Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Boughton, William D 
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Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907

William D. Boughton, the present supervisor of Wheatland township, owns and 
operates a well improved farm of three hundred and sixty acres on sections 12 
and 13, Wheatland township. A portion of the farm on which he now resides has 
been in possession of the Boughton family through three generations, it having 
been settled by the paternal grandfather of our subject, Orris Boughton, who 
came to Will county from New York in 1842, bringing with him his family, 
consisting of wife, four sons and two daughters. He had traded for this 
property, whereon he made his home for many years, and both he and his wife 
died here. The only surviving member of his family is O. H. Boughton, who 
resides in Marion county, Illinois. The father, Warren W. Boughton, son of Mr. 
and Mrs. Orris Boughton, was born and reared in Genesee county, New York. He 
was married there to Miss Mary L. Scott, who was born in Geauga county, Ohio. 
They accompanied his father's family to Will county, where he built a log 
cabin on his farm on section 13, Wheatland township. He died in 1850 while en 
route for California, his death occurring at Des Moines, Iowa. He was 
accompanied on the trip by three brothers, who continued their journey to the 
Pacific coast. His widow survived for a long period and passed away in Will 
county in 1899, when she had reached the advanced age of seventy-nine years, 
although she was bright and active almost to the last. William D. Boughton is 
one of two children born of his father's marriage, his brother being Newell 
J., who was born in Du Page township, Will county, in 1842. He served for 
three and a half years in the Civil war as a member of Bolton's Battery of 
Chicago. After returning from the war he divided his time between Buffalo, New 
York, and Will county, but died in the latter place in 1876, at the early age 
of thirty-four years. His wife bore the maiden name of Ellen Scarrett, and was 
a daughter of Perry Scarrett, who was at one time sheriff of Will county and 
was one of its early residents. She afterward married again and now resides in 
Iowa. William D. Boughton was born February 28, 1846, and reared in Wheatland 
township, receiving a common-school education. He has always made farming his 
life work, and after his father's death inherited two hundred acres of land, 
which had been located by the grandfather, who gave to each of his sons two 
hundred acres, the old homestead farm falling to the lot of Warren W. 
Boughton, the father of our subject, this in turn being inherited by Mr. 
Boughton of this review. He has since added to his possessions and now owns 
three hundred and sixty acres of land, all of which is well improved and under 
a high state of cultivation. Mr. Boughton was united in marriage December 22, 
1869, to Miss E. J. Boardman, a daughter of Franklin Boardman. She was born in 
Wheatland township, and has two brothers, George B. Boardman, who resides on 
the old homestead farm in this township, and Wilbur W. Boardman, of 
California. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Boughton has been blessed with seven 
children: Mina L., who is now the wife of Frank W. Eaton, a resident of DuPage 
township, and who has become the mother of two daughters, Lois and Alice; 
Delia M., the wife of George T. Patterson, also of DuPage township; Newell J., 
who is pursuing a course in mechanical engineering at Armour Institute, at 
Chicago; Wilbur W., who wedded Miss Florence Thompson, and resides on the home 
farm being a successful breeder of shorthorn cattle; Frank B., who is with his 
parents; David W., who is attending the Plainfield high school; and Reuben S., 
who is also attending school. In his political views Mr. Boughton is a stanch 
republican and has taken a deep and active interest in local political 
affairs, having served as collector and road commissioner, and has also filled 
other township offices. In the spring of 1906 he was elected supervisor of 
Wheatland township and is discharging the duties in connection therewith in a 
most capable and efficient manner. He and his family hold membership with the 
Presbyterian church. The members of the family rank high in social circles and 
their own pleasant home is a favorite resort for their many friends.

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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