James Mills Boatman

1831 - 1914  (82 years)

• Name	James Mills Boatman
  Born	6 Jun 1831	Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 May 1914	Beattie, Marshall, Kansas, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Aft 5 May 1914	Beattie Union Cemetery, Beattie, Marshall Co, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I1449	Decker Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	James Miles Boatman,   b. 1803,   d. 1872  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Cohee,   b. 3 Jan 1809, Delaware, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 1887, Bright, Dearborn, Indiana, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Fleming Cook,   b. 7 Nov 1836, Guilford, Dearborn, Indiana, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1920  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Abt 1858
  Children	1. Rebecca J. Boatman,   b. 8 Jan 1859,   d. 24 Sep 1936  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   2. George V. Boatman,   b. 18 Jan 1861, ,, Indiana, USA ,   d. 14 Apr 1926  (Age 65 years)  [natural]   3. Jeremiah Boatman,   b. 10 Dec 1862,   d. 7 Jun 1895  (Age 32 years)  [natural]   4. Elizabeth Boatman,   b. 22 Aug 1865,   d. 28 Oct 1865  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James Boatman was born near Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, June 6, 1831, and departed this life at his home near Beattie, Kas., May 5, 1914, aged eighty-two years and eleven months. When but a boy he removed with his parents to Dearborn county, Ind., where he grew to manhood. At the age of twenty-seven he was united in marriage to Ann Cook. To whom this union were born two sons and two daughters, one son and one daughter having preceded him to the better land. He leaves to mourn his wife, one son and one daughter,three brothers, two sisters and a host of friends. He was converted at an early age and united with the M.E. church to which he remained a faithful member until his death. He led in prayer at the family altar the morning before the Lord called him to join the chorus of the angels' praise around the throne. His last words were, "O Jesus, take me." Mr. Boatman went to Kansas in the fall of 1878 and moved on the farm on which he lived at the time of his death. --Lawrenceburg (IN) Press 14 May 1914--

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Gravestone (full date). [S16] Obituary.