Advertisement

Chauncey Boughton

Advertisement

Chauncey Boughton

Birth
Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Death
3 Apr 1895 (aged 90)
Waterford, Saratoga County, New York, USA
Burial
Waterford, Saratoga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 181-182 Grave 5
Memorial ID
View Source
New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999; Wills, Vol. 34, 1893-1895; pgs 542: "made satisfactory proof that the said Chauncey Boughton died April 3d 1895"

Dr. Chauncey Boughton, the 6th generation from John Bouton, Sr., son of John and Elizabeth Roberts Boughton, was born at Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY Jan 21, 1805. He studied medicine and surgery at the State University Western Dist. of New York, and at Philadelphia, and at New York City. He practiced in hospitals and in the eye and ear infirmaries. Eventually finding his health failing, after 25 years' practice at Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N. Y., he retired to agricultural pursuits and various public services. Having inherited a taste for military affairs from his father, he was chosen to the command of a military regiment of Waterford, N. Y. He was also president of the Saratoga County Bank, and president of the Board of Education,* and for three years a representative in the Legislature of the State of New York. He was the youngest of his parents' children and the only one living of them all at the date of this writing, autumn of 1886. He married first, Oct. 4, 1828, Ida J. Smith, dau. of Cornell Smith formerly of Vergennes, Vt., where she was born Nov. 14, 1808, they settled at Half Moon, N. Y., from whence they moved to Waterford, N. Y., where she died Oct. 3, 1876. He married second at Saratoga Springs, Oct. 4, 1877, Laura L. Smith, dau. of Isaac L. Smith, of Saratoga Springs, where she was born April 17, 1853, and they settled at his residence in Waterford, Saratoga, Co., N. Y., where they were living June 1889.
New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999; Wills, Vol. 34, 1893-1895; pgs 542: "made satisfactory proof that the said Chauncey Boughton died April 3d 1895"

Dr. Chauncey Boughton, the 6th generation from John Bouton, Sr., son of John and Elizabeth Roberts Boughton, was born at Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY Jan 21, 1805. He studied medicine and surgery at the State University Western Dist. of New York, and at Philadelphia, and at New York City. He practiced in hospitals and in the eye and ear infirmaries. Eventually finding his health failing, after 25 years' practice at Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N. Y., he retired to agricultural pursuits and various public services. Having inherited a taste for military affairs from his father, he was chosen to the command of a military regiment of Waterford, N. Y. He was also president of the Saratoga County Bank, and president of the Board of Education,* and for three years a representative in the Legislature of the State of New York. He was the youngest of his parents' children and the only one living of them all at the date of this writing, autumn of 1886. He married first, Oct. 4, 1828, Ida J. Smith, dau. of Cornell Smith formerly of Vergennes, Vt., where she was born Nov. 14, 1808, they settled at Half Moon, N. Y., from whence they moved to Waterford, N. Y., where she died Oct. 3, 1876. He married second at Saratoga Springs, Oct. 4, 1877, Laura L. Smith, dau. of Isaac L. Smith, of Saratoga Springs, where she was born April 17, 1853, and they settled at his residence in Waterford, Saratoga, Co., N. Y., where they were living June 1889.


Advertisement