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1849

If you know anything about Boston or would like to talk about the Steffey family line, please drop me a line..

jackiehollow @ gmail.com

Born in Berks Co, Pennsylvania

1850 - 1851

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.

lives in Fulton, Indiana

1860

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

Marries Christina Cubberly

21 April 1868

I have the marriage record.

Son William James born

1869

Born in Indiana

lives in Fulton, Indiana

1870

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

Daughter Lucy born

12 Dec 1870

son Samuel Leslie born

29 Mar 1873

Leslie was tried and acquitted for murder. I have many newspaper articles on him.

goes to Kansas

Feb 1880

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....

Marries Susan Bronson

13 Sept 1884

I have the marriage record.

Son Rollie born

31 Aug 1885

lives in Nettleton, AR

April 1887

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.

son William James dies

Nov 1888

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.

son Fredrick Clark born

24 Jan 1893

dies

Feb 1893 - 1900

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.