Goerge A BOYINGTON - Bio Contributed by Bruce E. Kendall Source: Biographical History of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892. Pg. 756. GEORGE A. BOYINGTON, proprieter of the City Livery and Sale Stables, was born in Belfast, Allegany county, New York, in 1837, a son of Asa and Esther (Sanford) Boyington. When eight years of age our subject came with his parents to Wisconsin, locating for a few weeks in Milwaukee, and later in Jefferson county. At the age of twenty years Mr. Boyington went to Minnesota, and was engaged six years in the lumber and sawmilling business, after which he returned to Jefferson county, Wisconsin. In 1862 he in listed in Company H, Thirteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was in the Quartermaster's Department during the greater part of his service. He was wounded in the hip by a bushwacker while looking after the Government stock about twelve miles from Decatur, Alabama, and still suffers from that wound. He as in the seven days' fight atDecatur, in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, at Huntsville, and inmany other engagements. He was discharged at Nashville Tennessee, in 1865, after which he located at Whitewater, Wisconsin, and operated a billiard hall for six years. Mr. Boyington then went to Montana and spent two years in mining, after which he came to Tomah and assisted in making the tunnel on the Omaha railroad, near this city. Six years later he went to Valley Junction and erected a hotel, which he operated seventeen years, and during this time he took contracts to furnish wood and railroad ties to the Omaha Railroad Company. In 1888 his hotel was destroyed by fire, but for two years previous to this he had been conducting a livery and sale stable in this city, and to which he now devotes his entire attention. He has twenty-one head of horses, and also a fine English shire stallion, of full blood, and a fine track pacer, of the Hambletonian stock. Mr. Boyington has 900 acres of land at Valley Junction, a part of which is under cultivation. He was married in April, 1866, to Lucinda Marsh, a native of Newburg, Ohio, and they have two children: William, engaged in railroad work, and Maud, at home. Mr. Boyinton affiliates with the Democratic party, and has held many of the offices of his township. NOTE: Mr Kendall has been researching his ggggrandfather, Selium McGary. In the process, he has found some documents which have been added to the archives. They are transcriptions of five biographies - in addition to his ancestor, two (Talbot and Quinn) were associates of Selium; the other two just happened to be on the pages that he photocopied, and included as a public service. ************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain thewritten consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of thesubmitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of thisconsent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed by Bruce E. Kendall ***************************************************************************