Joseph Hyrum Boynton

Brief Life History of Joseph Hyrum

When Joseph Hyrum Boynton was born on 27 December 1849, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Abraham Dodge Boynton, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Marie Burbank, was 32. He married Flora Mayvella Burgess on 10 October 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bountiful Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 23 August 1922, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hyrum Boynton
1849–1922
Millicent Holbrook
1868–1908
Marriage: 15 June 1888
Jessie Earl Boynton
1891–1918
John Roy Boynton
1894–1950
Sylvia Millie Boynton
1896–1970
Martha Alice Boynton
1898–1972
James Frederick Boynton
1900–1956
Bessie Lorene Boynton
1902–1997
Charlotte Emma Boynton
1905–1986

Sources (68)

  • Joseph H Boyington in household of Abram D Boyington, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Joseph H. Boynton, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
  • Jos H Boynton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1850

Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire named Boynton, from the Old English personal name Bōfa + the connective particle -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’. Alternatively, the name may have arisen from Boyton in Wiltshire (recorded in Domesday Book as Boientone) or from Boyington Court in Kent (recorded in 1207 as Bointon), both of which are named with the Old English personal name Boia + tūn ‘settlement’.

History: John Boynton emigrated from England to Salem, MA, 1638.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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