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1849
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If you know anything about Boston or would like to talk about the Steffey family line, please drop me a line..
jackiehollow @ gmail.com
1850 - 1851
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Boston was born around 1850 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. I do not have an exact date of birth as of right now. His parents were Benjamin Steffey and Elizabeth Miller.
I need to search birth and baptism records to see if I can find proof of birth. Benjamin and Elizabeth were living in Berks Co, PA in 1850. Boston, however, isn't in the census. I believe he was born shortly after the census was taken.
1860
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The ages of the children are very different than the 1850 census...
1860 United States Federal Census about Boston Steffey
Name: Boston Steffey
Age in 1860: 11
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Rochester, Fulton, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Rochester
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin Steffey 40
Elizabeth Steffey 38
Abraham Steffey 16
Elizabeth Steffey 15
Hiram Steffey 12
Boston Steffey 11
Susan Steffey 9
Henry Steffey 6
Mary Steffey 4
Clarissa Steffey 9/12
21 April 1868
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I have the marriage record.
1869
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Born in Indiana
1870
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1870 United States Federal Census about Boston Steffey
Name: Boston Steffey
Age in 1870: 20
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Rochester, Fulton, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Rochester
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Boston Steffey 20
Christiana Steffey 20
William J Steffey 1
12 Dec 1870
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29 Mar 1873
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Leslie was tried and acquitted for murder. I have many newspaper articles on him.
Feb 1880
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I have a newspaper article stating that Boss was going to Kansas dated Feb 1880.
I believe that Boston may have been moving to LaCrosse, Rush, Kansas in 1880, and that's why I can't find them in the census. Or perhaps in route, visiting. His son Samuel Leslie was living with Boston's sister, Susan Boles, and they were living in Kansas in 1880. Did they all move together?
Boston was in IN in 1884, then AR by 1887....
13 Sept 1884
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I have the marriage record.
31 Aug 1885
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April 1887
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I have a couple newspaper articles stating that Boss is called back to Indiana because his father, Benjamin, has taken very ill. He is in Nettleton, AR at the time.
Nov 1888
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I have James obit, who was living with a family friend in Indiana. It appears he had been living with him for quite some time. Perhaps James never went to Arkansas at all with Boston.
I also have an article that states that Boss came back to Indiana to attend James' funeral.
24 Jan 1893
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Feb 1893 - 1900
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Boston dies sometime during this time period. I've yet to find a grave, death record, etc for him. I'm presently trying to find information from the cemetery that most people in Nettleton were buried in.
The estimates for Boston's death dates are because of his youngest son's birth, and the 1900 census, where I find Susan living with their two children, and listed as widowed.