From the Gladwin County Record --- May 16, 1929

GEORGE WILLIAM BOMAN

George William Boman, well known throughout Gladwin county, died April 29 last at Edenville.
He was born Dec. 14, 1851, at St. Clair and at the
time of his death was 77 years, four months and 15 days of age. He became a resident of Edenville in 1868. In 1869 he was married to Josephine Harris.
Eleven children were born to the union, two died in
infancy, one son, Daniel Boman, died in 1924---Eight children are living, George Boman of Port Huron, Guy Boman, of Detroit, John Boman of Lewiston and Fred Boman of Gladwin.
Four daughters survive, Mrs. Tina Adams, of Edenville, Mrs. A. J. Taylor, of Secord, Mrs. Florence Swanton of Detroit, and Mrs Edith Howard of Gladwin.

Mr. Boman lumbered in Gladwin county for over 50 years and 25 years ago formed a partnership which establised a lumber and saw mill business at Bomanville, this county. The remainder of his life he spent on his farm at Edenville, enjoying very good health until two years previous to his death.

The funeral was under Masonic auspices, and the interment at Edenville.
The floral offerings were very beautiful, showing the high esteem in which he was held. He was a kind, dutiful and loving husband and father.
George W. Boman came up the Tittabawassee River to Edenville (Camp Sixteen) in 1868. The only means of transportation other than the wagon trail from Saginaw to Camp Sixteen was the 8' x 24' scow powered by a six man pole team. The trip from Saginaw to Camp Sixteen took three days.
The scow would pull into shore at night, tie up and the tired men would flop in their tents on the ground for the night. There were teams of horses that assisted thepole men to move the scows over the fiffles (shallow water) at the old ox-bow.
George married Josephine Harris of Camp Sixteen in 1869. Josphine had come up the Tittabawassee in a scow in 1866 with her father John Harris.
George and Josephine lived in a log house at the river junction of the Tittabawassee and Tobacco, the house still stood until the 1920's.
George Boman bought and cleared three farms in Camp Sixteen with most of the clearing being done by ox team. They had eleven children. George lumbered through Midland and Gladwin counties. Three men had bought 34,000 acres in Sheridan Township and they hired George to run the camps at 1/4 interest.
George moved his family and established Bomanville in
1905. In Bomanville was a large saw mill, shingle mill and stave mill. The railroad was known as "The Bomanville Line". The camp had a capacity of 20,000 feet of lumber every 10 hours. Eight cars of lumber, 2 cars of shingles and 1 car of hoops being shipped out by rail each week. Men in the camps were paid cash on the 10th of each month. There were over 100 men employed in the mills and woods. Bomanville had a school, post office, general store and two boarding houses.
The school was located three quarter of a mile east of Bomanville so the school children wouldn't be near the mill at recess.
William Crumpacker is the manager of the Black Joe Farm three miles from Bomanville. Here they raise hay and grain for the horses owned by Boman Lumber Company. The log mark for the Boman Lumber Company is a circle
containing a heart.

George had been born George Bowman.
He was buried as George W. Boman.