I am looking for Samuel Boston. My Grandfather was Carl Homer Boston, called Homer. His father was William Marion Boston, called Bill. Bill's parents were Samuel and Jane (McCalment) Boston. Jane's lineage is reasonably well documented (though I disagree with some of her 'published' history) but Samuel has been hard to track down.
Samuel born around 1842 in Ohio. He drops out between the 1870 and 1880 census, so I assume he passed away in that time frame.
On May 22, 1862, he married Jane McCalment of Indiana. I don't know where this wedding took place, but I am guessing it was in Indiana. Their first child, Richard Adophus Boston, was born a little less than two years later in Wayne County, Iowa. My searches of Iowa weddings has turned up nothing.
Samuel and Jane's children were all born in Iowa:
Richard Adophus Boston, b: Apr 1, 1864
Andrew J. Boston, b: Feb 9, 1867
William Marion Boston (Bill), b: Nov 22, 1868 d: Mar 15, 1944 in Seymore Iowa, and
Margaret M. Boston, b: around 1872
I'd like to find Samuel's parents. I've had hints that he might have been orphaned or a runaway, but there's nothing so far one way or the other. There are several Samuels in Ohio born in the 1840s', but I can't nail one down as my Samuel.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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