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Author: S. J. Clarke

REV. JOHN BODEN.
    Rev. John Boden, an Episcopal clergyman of Little Rock, was born on Barra
Island of the New Hebrides, off the northwest coast of Scotland, on the 3d of
August, 1879. His parents were John and Margaret (MacLachlan) Boden, the former
born in Sweden, March 9, 1854, while the mother's birth occurred in Glasgow,
Scotland, August 3, 1849. They were married in Glasgow, Scotland, September 26,
1873, and became parents of two sons, Duncan L. and John Boden. About
thirty-nine years ago the family came to America and the family home was
established in Chicago, Illinois. The father is a seaman. The mother departed
this life November 10, 1905.

    Rev. John Boden pursued his early education in the public schools of Chicago
and afterward attended Hanover College at Hanover, Indiana, from which he was
graduated in 1901, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He next entered the
McCormick Theological Seminary at Chicago. He was ordained a clergyman of the
Episcopal church in 1911. As deacon he was assigned to the charge of All Saints
Episcopal church at Nevada, Missouri, and afterward became rector of St. Paul's
church at Evansville, Indiana. On leaving that place he was made rector of St.
Mary's church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and later became rector of the Church of
the Holy Communion in St. Louis, Missouri. At the present writing he is rector
of Christ church of Little Rock, which is the mother church of the Episcopal
diocese of Arkansas. He was assigned to this pastorate in November, 1919, and
has labored untiringly for the development of the church and the extension of
its work. His labors have covered a wide scope, not only in connection with
religious work but along various other lines. He is a member of the ways and
means and other standing committees of the diocese of Arkansas and is a member
of the council of advice to the bishop of Arkansas. He is examining chaplain to
the bishop of Arkansas and chairman of the board of religions education of this
diocese.

    His labors, too, have been a vital element for progress and upbuilding along
lines outside the strict field of church work. He is a member of the speakers
bureau of the Arkansas Advancement Association, is a director of the Arkansas
State Farm for Women, is president of the Arkansas Prison Welfare Association,
is a director of the Arkansas Near East Relief and in connection with the city
in which he makes his home he is serving as a member of the Board of Commerce of
Little Rock, as a director of the United Charities Association, as a director of
the Pulaski County Tuberculosis Association, as president of the Little Rock
Motor Club, as vice president of the Little Rock Kiwanis Club and as president
of the Court of Honor of the Little Rock Council of the Boy Scouts. His
activities and interests are thus broad and varied, keeping him in touch with
the trend of modern thought and progress and particularly with the work that is
seeking to improve sociological and economic conditions.

    Rev. Mr. Boden is likewise a prominent figure in Masonic circles, belonging
to the various Masonic bodies. He has served as worshipful master of Clinton
Lodge No. 19, A. F. & A. M., of Petersburg, Illinois; was worthy patron of the
Eastern Star chapter at Petersburg; prelate in Palladin Commandery of the
Knights Templar at St. Paul, Minnesota; grand orator and grand marshal of the
grand lodge of Minnesota; and is a Consistory Mason and Mystic Shriner. He
likewise has membership in the Sigma Chi, a college fraternity.

    On the 1st of June, 1905, Mr. Boden was united in marriage to Miss Mabel
Boley Crum, who was born in Virginia, Cass county, Illinois, November 27, 1881.
She attended the graded and high schools of Virginia, Illinois, and afterward
became a student in the Illinois Woman's College at Jacksonville. She is a
daughter of David Marion and Henrietta (Payne) Crum, who were residents of
Virginia, Illinois. By her marriage she has become the mother of three children:
Margaret Henrietta, who died at the age of six years; John David, now eight and
a half years of age; and Mabel Crum, a little maiden of five summers. Mrs. Boden
takes an active interest in all departments of the local church work and is of
great assistance to her husband. Occupying an enviable social position, their
influence has been a potent force for cultural as well as moral progress in the
community. Rev. Mr. Boden is a close student of the vital questions and issues
of the day which affect the welfare of the individual and the progress of
mankind and has been a cooperant factor in many carefully organized plans and
agencies for public benefit and the general good. A man of scholarly
attainments, actuated by the highest ideals of service, his labors have indeed
been far-reaching and effective.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922



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