Third son of Samuel and Agnes Freeman Boaz; brother to David, R. L., Richard, and Tuck Boaz.
In April 1860 he arrived in Birdville with $1800 in gold belonging to his father(who had previously emigrated to Tarrant County in 1859). He had carried the gold the entire distance of 700 miles while not yet 20 years old. It was quite a feat traveling through country infested with outlaws and Indians.
Enlisting in Company E, 15th Texas Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.)in 1862, his entire command of 8000 men was captured at Arkansas Post on New Years Day 1863 and sent to prison camp in Chicago. On March 18, Boaz and friend William Hayworth scaled the prison wall, escaped, and traveled 15 miles to an Illinois Central Railroad Station. They bought tickets south and came back to Texas.
In 1874, he bought out the interest of Capt. M.B. Loyd in the California and Texas Bank, and continued to stay in various banking ventures well into the 1890's. He was vice president of the American National Bank of Fort Worth in 1893.
(from In Old Fort Worth, by Mack Williams)
Married to Mary Bell Boaz; children include William Leon, Samuel D., Luther I., Ernest O., Clement A., and Wallace P. Boaz.
In April 1860 he arrived in Birdville with $1800 in gold belonging to his father(who had previously emigrated to Tarrant County in 1859). He had carried the gold the entire distance of 700 miles while not yet 20 years old. It was quite a feat traveling through country infested with outlaws and Indians.
Enlisting in Company E, 15th Texas Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.)in 1862, his entire command of 8000 men was captured at Arkansas Post on New Years Day 1863 and sent to prison camp in Chicago. On March 18, Boaz and friend William Hayworth scaled the prison wall, escaped, and traveled 15 miles to an Illinois Central Railroad Station. They bought tickets south and came back to Texas.
In 1874, he bought out the interest of Capt. M.B. Loyd in the California and Texas Bank, and continued to stay in various banking ventures well into the 1890's. He was vice president of the American National Bank of Fort Worth in 1893.
(from In Old Fort Worth, by Mack Williams)
Married to Mary Bell Boaz; children include William Leon, Samuel D., Luther I., Ernest O., Clement A., and Wallace P. Boaz.
Third son of Samuel and Agnes Freeman Boaz; brother to David, R. L., Richard, and Tuck Boaz.
In April 1860 he arrived in Birdville with $1800 in gold belonging to his father(who had previously emigrated to Tarrant County in 1859). He had carried the gold the entire distance of 700 miles while not yet 20 years old. It was quite a feat traveling through country infested with outlaws and Indians.
Enlisting in Company E, 15th Texas Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.)in 1862, his entire command of 8000 men was captured at Arkansas Post on New Years Day 1863 and sent to prison camp in Chicago. On March 18, Boaz and friend William Hayworth scaled the prison wall, escaped, and traveled 15 miles to an Illinois Central Railroad Station. They bought tickets south and came back to Texas.
In 1874, he bought out the interest of Capt. M.B. Loyd in the California and Texas Bank, and continued to stay in various banking ventures well into the 1890's. He was vice president of the American National Bank of Fort Worth in 1893.
(from In Old Fort Worth, by Mack Williams)
Married to Mary Bell Boaz; children include William Leon, Samuel D., Luther I., Ernest O., Clement A., and Wallace P. Boaz.
In April 1860 he arrived in Birdville with $1800 in gold belonging to his father(who had previously emigrated to Tarrant County in 1859). He had carried the gold the entire distance of 700 miles while not yet 20 years old. It was quite a feat traveling through country infested with outlaws and Indians.
Enlisting in Company E, 15th Texas Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.)in 1862, his entire command of 8000 men was captured at Arkansas Post on New Years Day 1863 and sent to prison camp in Chicago. On March 18, Boaz and friend William Hayworth scaled the prison wall, escaped, and traveled 15 miles to an Illinois Central Railroad Station. They bought tickets south and came back to Texas.
In 1874, he bought out the interest of Capt. M.B. Loyd in the California and Texas Bank, and continued to stay in various banking ventures well into the 1890's. He was vice president of the American National Bank of Fort Worth in 1893.
(from In Old Fort Worth, by Mack Williams)
Married to Mary Bell Boaz; children include William Leon, Samuel D., Luther I., Ernest O., Clement A., and Wallace P. Boaz.
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