Columbia-Philadelphia County PA Archives Biographies.....BOODY, Lincoln H. 1860 - living in 1899
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  LINCOLN H. BOODY. Among the prosperous business men of Columbia County who have
  succeeded in life mainly on account of their energy, perseverance and economy,
  coupled with the fact that success in life depends considerably upon attending
  to one's business and not mixing in the affairs of neighbors, is the subject of
  this biographical sketch, whose portrait is shown on a preceding page. Mr. Boody
  is one of the hustling business men of the town of Rupert and is the proprietor
  of the Rupert Granite & Marble Works. He was born at Mullica Hill, N. J.,
  September 28, 1860, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Looper) Boody.
  
    The Boody family is of English origin, and the first of that name to locate in
  this country settled in the state of New Jersey, where they were engaged in
  tilling the soil. George Boody, the grandfather of our subject, owned a large
  farm where the village of Vineland, N. J., now stands.
  
    David Boody, the father of our subject, was a millwright, carpenter and
  cabinetmaker by trade, arid followed those occupations at intervals throughout
  his entire life. He also contracted for building and erected many large
  manufacturing plants throughout the country. Mr. Boody was an author of
  considerable note and his most valuable work was a history of the Civil War,
  which was not completed by him on account of his death. When the Civil War broke
  out he assisted in forming the first company that left the state of New Jersey
  in response to the call issued by President Lincoln. After three years' gallant
  service he fell a martyr to the Union cause. He was united in the bonds of
  matrimony to Elizabeth Looper, a daughter of John Looper, a well-to-do resident
  of Gloucester, N. J. As a result of this union three sons and three daughters
  were born, namely: R. H., a hotelkeeper residing at Tivoli, Pa.; David, who is
  employed in the iron mills; Rachael, who was drowned at the age of eighteen
  years; Amy, wife of William Camm of Bridgeton, N. J.; Lincoln H., our subject;
  and Hattie, wife of John Fletcher of Fairton, N. J.
  
     Upon the death of Mr. Boody our subject's mother, after losing considerable
  property, moved to Mullica Hill with her family and our subject at a very early
  age was compelled, at the age of nine years, to go to work in a nail factory.
  After remaining there a short time he was employed as a cabinboy and assistant
  cook aboard several vessels, continuing that line of business a number of years.
  In 1876 he moved to Philadelphia, where he worked in a market at No. 12 Market
  street. His next move was to Rupert, Columbia County, Pa., where he served an
  apprenticeship to the stonecutting trade. After learning the trade he became a
  salesman and later he was taken as a partner in the works owned by his brother,
  R. H. Boody. They successfully carried on that business and later started
  another granite and marble works at Hughesville, Columbia County. In 1888 the
  firm dissolved partnership and our subject became sole proprietor of the Rupert
  works, and in 1896 he purchased the works at Hughesville. Mr. Boody is now
  carrying on a successful business and is evidently on the high road to
  prosperity. He is a fair-and-square business man, and, though young in years,
  has made his mark in the community where he resides. He has a large and
  increasing trade and is esteemed throughout the county for his strict business
  principles and upright character. He is at present carrying a stock worth twelve
  thousand dollars and also owns considerable property in.and about Rupert,
  including a fine farm. Our subject was one of the first in this section to
  engage in the bicycle business, and besides he is an expert rider and has won
  many prizes for both speed and trick riding. Mr. Boody is an unwavering Democrat.
  
    On December 21, 1887, Sarah L. Nichols of Bridgeton, N. J., and our subject
  were united in marriage, and as a result of this union three children blessed
  their home: Mary Catherine; Porter Rupert, who died in infancy; and Letitia Morgan.
  
    As one of the esteemed citizens of Columbia County, Lincoln Boody occupies an
  enviable position. He possesses more than ordinary intelligence, is truly a
  self-made man, of high principles, upright and honorable in all his dealings,
  and is a citizen whose worth is appreciated at its full value.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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