Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Boardman, Horace
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Horace BOARDMAN, farmer; P. O. Naperville; was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., July 25, 
1819; in August, 1831, he came West with the family, his father settling on the farm 
where his son now lives; of his father, who was one of the early pioneers of this section, 
much appears in the body of this work; he died May 30, 1877, at the advanced age of 83 years, 
and his ashes rest peacefully in the beautiful little cemetery on the homestead; Horace 
remained at home till 28 years of age, when he moved to Grand Traverse Bay, Mich., for 
the purpose of engaging in lumbering; here he remained six years, and, in 1853, returned 
to Illinois; in the spring of 1864, he moved to Wisconsin, and remained three years; in 
March, 1867, he returned to Illinois, and has since resided at the old homestead. He was 
married May 25, 1843, to Laura A. FARR, a native of New York; she died April 16, 1846; his 
second marriage, to Emily COWLES, a native of New York, occurred Sept. 3, 1849; she died 
May 2, 1862; his third marriage, to Mrs. Isabella LEWIS (EMERSON), widow of Chauncey LEWIS, 
was celebrated April 28, 1863; from first marriage, two children were born - Ellen A., 
Maria A.; from second, three - James C., Abby M., Walker B.; from third, six - George E., 
Fannie E., Frank H., Harry G., Edith L., Charles Roy. Owns 248 acres in Du Page Twp.; in 
addition to his farming, he also keeps a large number of cows for dairying purposes; on 
his farm, in 1846, was operated the first McCormick reaper ever used in the limits of Will Co.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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