Biography of	Boland, Capt. F. M. Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller November 1997

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Capt. F. M. Boland,  proprietor of the Southern Chain works at 196
and 198 Magazine street, New Orleans, La., has been established in this
business since 1880, and through his own good management and energy he
has made the business a success.  His is the only establishment of the
kind in the city, and consequently receives a large patronage.  The
extent of his business necessitates the assistance of ten employee, who
are experienced and competent.  The rapidity with which his business has
grown is due to his honesty of purpose arid enthusiasm, as well as to a
thorough knowledge of his calling.  He was born in Philadelphia, Penn.,
in 1841, and obtained his education in the public schools of the Quaker
city.  His father, Dominick Boland, was born on the beautiful isle of
Erin, and came to the United States when a young man, locating in
Philadelphia as a general blacksmith, afterward becoming a manufacturer
of chains.  He retired from active business life in 1881.  In 1857 the
subject of this sketch entered his father's shops, where he remained
until July, 1863, when he joined the Fifty-first militia, but later
enlisted in the regular service, and was elected captain of Company K.
During the remainder of the war he served along the Ohio river, and upon
being mustered out of the service returned home and again entered his
father's establishment.  In 1880 he came to New Orleans and established
his present business, the trade at this point having been supplied by
his father at Philadelphia for many years, and here he has built up a
lucrative business.  He is well known in commercial circles, and his
business transactions have elicited none but the heartiest praise.
During the last election Mr. Boland was a candidate for the legislature
from his ward, and although he polled a large vote he was defeated by
the opposing candidate.  He is a member of the G. A. R., and socially
belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the K. of H.  He was married in this city
recently to Miss Josephine Whittaker, a resident of the Crescent city.

From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p. 302.
Submitted by Mike Miller