Chambers County AlArchives Biographies.....Boazman, Thomas February 20 1839 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 15, 2004, 4:33 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) THOMAS BOAZMAN, a farmer of Chambers county, is a son of Bainbridge and Rebecca (Rudd) Boazman. The former was a native of South Carolina, was reared and married there. In 1838, soon after his marriage, he came to Alabama, locating in Lee county, and afterward removing to Chambers county, eight miles southeast of Opelika, living there from that time until his death, which occurred April 22, 1891. He was a planter by occupation, and was very successful, but seldom took much interest in politics. He was a member of the Christian church at Shady Grove, Lee county, Ala. The Boazmans are in all probability, of Irish descent. Thomas Boazman was born February 20, 1839, near the old homestead in Lee county. He enlisted in company A, Fourteenth Alabama infantry, as a private soldier, in July, 1861, and served in that regiment until December of the same year, when he was discharged on account of ill health. In August, 1862, he again entered the army, and in the battle of Sharpsburg, just one month after his second enlistment, he was wounded, having all the fingers of his left hand shot away. He was again discharged, and did not again enter the active service of the Confederacy, although he did some service as a member of the conscription corps. Upon returning from the war he lived on a part of the old homestead until 1884, when he removed to Talladega, and lived there one year. In 1886 he removed to his present farm near Marcoot postoffice, where he owns a plantation of 400 acres of land and runs six plows. he was married November 1, 1864, in Lee county, to Sallie Lewis, by whom he had eight children, viz.: B. M., who lives near his father; John L., salesman of Sycamore, Ala.; Mark, who farms with his father; James B., who lives at home; Stella, wife of W. J. Meadors, of Wise postoffice, Ala; Sallie, Thomas and David. Politically Mr. Boazman is a democrat, he is a Mason and a member of the Christian church of Shady Grove, Lee county. Mr. Boazman also runs a store in connection with his farm. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 625-626 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb