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Eugene Bouton

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Eugene Bouton

Birth
Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York, USA
Death
30 Mar 1951 (aged 100)
Delawanna, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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EUGENE BOUTON, BA. 1875 Born December 6, 1850, Jefferson, N.Y.; died March 30,1951, Bloomfield, N J Father, Ira Bouton, mechanic and farmer in Jefferson, son of William and Hannah (Carinngton) Bouton Mother, Emma (Foote) Bouton, daughter of Miles and Esther(Northrop) Foote

Yale relatives include Rev. Nathaniel Bouton (BA 1821) (great-uncle), , '85 S. Irving Cook Gladwin (brother-in-law), Irving G. Bouton, '49, Eugene B Clay, '49 March (grandsons). Cazenovia Seminary, First prize in English composition Freshman year, second declamation prize Sophomore year, dissertation appointment Senior year, Class poet; editor Yale Courant Junior year; contributed to Yale Literary Magazine M.A 1881 Teacher languages and science Norwich Academy 1875-77, principal Union School, Sherburnc, NY, 1877-80, teacher English language and literature Albany Academy 1880-83, PhD Syracuse 1882, member Institute Faculty of the State of New York 1884-85, deputy State superintendent of instruction 1886, first principal New Paltz State Normal School 1886-88; superintendent of schools Bridgeport, Conn, 1890-93 and Pittsfield, Mass, 1894-1904; supervising principal Glen Ridge (N.J ) public schools 1904-10, teacher history and geography Bloomfield High School 1916-17; senior clerk Essex County Board of Taxation, Newark, 1917 until retirement 1941, author How We Live (revised edition Lessons tn Hygiene); Spelling and Word Budding; Grammatical Charts, Teacher Training Agencies, University of the State of New Yor, American Ideals of Life and Government, co-compiler History of Stamford Seminary and Union Free School 1796 to 1931; president Chcnango County *If the father of an alumnus is a Yale graduate, the father's record is not usually given in this volume, but may be found in published form elsewhere Teachers Association 1878-80, Berkshire County Teachers Association 1896-98, Massachusetts State Superintendents Association 1901-2, examiner New York State Inter-Academic Union 1882-83, director Pittsfield Y.M C A , member Connecticut Council of Education, New Jersey and Fairfield County Historical societies, Sons of the American Revolution, Bridgeport Scientific Society, and Christ Church (Episcopal), Bloomfield

He married June 29, 1887, Sherburne, Elizabeth Gladwin, daughter of Albert Russell and Elizabeth Maria (Cook) Gladwin Children Katharine (Vassar 1908-10, B A Barnard 1923, Mrs Clifford Finch Clay), Gladwin (B A Princeton 1913), Elizabeth (Mrs Charles Victor Bleecker), Josephine (Mrs William Augustus Bleecker)

Death due to bronchopneumonia Buried in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Delawanna, NJ

Survived by wife, children, eleven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren Mr Bouton had been the oldest living graduate of Yale since June 24, 1947
EUGENE BOUTON, BA. 1875 Born December 6, 1850, Jefferson, N.Y.; died March 30,1951, Bloomfield, N J Father, Ira Bouton, mechanic and farmer in Jefferson, son of William and Hannah (Carinngton) Bouton Mother, Emma (Foote) Bouton, daughter of Miles and Esther(Northrop) Foote

Yale relatives include Rev. Nathaniel Bouton (BA 1821) (great-uncle), , '85 S. Irving Cook Gladwin (brother-in-law), Irving G. Bouton, '49, Eugene B Clay, '49 March (grandsons). Cazenovia Seminary, First prize in English composition Freshman year, second declamation prize Sophomore year, dissertation appointment Senior year, Class poet; editor Yale Courant Junior year; contributed to Yale Literary Magazine M.A 1881 Teacher languages and science Norwich Academy 1875-77, principal Union School, Sherburnc, NY, 1877-80, teacher English language and literature Albany Academy 1880-83, PhD Syracuse 1882, member Institute Faculty of the State of New York 1884-85, deputy State superintendent of instruction 1886, first principal New Paltz State Normal School 1886-88; superintendent of schools Bridgeport, Conn, 1890-93 and Pittsfield, Mass, 1894-1904; supervising principal Glen Ridge (N.J ) public schools 1904-10, teacher history and geography Bloomfield High School 1916-17; senior clerk Essex County Board of Taxation, Newark, 1917 until retirement 1941, author How We Live (revised edition Lessons tn Hygiene); Spelling and Word Budding; Grammatical Charts, Teacher Training Agencies, University of the State of New Yor, American Ideals of Life and Government, co-compiler History of Stamford Seminary and Union Free School 1796 to 1931; president Chcnango County *If the father of an alumnus is a Yale graduate, the father's record is not usually given in this volume, but may be found in published form elsewhere Teachers Association 1878-80, Berkshire County Teachers Association 1896-98, Massachusetts State Superintendents Association 1901-2, examiner New York State Inter-Academic Union 1882-83, director Pittsfield Y.M C A , member Connecticut Council of Education, New Jersey and Fairfield County Historical societies, Sons of the American Revolution, Bridgeport Scientific Society, and Christ Church (Episcopal), Bloomfield

He married June 29, 1887, Sherburne, Elizabeth Gladwin, daughter of Albert Russell and Elizabeth Maria (Cook) Gladwin Children Katharine (Vassar 1908-10, B A Barnard 1923, Mrs Clifford Finch Clay), Gladwin (B A Princeton 1913), Elizabeth (Mrs Charles Victor Bleecker), Josephine (Mrs William Augustus Bleecker)

Death due to bronchopneumonia Buried in East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Delawanna, NJ

Survived by wife, children, eleven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren Mr Bouton had been the oldest living graduate of Yale since June 24, 1947


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