Bio of Boatman, William (b.1817) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Boatman, William, (page 963), one of the pioneers of 1855, was born in 
Brown county, Ohio, on February 2, 1817. His parents were Henry and 
Rachael (Laenex) Boatman. His early life was spent on a farm in Ripley 
county, where he received a fair common school education. He worked at the 
carpenter trade for fifteen years in Brown county, Ohio, and three years 
in Indiana. In 1855 he came in the early spring to Plainview township, 
where he located a claim on section 11, and was interested with Gen. 
Sharp, E. B. Eddy, Mr. Geisinger and Mr. Todd in the planning of the 
shortlived town of Greenville. In 1861 he disposed of his claim on section 
11 and bought out the Geisinger claim on section 10, where he continued to 
reside for ten years. In 1871 he removed to Wisconsin, and engaged in 
lumbering, building a sawmill at Humbird. Here misfortune visited his 
enterprises in the shape of fire, that twice destroyed his property within 
a period of five years. He finally sold out his Wisconsin interests and 
returned to Plainview.