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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.

149. JAMES WASHINGTON⁸ BOYDSTUN (ROBERT WASHINGTON⁷, JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 16 Aug 1811 in Hickman Co, TN, and died 19 Sep 1872 in Dayton, Butte Co, CA. He married SARAH ANN AVERY 26 Apr 1832 in Crawford Co, MO, daughter of JOHN AVERY and ELIZABETH ... She was born 1816 in Alabama, prob. Morengo Co., and died 04 Jul 1898 in (DAR says d. 1888) Chico, Butte Co, CA.

Notes for JAMES WASHINGTON BOYDSTUN:
James W. Boydstun was a Primitive Baptist Minister.

In 1850, he is found living near his other nearly-adult siblings in Red River Township, White County, Arkansas:

Boydstun, J.       40M      $200      b. TN
      Sarah      30F            b. AL
      Rachel      17F            b. MO
      Elizabeth      15F            b. MO
      Robert      13M            b. AR
      John      11M            b. AR
      Ardina      9F            b. AR
      Drucilla      7F            b. AR

Went in 1853 to Newton Co, MO with his sister Serena Boydstun and her husband John Pruitt Boydstun, and her brother, Joseph H. Boydstun and William A. Boydstun b. 1824, where he married Margaret Burkhart 1853 and they had a son William Alvin b. 1854. William A. died in 1857 and his widow, Margaret, married Jeremiah Gilstrap in 1858.

On voting Register, Butte Co, California 1866 - 1877

Boydstun, James Washington Jul 1866 - Sep 1872 died
Boydstun, Robert Washington Jul 1866 -
Boydstun, John Gray Jul 1866 - Aug 1879 moved
Boydstun, John Blurton Jun 1867 - Jul 1873 moved
Boydstun, Joseph Lafayette Jun 1867 -
Boydstun, James Knox Polk Aug 1877 -

Probate Records of Butte County, California: Will filed 21 Oct 1872 #494, names James Knox Polk Boydstun as his son.

David Smith lists another son: Joseph LaFayette Boydstun b. 12 Jun 1843 in Arkansas, but this leaves only 8 months until the birth of Ardenia Angelia (23 Feb 1844), and does not seem likely. I have asked his source on this child. Since we seem to have this family fairly well documented, it was a surprise to see the additional child. After checking this one out a bit, I found that notes at James LaFayette Boydstun show that he was the son of Benjamin Andrew Jackson Boydstun. When his mother died, and his father remarried, he ran away and was adopted by his uncle, James Washington Boydstun.

Children of JAMES BOYDSTUN and SARAH AVERY are:

RACHEL LAZENA⁹ BOYDSTUN, b. 01 Aug 1833, Crawford Co, MO; d. Aft. 1909, moved to Siskiyou Co, CA 1873; m. JOHN BLURTON, Aft. 1850; b. 17 Apr 1830; d. Unknown, In Butte Co, CA Aug 1867 to Jul 1873.

Notes for RACHEL LAZENA BOYDSTUN:
Family tradition says that Rachel was named for a French grandmother back in the family. Her name was originally spelled "Lesesne." She came (the grandmother) to Virginia with the French Huguenots as a young child.

	ii.		ELIZABETH JANE BOYDSTUN, b. 18 Apr 1836, Crawford Co, MO; d. 08 Apr 1910, Chico, Butte Co, CA; m. PETER HANSEN, 21 Nov 1859, Dayton, Butte Co, CA; by her father; b. Unknown.
	iii.		ROBERT WASHINGTON BOYDSTUN, b. 29 Jun 1839, Johnson Co, AR; d. 02 Apr 1923, Chico, Butte Co, CA; m. FLORENCE LOUISA YOKUM, Unknown; b. 1850, Dade Co, MO; d. 1895.
	iv.		JOHN GRAY BOYDSTUN, b. 18 Oct 1841, White Co, AR; d. 22 Sep 1925, Oregon; m. MARTHA JANE ROBERTS, 21 Nov 1869, Chico, Butte Co, CA; b. Unknown.

Notes for JOHN GRAY BOYDSTUN:
Moved in 1879 to Tehama, California.

Is probably the John G. Boydstun who was granted land at Mount Diablo 1 Aug 1892:
Township 450N, Range 130E, Section 26 & 27.

	v.		ARDENIA ANGELINE BOYDSTUN, b. 23 Feb 1844, White Co, AR; d. 12 Oct 1922, Chico, Butte Co, CA; m. JAMES JOHN MOREHEAD, 22 Mar 1865, Butte Co, CA; b. Unknown, Ohio? moved from OH to CA at age 16, abt 1852; d. 1886.
	vi.		DRUCILLA PALMYRA BOYDSTUN, b. 14 Apr 1848, near Little Rock, White Co, AR; d. 24 Jun 1914, Chico, Butte Co, CA; m. JOHN HEWITT, 11 Aug 1867, Butte Co, CA; b. Unknown.
	vii.		MISSOURI EMELINE BOYDSTUN, b. 31 Aug 1853, Dayton Twp, Newton Co, MO; d. 28 Apr 1936, Chico, Butte Co, CA; m. JAMES BARNEY CLARK, 27 Nov 1872, Oroville, Butte Co, CA; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	viii.		JAMES KNOX POLK BOYDSTUN, b. 06 Jul 1856, Dayton Twp, Newton Co, MO; d. 18 Sep 1895, Dayton, Butte Co, CA; m. SARAH ELSWICK THOMPSON, 25 Apr 1884, San Francisco, CA; b. 30 Oct 1864, "Sally" b. Lafayette Co, MO; d. 21 Jun 1960, Paradise, Butte Co, C.

Notes for JAMES KNOX POLK BOYDSTUN:
Family tradition has it that on the wagon train trip to California, the Indians wanted to swap for the blonde baby, James Knox Polk Boydstun.

James Knox Polk Boydstun was in Dayton, California by August, 1877.

His probate records at Butte County, California, show his estate and names daughter, Gladys Boydstun Domonoske.

150. DAVID CARROLL⁸ BOYDSTUN (ROBERT WASHINGTON⁷, JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 16 Feb 1813 in Hickman Co, TN, and died 30 Sep 1899 in Kingston, Madison Co, AR. He married CAROLINE C. CHOATE 30 Sep 1836 in Arkansas, daughter of SANDERS CHOATE and NANCY ... She was born 12 Jun 1818 in (or Chote) b. Alabama, and died 15 Jul 1891 in Kingston, Madison Co, AR.

Notes for DAVID CARROLL BOYDSTUN:
David Carroll Boydstun was born in Tennessee, moved to Missouri about 1830 and to Arkansas about 1836.

At some point during 1997 or 1998, a researcher sent me a GedCom file on the descendants of David Carroll Bodyston. Unfortunately, the file has nothing to attribute it to its author, and regretably, I have forgotten who sent it, having put off working with it for several months. Much data on David Carroll Boydston and his descendants is included in the file. This source give David C. Boydstun's date of birth as 15 February.

An identifying attribute to the file is that many of the sources are numbered and much data is listed in the "fact" lines rather than in the text notes. Sources are numbered in four-digit numbers, such as "3395" and are all listed as "Fact 13." This information may help identify the contributor at a future time.

Edward Hudson of Springdale, Arkansas, sent a great deal of information on this line in 1998.

An article in Goodspeed's History of Northwest Arkansas on David M. Boydstun, also gives a birth date of 15 Feb 1813.

Note that in Goodspeed, the name is spelled with a "U" instead of an "O" as some descendants have spelled it.

David C. Boydstun and Caroline Choate had 12 children, four of whom were still living at the time the Goodspeed history was written -- Mrs. Martha Cecil, Mrs. Rachel M. Whettley, Mrs. Nancy Suggs, and David M. Boydstun.

Assorted Madison County, Arkansas Federal Land Management Records include the following homestead and cash entry patents:

Boydston, David C. - Section 5, Township 16N, Range 24W
      40 acres             1 Sep 1849
      40 acres             15 Nov 1854
      54.48 acres      15 Nov 1854
      40 acres            1 Feb 1860
      40 acres            15 Dec 1882

Children of DAVID BOYDSTUN and CAROLINE CHOATE are:

	i.		ROBERT M.⁹ BOYDSTON, b. 1837, Madison Co, AR; d. Unknown, Madison Co, AR.
	ii.		MINERVA JANE BOYDSTON, b. 23 Feb 1839, "Jane" b. Kingston, Madison Co, AR; d. 26 Dec 1882, Arkansas; m. (1) FRANCIS MARION REEVES, Bef. 1857; b. Abt. 1832, Tennessee; d. 23 May 1863, in Civil War (Jasper, AR?); m. (2) ALEXANDER G. HUDSPETH, 20 Aug 1871, Carroll Co, AR; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	iii.		NANCY MATILDA BOYDSTON, b. 25 Jun 1840, "Nanny" b. Madison Co, AR; d. 29 Nov 1926, or 25 May 1887 from another source; m. ELIJAH HIRAM SUGG, Unknown; b. 25 Mar 1831, (or Suggs) b. Arkansas; served CSA; d. 25 Aug 1887, Arkansas.

Notes for NANCY MATILDA BOYDSTON:
According to the unknown GedCom source mentioned at David Carroll Boydstun, the death date of Nancy Matilda Boydstun is 29 Nov 1926.

A source for this family was listed by the above as Jim Lair, "Carroll County Families - These Were The First" p. 61.

iv.

RACHEL MAHALA BOYDSTON, b. 03 Oct 1842, or "Mahaley" b. Kingston, Madison Co, AR; d. 08 Jul 1915, Hamlin, TX; m. JOHN RICHARD WHITELEY, 03 Dec 1859, Arkansas; b. 21 Sep 1836, Carroll Co, AR; d. 12 May 1905, Bell Co, TX.

Notes for JOHN RICHARD WHITELEY:
"After the War, John and Rachel joined his father in Bell Co., Texas and their second child, Sarah, was born there on 25 July, 1866. On September 30, 1866, John's father, Rev. Charles booth Whiteley, wrote a letter to his daughters in Arkansas, breaking the sad news of the death of their sister, "Betty" (Elizabeth Whiteley) Thomas. In his letter he mentions that John and Rachel were there with their children. John had built their home near Sparta, Texas.

John Richard Whiteley died in his home in Bell county on 12 May, 1905 and was buried in the Liberty Hill Cemetery, but later his body was removed to the Resthaven Cemetery in Belton, Bell co., TX. where he rests beside his beloved wife, Rachel Mahaley (Boydston) Whiteley, who joined him in death on 8 July, 1915." From Joseph Whiteley Sr. and His Descendants in America.

	v.		SUSAN BOYDSTON, b. 1845, Madison Co, AR; d. Unknown.
	vi.		EMELINE BOYDSTON, b. 1847, Madison Co, AR; d. Unknown.
	vii.		MARTHA BOYDSTON, b. 1852, Madison Co, AR; d. Unknown; m. .. CECIL, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	viii.		DAVID M. BOYDSTUN, b. 15 Aug 1855, Madison Co, AR; d. 04 Mar 1919, Madison Co, AR; m. MINERVA E. WILKERSON, 18 Sep 1874; b. 13 Apr 1860, Kingston, Madison Co, AR; d. 13 May 1942, Madison Co, AR.

Notes for DAVID M. BOYDSTUN:
David M. Bodyston was a merchant and postmaster at Suggs, King's River Township, Madison County, Arkansas. He was also a farmer.

He was born at Suggs 15 Aug 1855 to David C. and Caroline C. Chote Boydstun, who were among the very first settlers of the county. They were members of the Baptist Church for many years, and David C. Boydstun was a Democrat in politics.

David M. Boydstun lived with his parents with his wife and children, farming until 1881, when he began merchandising at Marble, Arkansas. He was a partner of Jacob Owens for a short time, until Owens died 4 months after the partnership began. David then formed a partnership with E. A. Walls and sold goods the remainder of the year.

At that time he dissolved the partnership and began his own store with annual sales of $8,000 to $10,000. He was responsible for the post office being established at Suggs.

David M. Boydstun was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, IOOF at Marble, and was Noble Grand, and a Democrat in political views.

(Goodspeed's History of Northwest Arkansas -- written about 1886?? i.e. 5 children born before article)

(I am not sure which child "Ellar M." might be -- It could be Minerva.)

Assorted Madison County, Arkansas Federal Land Management Records include the following homestead and cash entry patents:

Boydston, David M. - Section 5, Township 16N, Range 24W, 53.49 acres 15 Dec 1882

Notes for MINERVA E. WILKERSON:
I had 6 April 1860, but Goodspeed's biography has 13 April 1860.

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