James W Boston1

M, #268, b. say 1808, d. say 1878

FatherJesse Boston1 b. 1772, d. Aug 1830
MotherUnknown WifeOfJesseBoston1 b. 1778, d. 1831
James W Boston|b. s 1808\nd. s 1878|p268.htm|Jesse Boston|b. 1772\nd. Aug 1830|p266.htm|Unknown WifeOfJesseBoston|b. 1778\nd. 1831|p267.htm|||||||||||||

Last Edited3 Mar 2009

Birth*say 1808 1 
Death*say 1878 1 

Citations

  1. [S152] Jack Baber, HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. (Sullivan County, Indiana: Godspeed and Brothers, Publishers, 1884), JACKSON TWP. PAGE 820
    JESSE M. BOSTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lewis, is of English and Irish extraction. He was born in 1817 in Worcester County, Md., on the Pokomoke River. At the age of six years, his father removed to Spencer County, Ky., where Jesse was reared to manhood, but with limited educational advantages; his educaion he really acquired after leaving school, as he pursued a course of self-culture for many years. He began teaching school at the age of nineteen, and taught unitl his marriage, when he opened a small store. In 1842, he was united to M. J. Stout, daughter of Rev. William and Mary (Vandyke) Stout, natives of Virginia, and of English and German extraction. Eight years after his marriage, he moved to Sullivan County, Ind., and bought 140 acres of land in Jackson Township. He owned at one time 400 acres, which he divided between his two sons, John W. and James M. Mr. Boston was a poor boy, his parents having died when he was young. His father Jesse Boston, was born in 1772, and died in 1830; his mother was born in 1778, and died in 1831. Their remains repose in Spencer County, Ky. They reared four children-- Eleanor H., James W., Edward and Jesse M. The grandparents of our subject were Jacob and Eleanor Boston. Mr. Boston is an Independent in politics.. Hereinafter cited as Early History of Green and Sullivan Counties, Indiana.