Generally known as Nathan, the Geneva Medical College records, where he graduated in 1843, list his name as Edwin Nathan Boynton.
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN. - Dr. N. BOYNTON, whom we presume was the oldest practitioner of Medicine in Elmira, died at the residence of his son in the Third Ward on Saturday. His age was seventy-two years. For a number of years past he has been retired from his practice. His funeral took place yesterday (Elmira Weekly Advertiser and Chemung County Republican, Elmira, New York, June 9, 1860).
DR. NATHAN BOYNTON was another of the leading physicians of the earlier days. He was born in Hampshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1788, removed thence to Otsego County, 1795, thence to St. Lawrence County, 1806. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp in Guilford, Chenango, in 1814, and attended lectures at Fairfield 1816-17, and received a license from the censors of the Chenango Medical Society in February of the latter year, and began his practice immediately in Bainbridge in that county, where he married, and continued in practice for eighteen years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung Co., and five years later to Elmira, where he was engaged in active practice till his death, in June, 1859. Dr. Boynton was an active, ambitious, and prominent man in the profession (History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York, 1879).
Dr. NATHAN BOYNTON.
Dr. Boynton was born on the 30th day of June, 1788, in the town of Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass. His father was a farmer. His mother's name, before marriage, was Flagg. Dr. Boynton had six brothers, all of whom are now dead, excepting one. He had two sisters, and one of them only is now alive. When Nathan was seven years old, his parents moved to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, NY; there he lived till his 19th year, when he moved with his elder brothers, to the town of Madrid, in the County of St. Lawrence, where he remained five years. In the month of March, 1814, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp, in the town of Guilford, Chenango County, with whom he remained three years. He attended a course of lectures at Fairfield in the years 1816-17. In February of the latter year he received a license from the Censers of Chenango County, and immediately began the practice of his profession at Bainbridge, in the same County. There he married Miss Lepha Stowell, and continued practice for 18 years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung County, and spent five years, principally in the lumber business. In May, 1839, he left Southport and came to Elmira, and for several years was actively engaged in medical business. His death occurred in June, 1859. Dr. Boyton was an active, ambitious and prominent man in the profession. His career was somewhat diversified, and a full and correct portraiture of his life and character would be one of great interest. We will not attempt the delicate task, but content ourselves with the hope that hereafter some one may do justice to his more than ordinary qualities of mind and the place which he has filled in the medical profession (History of Elmira, Horseheads and the Chemung Valley, with sketches of the churches, schools, societies, railroads, manufacturing companies... : also, directory & business advertiser for 1868).
There came into this town in 1835, therefore, one among its earlier settlers, one who through himself and his children occupied for many years a conspicuous position among the inhabitants of the county. This was Dr. Nathan Boynton, who was born in Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass., on June 30, 1788, the same year that the town of Chemung was erected. Dr. Boynton's father was a farmer who in 1795, with his wife and children, six sons and two daughters, " went west " to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, N. Y. In 1814 Dr. Boynton began the study of medicine in Guilford, Chenango County, with Dr. Colby Knapp, the father of Mrs. Daniel S. Dickinson and Mrs. Giles W. Hotchkiss, of Binghamton. After three years with Dr. Knapp, Dr. Boynton completed his medical education at the Faifield Medical School, in that day the foremost of the institutions of the kind in the country, since removed to Albany, and now the Albany Medical College. Dr. Boynton began the practice of his profession in Bainbridge, Chenango County, where he married Miss Lepha Stowell. He continued to reside in Bainbridge until his removal to Southport, where he was principally engaged in what during his five years' residence there was a profitable enterprise, the lumber business. In 1839 he removed to Elmira, where he followed his profession until the time of his death in 1859. He had two sons: Edwin N. Boynton, who became like his father a physician, went early to California, and died in San Francisco, June 19, 1876, and Austin H. Boynton, who died in August, 1891. Austin H. Boynton was a lawyer and business man engaged in the lumber trade in Cameron County, Pa., where he was also elected to the official position that gave him the title of judge. He married in Port Deposit, Md., a sister of the Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Postmaster-General under Abraham Lincoln. Their children are residents of Elmira. The five daughters of Dr. Nathan Boynton were noted beauties in their time throughout the valley. Emily married George E. Carpenter, a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of the town of Ashland; Maria became the wife of Frederick Leach, a business man of Elmira who came there from Owego; Sarah has remained unmarried ; Mary was the wife of Uriah S. Lowe, whose memory is yet fresh and green throughout the boundaries of the county and wherever his distinctive personality was known ; and Ella was the wife of George O. Manchester, originally of Utica, now of Boston, and connected prominently with the railroad interests in the Western country. Few of the descendants of Dr. Nathan Boynton are now Chemung County people. Mrs. Carpenter lives in Elmira engaged in works of charity and benevolence, and the children of judge Boynton and of Mrs. Leach call the same city their home (Our County and its People A History of the Valley and County of Chemung by Ausburn Towner, 1892).
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN. - Dr. N. BOYNTON, whom we presume was the oldest practitioner of Medicine in Elmira, died at the residence of his son in the Third Ward on Saturday. His age was seventy-two years. For a number of years past he has been retired from his practice. His funeral took place yesterday (Elmira Weekly Advertiser and Chemung County Republican, Elmira, New York, June 9, 1860).
DR. NATHAN BOYNTON was another of the leading physicians of the earlier days. He was born in Hampshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1788, removed thence to Otsego County, 1795, thence to St. Lawrence County, 1806. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp in Guilford, Chenango, in 1814, and attended lectures at Fairfield 1816-17, and received a license from the censors of the Chenango Medical Society in February of the latter year, and began his practice immediately in Bainbridge in that county, where he married, and continued in practice for eighteen years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung Co., and five years later to Elmira, where he was engaged in active practice till his death, in June, 1859. Dr. Boynton was an active, ambitious, and prominent man in the profession (History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York, 1879).
Dr. NATHAN BOYNTON.
Dr. Boynton was born on the 30th day of June, 1788, in the town of Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass. His father was a farmer. His mother's name, before marriage, was Flagg. Dr. Boynton had six brothers, all of whom are now dead, excepting one. He had two sisters, and one of them only is now alive. When Nathan was seven years old, his parents moved to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, NY; there he lived till his 19th year, when he moved with his elder brothers, to the town of Madrid, in the County of St. Lawrence, where he remained five years. In the month of March, 1814, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp, in the town of Guilford, Chenango County, with whom he remained three years. He attended a course of lectures at Fairfield in the years 1816-17. In February of the latter year he received a license from the Censers of Chenango County, and immediately began the practice of his profession at Bainbridge, in the same County. There he married Miss Lepha Stowell, and continued practice for 18 years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung County, and spent five years, principally in the lumber business. In May, 1839, he left Southport and came to Elmira, and for several years was actively engaged in medical business. His death occurred in June, 1859. Dr. Boyton was an active, ambitious and prominent man in the profession. His career was somewhat diversified, and a full and correct portraiture of his life and character would be one of great interest. We will not attempt the delicate task, but content ourselves with the hope that hereafter some one may do justice to his more than ordinary qualities of mind and the place which he has filled in the medical profession (History of Elmira, Horseheads and the Chemung Valley, with sketches of the churches, schools, societies, railroads, manufacturing companies... : also, directory & business advertiser for 1868).
There came into this town in 1835, therefore, one among its earlier settlers, one who through himself and his children occupied for many years a conspicuous position among the inhabitants of the county. This was Dr. Nathan Boynton, who was born in Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass., on June 30, 1788, the same year that the town of Chemung was erected. Dr. Boynton's father was a farmer who in 1795, with his wife and children, six sons and two daughters, " went west " to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, N. Y. In 1814 Dr. Boynton began the study of medicine in Guilford, Chenango County, with Dr. Colby Knapp, the father of Mrs. Daniel S. Dickinson and Mrs. Giles W. Hotchkiss, of Binghamton. After three years with Dr. Knapp, Dr. Boynton completed his medical education at the Faifield Medical School, in that day the foremost of the institutions of the kind in the country, since removed to Albany, and now the Albany Medical College. Dr. Boynton began the practice of his profession in Bainbridge, Chenango County, where he married Miss Lepha Stowell. He continued to reside in Bainbridge until his removal to Southport, where he was principally engaged in what during his five years' residence there was a profitable enterprise, the lumber business. In 1839 he removed to Elmira, where he followed his profession until the time of his death in 1859. He had two sons: Edwin N. Boynton, who became like his father a physician, went early to California, and died in San Francisco, June 19, 1876, and Austin H. Boynton, who died in August, 1891. Austin H. Boynton was a lawyer and business man engaged in the lumber trade in Cameron County, Pa., where he was also elected to the official position that gave him the title of judge. He married in Port Deposit, Md., a sister of the Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Postmaster-General under Abraham Lincoln. Their children are residents of Elmira. The five daughters of Dr. Nathan Boynton were noted beauties in their time throughout the valley. Emily married George E. Carpenter, a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of the town of Ashland; Maria became the wife of Frederick Leach, a business man of Elmira who came there from Owego; Sarah has remained unmarried ; Mary was the wife of Uriah S. Lowe, whose memory is yet fresh and green throughout the boundaries of the county and wherever his distinctive personality was known ; and Ella was the wife of George O. Manchester, originally of Utica, now of Boston, and connected prominently with the railroad interests in the Western country. Few of the descendants of Dr. Nathan Boynton are now Chemung County people. Mrs. Carpenter lives in Elmira engaged in works of charity and benevolence, and the children of judge Boynton and of Mrs. Leach call the same city their home (Our County and its People A History of the Valley and County of Chemung by Ausburn Towner, 1892).
Generally known as Nathan, the Geneva Medical College records, where he graduated in 1843, list his name as Edwin Nathan Boynton.
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN. - Dr. N. BOYNTON, whom we presume was the oldest practitioner of Medicine in Elmira, died at the residence of his son in the Third Ward on Saturday. His age was seventy-two years. For a number of years past he has been retired from his practice. His funeral took place yesterday (Elmira Weekly Advertiser and Chemung County Republican, Elmira, New York, June 9, 1860).
DR. NATHAN BOYNTON was another of the leading physicians of the earlier days. He was born in Hampshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1788, removed thence to Otsego County, 1795, thence to St. Lawrence County, 1806. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp in Guilford, Chenango, in 1814, and attended lectures at Fairfield 1816-17, and received a license from the censors of the Chenango Medical Society in February of the latter year, and began his practice immediately in Bainbridge in that county, where he married, and continued in practice for eighteen years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung Co., and five years later to Elmira, where he was engaged in active practice till his death, in June, 1859. Dr. Boynton was an active, ambitious, and prominent man in the profession (History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York, 1879).
Dr. NATHAN BOYNTON.
Dr. Boynton was born on the 30th day of June, 1788, in the town of Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass. His father was a farmer. His mother's name, before marriage, was Flagg. Dr. Boynton had six brothers, all of whom are now dead, excepting one. He had two sisters, and one of them only is now alive. When Nathan was seven years old, his parents moved to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, NY; there he lived till his 19th year, when he moved with his elder brothers, to the town of Madrid, in the County of St. Lawrence, where he remained five years. In the month of March, 1814, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp, in the town of Guilford, Chenango County, with whom he remained three years. He attended a course of lectures at Fairfield in the years 1816-17. In February of the latter year he received a license from the Censers of Chenango County, and immediately began the practice of his profession at Bainbridge, in the same County. There he married Miss Lepha Stowell, and continued practice for 18 years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung County, and spent five years, principally in the lumber business. In May, 1839, he left Southport and came to Elmira, and for several years was actively engaged in medical business. His death occurred in June, 1859. Dr. Boyton was an active, ambitious and prominent man in the profession. His career was somewhat diversified, and a full and correct portraiture of his life and character would be one of great interest. We will not attempt the delicate task, but content ourselves with the hope that hereafter some one may do justice to his more than ordinary qualities of mind and the place which he has filled in the medical profession (History of Elmira, Horseheads and the Chemung Valley, with sketches of the churches, schools, societies, railroads, manufacturing companies... : also, directory & business advertiser for 1868).
There came into this town in 1835, therefore, one among its earlier settlers, one who through himself and his children occupied for many years a conspicuous position among the inhabitants of the county. This was Dr. Nathan Boynton, who was born in Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass., on June 30, 1788, the same year that the town of Chemung was erected. Dr. Boynton's father was a farmer who in 1795, with his wife and children, six sons and two daughters, " went west " to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, N. Y. In 1814 Dr. Boynton began the study of medicine in Guilford, Chenango County, with Dr. Colby Knapp, the father of Mrs. Daniel S. Dickinson and Mrs. Giles W. Hotchkiss, of Binghamton. After three years with Dr. Knapp, Dr. Boynton completed his medical education at the Faifield Medical School, in that day the foremost of the institutions of the kind in the country, since removed to Albany, and now the Albany Medical College. Dr. Boynton began the practice of his profession in Bainbridge, Chenango County, where he married Miss Lepha Stowell. He continued to reside in Bainbridge until his removal to Southport, where he was principally engaged in what during his five years' residence there was a profitable enterprise, the lumber business. In 1839 he removed to Elmira, where he followed his profession until the time of his death in 1859. He had two sons: Edwin N. Boynton, who became like his father a physician, went early to California, and died in San Francisco, June 19, 1876, and Austin H. Boynton, who died in August, 1891. Austin H. Boynton was a lawyer and business man engaged in the lumber trade in Cameron County, Pa., where he was also elected to the official position that gave him the title of judge. He married in Port Deposit, Md., a sister of the Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Postmaster-General under Abraham Lincoln. Their children are residents of Elmira. The five daughters of Dr. Nathan Boynton were noted beauties in their time throughout the valley. Emily married George E. Carpenter, a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of the town of Ashland; Maria became the wife of Frederick Leach, a business man of Elmira who came there from Owego; Sarah has remained unmarried ; Mary was the wife of Uriah S. Lowe, whose memory is yet fresh and green throughout the boundaries of the county and wherever his distinctive personality was known ; and Ella was the wife of George O. Manchester, originally of Utica, now of Boston, and connected prominently with the railroad interests in the Western country. Few of the descendants of Dr. Nathan Boynton are now Chemung County people. Mrs. Carpenter lives in Elmira engaged in works of charity and benevolence, and the children of judge Boynton and of Mrs. Leach call the same city their home (Our County and its People A History of the Valley and County of Chemung by Ausburn Towner, 1892).
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN. - Dr. N. BOYNTON, whom we presume was the oldest practitioner of Medicine in Elmira, died at the residence of his son in the Third Ward on Saturday. His age was seventy-two years. For a number of years past he has been retired from his practice. His funeral took place yesterday (Elmira Weekly Advertiser and Chemung County Republican, Elmira, New York, June 9, 1860).
DR. NATHAN BOYNTON was another of the leading physicians of the earlier days. He was born in Hampshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1788, removed thence to Otsego County, 1795, thence to St. Lawrence County, 1806. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp in Guilford, Chenango, in 1814, and attended lectures at Fairfield 1816-17, and received a license from the censors of the Chenango Medical Society in February of the latter year, and began his practice immediately in Bainbridge in that county, where he married, and continued in practice for eighteen years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung Co., and five years later to Elmira, where he was engaged in active practice till his death, in June, 1859. Dr. Boynton was an active, ambitious, and prominent man in the profession (History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, New York, 1879).
Dr. NATHAN BOYNTON.
Dr. Boynton was born on the 30th day of June, 1788, in the town of Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass. His father was a farmer. His mother's name, before marriage, was Flagg. Dr. Boynton had six brothers, all of whom are now dead, excepting one. He had two sisters, and one of them only is now alive. When Nathan was seven years old, his parents moved to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, NY; there he lived till his 19th year, when he moved with his elder brothers, to the town of Madrid, in the County of St. Lawrence, where he remained five years. In the month of March, 1814, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Colby Knapp, in the town of Guilford, Chenango County, with whom he remained three years. He attended a course of lectures at Fairfield in the years 1816-17. In February of the latter year he received a license from the Censers of Chenango County, and immediately began the practice of his profession at Bainbridge, in the same County. There he married Miss Lepha Stowell, and continued practice for 18 years. He then removed to Southport, Chemung County, and spent five years, principally in the lumber business. In May, 1839, he left Southport and came to Elmira, and for several years was actively engaged in medical business. His death occurred in June, 1859. Dr. Boyton was an active, ambitious and prominent man in the profession. His career was somewhat diversified, and a full and correct portraiture of his life and character would be one of great interest. We will not attempt the delicate task, but content ourselves with the hope that hereafter some one may do justice to his more than ordinary qualities of mind and the place which he has filled in the medical profession (History of Elmira, Horseheads and the Chemung Valley, with sketches of the churches, schools, societies, railroads, manufacturing companies... : also, directory & business advertiser for 1868).
There came into this town in 1835, therefore, one among its earlier settlers, one who through himself and his children occupied for many years a conspicuous position among the inhabitants of the county. This was Dr. Nathan Boynton, who was born in Wendell, Hampshire County, Mass., on June 30, 1788, the same year that the town of Chemung was erected. Dr. Boynton's father was a farmer who in 1795, with his wife and children, six sons and two daughters, " went west " to the town of Worcester, Otsego County, N. Y. In 1814 Dr. Boynton began the study of medicine in Guilford, Chenango County, with Dr. Colby Knapp, the father of Mrs. Daniel S. Dickinson and Mrs. Giles W. Hotchkiss, of Binghamton. After three years with Dr. Knapp, Dr. Boynton completed his medical education at the Faifield Medical School, in that day the foremost of the institutions of the kind in the country, since removed to Albany, and now the Albany Medical College. Dr. Boynton began the practice of his profession in Bainbridge, Chenango County, where he married Miss Lepha Stowell. He continued to reside in Bainbridge until his removal to Southport, where he was principally engaged in what during his five years' residence there was a profitable enterprise, the lumber business. In 1839 he removed to Elmira, where he followed his profession until the time of his death in 1859. He had two sons: Edwin N. Boynton, who became like his father a physician, went early to California, and died in San Francisco, June 19, 1876, and Austin H. Boynton, who died in August, 1891. Austin H. Boynton was a lawyer and business man engaged in the lumber trade in Cameron County, Pa., where he was also elected to the official position that gave him the title of judge. He married in Port Deposit, Md., a sister of the Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Postmaster-General under Abraham Lincoln. Their children are residents of Elmira. The five daughters of Dr. Nathan Boynton were noted beauties in their time throughout the valley. Emily married George E. Carpenter, a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of the town of Ashland; Maria became the wife of Frederick Leach, a business man of Elmira who came there from Owego; Sarah has remained unmarried ; Mary was the wife of Uriah S. Lowe, whose memory is yet fresh and green throughout the boundaries of the county and wherever his distinctive personality was known ; and Ella was the wife of George O. Manchester, originally of Utica, now of Boston, and connected prominently with the railroad interests in the Western country. Few of the descendants of Dr. Nathan Boynton are now Chemung County people. Mrs. Carpenter lives in Elmira engaged in works of charity and benevolence, and the children of judge Boynton and of Mrs. Leach call the same city their home (Our County and its People A History of the Valley and County of Chemung by Ausburn Towner, 1892).
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NATHAN BOYNTON M.D.
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JUNE 27, 1860,
Aged 72 Years.
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