Bio of Boatman, Wesley H. (b.1874) Wabasha Co., MN
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Boatman, Wesley H. (p. 394), who is prosperously engaged in agriculture in
section 2, Mt. Pleasant Township, was born in Hay Creek Township, Goodhue
County, May 9, 1874, son of Henry and Nellie (Mosher) Boatman. He was only
four or five years old when he accompanied his parents to section 2,
Wabasha County, and here he subsequently attended the district school up
to the age of 14 years. His industrial activities were expended on the
home farm, which he helped his father to improve, and they were associated
together until 1903. October 10, that year, Mr. Boatman married Lillian
Elizabeth Thimijon, daughter of early immigrants from Germany. Mr. Boatman
and wife already had a home prepared, he having bought, in the fall of
1902, the farm on which he and his family are now living. This was known
as the Granville Clark farm, and contained 160 acres, of which 125 were
under the plow. It is now one of the best farms of its size in the
township, the soil being good and highly cultivated. The house, which Mr.
Boatman has improved, is a six-room frame structure, gas-lighted. He has
also improved the other buildings, has a good operating equipment, and
owns a large touring car. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining
satisfactory help on reasonable terms, he operates but one-half of his
farm, renting out the balance, but in spite of this limited activity, is
doing a satisfactory business. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and
his wife attend the M. E. church at Lake City.