Bio of Boughton, Benjamin (b.1845) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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of the bios on her pages.

Boughton, Benjamin, (page 1047), Chester, is a brother of the above (Orrin 
E. Boughton), and received the same early training. His birth occurred in 
West Sparta, same county, February 23, 1845. His mother died when he was 
only three years old, and he was put out with a farmer to be brought up. 
He remained till eighteen years old with this taskmaster, who set him to 
follow the plow as soon as he could reach the handles, and gave him little 
opportunity for education. At eighteen, having received only his food and 
scanty clothing for years of faithful service, he set out to care for 
himself. In the fall of 1865 he came to Minnesota, and stayed one year, 
attending school in the winter. He returned to New York, where he remained 
till the fall of 1872. He engaged in farm labor here three years, and then 
bought his present home on section 34, consisting of eighty-seven acres. 
August 30, 1879, he was married to Ida Segar, who was born in Salem, 
Wisconsin. Mr. Boughton had no capital when he arrived in Wabasha county, 
and his success is a credit to himself and this region. He has always been 
a republican. He adopted an orphan child soon after its birth. Her name is 
Lucy Whaley, and she was born February 5, 1879.
      War of 1812