BIOGRAPHIES - BOULDEN, Rezin B., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Rezin B. BOULDEN _________________________________________ Birth: May 7, 1838 Father: Ephraim BOULDEN Mother: Mary BAKER Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Carrie CONWAY Father: James W. CONWAY Mother: Lovina JOHNSON Marriage: November 20, 1878 R. B. BOULDEN,1 P.M. and Jeweler; P. O. Millersburg; eldest son of Ephraim and his second wife Mary, daughter of Major John Baker, of Mason County, was born May 7, 1838. He began life as a teacher in Dist. No. 1, in his native county,and afterwards in Bourbon County, for several years. He went upon the river as clerk of a steamboat, where he remained for several years, the principal part of the time during the war; he was in the Government employ, in the transportation of troops and munitions of war, having for a considerable time charge of his boat. After the war he engaged for several years as clerk in a general store in the country; was for five months U. S. storekeeper at Clay and Pierce's Distillery, No. 80, and afterward traveled for that firm in the State of Mo. He returned to Ky. and engaged in mercantile business at Cynthiana and Claysville, Harrison Co.; failing in that business he returned to the river life, and acted as clerk on a boat plying from Memphis, Tenn., to Jacksonport, Ark., where he remained until he received his license as Captain of a boat plying in the Western rivers; he subsequently returned to Ky, and engaged as traveling salesman for the wholesale firm of H. C. Clay & Co.; this position he held until receiving the appointment of P. M. of Millersburg, Ky., Oct, 24, 1876; by a series of blunders he did not receive his commission until Jan. 25, 1877. He was married Nov. 20, 1878, to Carrie, eldest daughter of James W. and Lovina Conway, of Bourbon Courty; she a granddaughter of James H. Johnson, of Nicholas County. Mr. Boulden is a cripple, but a man of fine personal, social and business habits, and a man commanding the highest respect of the citizens of his community. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 508 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.