: Name: Thomas L. BOATRIGHT Date: June 16, 1880 Age: 19 Estimated birth year: <1861> Birthplace: Arkansas Occupation: Farm Hand Relationship to head-of-household: Stepson Home in 1880: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas Occupation: Farm Hand Race: White Gender: Male Father's birthplace: TN Mother's birthplace: AL Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: T9_50; Family History Film: ; Page: 517B; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 0759. living with mother and step-father 1900 Census: Name: Thomas Boatright Date: June 7, 1900 Home in 1900: Township 1, Lassen, California Age: 38 Estimated birth year: 1862 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Occupation: Day Laborer Census Place: Township 1, Lassen, California; Roll: T623 88; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 48. 1910 Census: Name: Thomas L Boatright Date: April 23, 1910 Age in 1910: 48 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 BirthPlace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Spouses's Name: Phoebe Home in 1910: Township 1, Lassen, California Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: House Painter Gender: Male Census Place: Township 1, Lassen, California; Roll: T624_78; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 468. 1920 Census: Name: Thomas L Boatright Date: January 12, 1920 Home in 1920: Susanville, Lassen, California Age: 55 years Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Phoebe Father's Birth Place: Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Marital Status: Married Occupation: Paper Hanger Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Susanville, Lassen, California; Roll: T625_101; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 802.Burial: Lassen Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
Notes for PHOEBE ANN LOGAN:
1900 Census: Name: Logan Boatright Date: June 7, 1900 Home in 1900: Township 1, Lassen, California Age: 33 Estimated birth year: 1867 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Census Place: Township 1, Lassen, California; Roll: T623 88; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 48. 1910 Census: Name: Phoebe Boatright Date: April 23, 1910 Age in 1910: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868 BirthPlace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Spouses's Name: Thomas L Home in 1910: Township 1, Lassen, California Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Census Place: Township 1, Lassen, California; Roll: T624_78; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 468. 1920 Census: Name: Phoebe Boatright Date: January 12, 1920 Home in 1920: Susanville, Lassen, California Age: 52 years Estimated birth year: abt 1868 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's name: Thomas L Father's Birth Place: Kentucky Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Susanville, Lassen, California; Roll: T625_101; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 802. 1930 Census: Name: Phoebe Boatright Date: April 4, 1930 Home in 1930: Susanville, Lassen, California Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: widowed Race: White Census Place: Susanville, Lassen, California; Roll: 123; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 26.0.Burial: Lassen Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen County, California
Children of THOMAS BOATRIGHT and PHOEBE LOGAN are:
9-1022. i. BESSIE ANN BOATRIGHT, b. 01 Oct 1885, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 1887, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1023. ii. MARY BOATRIGHT, b. Jan 1888, Madison County, Arkansas.
9-1024. iii. VOL WALKER BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Mar 1890, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 16 Mar 1968, Sacramento, Sacramento
County, California
9-1025. iv. ELWOOD JOHN BOATRIGHT, b. 06 Nov 1897, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 18 Jun 1974, Sacramento, Sacramento
County, California.
9-1026. v. PANSY BOATRIGHT, b. 1901, Lassen County, California.
8-477. JAMES P. BOATWRIGHT (WILLIAM W.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Jun 1872 in Utah Territory. He married BELLE. She was born May 1875 in Utah Territory.
Notes for JAMES P. BOATWRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: James P. BOATWRIGHT Date: June 4, 1880 Age: 8 Estimated birth year: <1872> Birthplace: Utah Territory Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Frisco, Beaver, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Father's name: W. W. BOATWRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: C. D. BOATWRIGHT Mother's birthplace: UT Census Place: Frisco, Beaver, Utah; Roll: T9_1335; Family History Film: 1255335; Page: 34D; Enumeration District: 3; Image: . 1900 Census: Name: James Boatwright Date: June 4, 1900 Home in 1900: Ogden Ward 2, Weber, Utah Age: 27 Estimated birth year: 1873 Birthplace: Utah Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Son Occupation: Blacksmith Census Place: Ogden Ward 2, Weber, Utah; Roll: T623 1688; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 186. 1910 Census: Name: James P Boatwright Date: April 18, 1910 Age in 1910: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 BirthPlace: Utah Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Utah Spouses's Name: Belle Home in 1910: Oakland Ward 4, Alameda, California Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Rail Road Station Foreman Gender: Male Census Place: Oakland Ward 4, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_70; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 962. 1920 Census: Name: James P Boatright Date: January 7, 1920 Home in 1920: Oakland, Alameda, California Age: 47 years Estimated birth year: abt 1873 Birthplace: Utah Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Belle Father's Birth Place: Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Utah Marital Status: Married Occupation: Steam Railway Clerk Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_87; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 852.
1900 Census: Name: Belle Boatwright Date: June 4, 1900 Home in 1900: Ogden Ward 2, Weber, Utah Age: 25 Estimated birth year: 1875 Birthplace: Utah Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter-in-law Census Place: Ogden Ward 2, Weber, Utah; Roll: T623 1688; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 186. 1910 Census: Name: Belle Boatwright Date: April 18, 1910 Age in 1910: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 BirthPlace: Utah Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: Utah Mother's Birth Place: Utah Spouses's Name: James P Home in 1910: Oakland Ward 4, Alameda, California Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Census Place: Oakland Ward 4, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_70; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 962. 1920 Census: Name: Belle Boatright Date: January 7, 1920 Home in 1920: Oakland, Alameda, California Age: 44 years Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Utah Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's name: James P Father's Birth Place: Kentucky Mother's Birth Place: Iowa Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_87; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 852.
8-478. WILLIAM T. BOATWRIGHT (WILLIAM W.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 19 Jun 1874 in Utah Territory, and died 28 Jul 1890 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Notes for WILLIAM T. BOATWRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: W. T. BOATWRIGHT Date: June 4, 1880 Age: 6 Estimated birth year: <1874> Birthplace: Utah Territory Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Frisco, Beaver, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Father's name: W. W. BOATWRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: C. D. BOATWRIGHT Mother's birthplace: UT Census Place: Frisco, Beaver, Utah; Roll: T9_1335; Family History Film: 1255335; Page: 34D; Enumeration District: 3; Image: .
8-479. ALICE E. BOATWRIGHT (WILLIAM W.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Oct 1875 in Utah Territory.
Notes for ALICE E. BOATWRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: Alice BOATWRIGHT Date: June 4, 1880 Age: 5 Estimated birth year: <1875> Birthplace: Utah Territory Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Frisco, Beaver, Utah Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: W. W. BOATWRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: C. D. BOATWRIGHT Mother's birthplace: UT Census Place: Frisco, Beaver, Utah; Roll: T9_1335; Family History Film: 1255335; Page: 34D; Enumeration District: 3; Image: .
8-480. CHARLOTTE E. BOATWRIGHT (WILLIAM W.8, WILLIAM BENJAMIN7, JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 02 Nov 1877 in Utah Territory, and died 22 Feb 1884 in Salt Lake County, Utah.
Notes for CHARLOTTE E. BOATWRIGHT:
1880 Census: Name: C. E. BOATWRIGHT Date: June 4, 1880 Age: 3 Estimated birth year: 1877 Birthplace: Utah Territory Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Frisco, Beaver, Utah Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: W. W. BOATWRIGHT Father's birthplace: TN Mother's name: C. D. BOATWRIGHT Mother's birthplace: UT Census Place: Frisco, Beaver, Utah; Roll: T9_1335; Family History Film: 1255335; Page: 34D; Enumeration District: 3; Image: .
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