WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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			HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY


            TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL MATTER, STATISTICS, ETC.
                   GATHERED FROM MATTER FURNISHED BY 
                       INTERVIEWS WITH OLD SETTLERS,
        COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND OTHER RECORDS, AND EXTRACTS FROM 
                FILES OF PAPERS, PAMPHLETS, AND SUCH OTHER 
                     SOURCES AS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE. 

                                   ALSO A 

                        HISTORY OF WINONA COUNTY

                                  CHICAGO:
                      H. H. HILL & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
                                     1884


Boughton, Orrin E., farmer, Mazeppa, has resided here since 1858, at which time he purchased a 
 claim on section 9. He now owns one hundred and eighty-two acres on sections, 8, 9, 16 and 34, 
 besides a quarter-section in the James River valley, in Dakota. He arrived in Wabasha county with 
 eighty-four dollars, and has secured a competency by his sagacity and industry. He was married in the 
 spring of 1865 to Jane Summers, who died without issue, April 30, 1866. In June, 1870, he married 
 Rhoda A., daughter of A. H. Bright, of this town. They have one child, Cecile Inez, born November 
 18, 1873. Mr. Boughton is a member of the masonic order. He is a republican in politics; served as 
 town supervisor in 1879-80-81-82. He enlisted October 18, 1861, in Co. I, 3d Minn. regt. At the battle 
 of Stone river he was made a prisoner, and held three months. At the battle of Wood Lake he 
 commanded a company of thirty-two men, of whom twenty-four were killed or wounded. After this 
 he was made a corporal. After participating in the battles at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Fort Harmon, 
 Young's Point and Little Rock, he was detailed for detached service as sergeant-major. He was 
 commissioned as a second lieutenant in the regular army, and soon promoted to first. His health 
 failing, he was compelled to resign, which he did March 18, 1865. He was offered a captaincy if he 
 would remain in the army, but could not accept it. His grandfather was a colonel in the war of 1812. 
 His father, Ebeneezer Boughton, was born in New York, and married Roxy Barney, of the same 
 state. This subject is their second son, and was born in Nunda, Livingston county, New York, 
 November 8, 1836. All his life was passed in that state until he came here. He was reared on a farm, 
 and received a common school education. His natural abilities have made him a valuable and 
 prominent citizen.