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Boynton, Adelbert W

railroad manager, was born Feb. 9, 1852, in Jay, N. Y. He was educated at the University of Vermont. He entered railway service in 1890 as secretary and passenger agent of the Keesville, Au Sable Chasm and Lake Champlain railroad, at Keesville, N. Y., and takes a prominent part in public affairs. ΒΟΥΝΤΟΝ, CHARLES BRANDON, clergyman, was born June 12, 1806, in Stockbridge, Mass. He took up the study of law, and, after filling one or two local offices, was elected to the Massachusetts legislature. During 1846-77 he was a presbyterian pastor in Cleveland, Ohio, with the exception of his terms of service as chaplain of the house of representatives in the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses. He died April 27, 1883, in cincinnati, Ohio. ΒΟΥΝΤΟΝ, EDWARD CARLISLE, soldier, author, was born about 1825 in Vermont. He is a United States army officer and the author of the History of West Foint.

ΒΟΥΝΤΟΝ, ELIAS, merchant, poet, was born Nov. 30, 1832, in Peterboro, N. H.

He received his education in the Peterboro academy, and for many years was engaged in educational work. He has been a justice of the peace; secretary of the American Boynton association; director of the city school board of New Lisbon, Wis., where he has also filled numerous public offices. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and his poems have been a valuable acquisition to current literature. ΒΟΥΝΤΟΝ, HENRY VAN NESS, soldier, was born in Massachusetts. He served in the civil war, and attained the rank of brigadier-general for gallant and meritorious conduct. He is president of the Chickamauga park commission.