Catharine Boynton

Lyman married Fanny Williams about 1885. Fanny (daughter of Read Amariah Williams and Celista Haughton) was born in Sep 1858 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://archive.org/stream/industrialchicag03good/industrialchicag03good_djvu.txt
Read Amariah Williams. A name very frequently encountered by the student of lumber history in connection with Chicago is that of Read A. Williams, who was identified with the business at a date early enough to admit of an entrance into the "pioneer" class. Mr. Williams was a Yankee from the Nutmeg State, having been born at Mansfield, Conn., in 1808. In his early youth, however, his parents removed to Morrisville, Madison County, N. Y., where he obtained such, education as was afforded by the district school and local academy, combined with extensive reading, for his disposition prompted a research into all the available literature of the day, with a view to a truthful knowledge of men and things, and their proper relations to society and the world in general. His first business venture was in general merchan- dise in connection with his younger brother, Dwight T. Williams, at Morrisville, N. Y., continuing in mercantile pursuits until 1843, when he came West and engaged in the buying of produce and furs in the country, and finding market for them in the young but thriving city of Chicago, until in 1846 he entered into partnership with James Leonard, and the firm of Leonard & Williams established a lumber yard on Randolph Street, near the corner of Clinton Street, the depot then being located on the west side of the Kinzie Street bridge. In 1851 Mr. T. M. Avery purchased the Leonard interest, and the firm became Williams & Avery, and so continued for about ten years, the business proving very profitable. Upon the dissolution of this partnership in i8=;6, he for a year or more engaged with his brother John M. in the purchase of real estate and building. Mr. Williams was for a time associated with Mr. W. D. Houghteling in a general grain and commission business, until about 1860, when he became con- nected with the late Martin Ryerson as business manager of the extensive yards of that gentleman, and so resumed his connection with the lumber business of tlris city. Mr. Williams had the reputation of being the best salesman on the Chicago market, and it was claimed for him that he could secure better prices for the same grade of product than any other man. So well was his reputation established that during his employ by Mr. Ryerson, he commanded a $6,OOO salary, which in those days was abnormally large. His ability to present a subject with clearness, his facility as a correspondent, and his polite address, won for him a host of friends, and his success in building up a Western and Southwestern trade was phenomenal. His trade with St. Louis merchants was the envy of competitors. He was an exceptionally broad-minded, active and progressive business man of intelligent perceptions. About this time his health failed, and in 1867 he removed to Red Wing, Minn., where he engaged in money-loaning and real estate until his death, in 1872. Mr. Williams was married at Morrisville, N. Y., to Miss Celista Haughton, of that place, by whom he had four children, the only son dying at an early age. Of the three daughters the eldest is the wife of J. Newton Ninde, editor of the Mississippi Valley Lumberman, of Minneapolis, Minn.; the second daughter is the wife of Lyman J. Boynton, of Red Wing, Minn., and the third daughter is the wife of Hugh M. Wilson, business manager of the Railway Age, of Chicago. The widow of Mr. Williams is at this time residing at Red Wing. Mr. Williams was in 1848 elected an alderman of the Fifth Ward, an office which he held for the term of two years. He was an ardent Republican, and an active anti-slavery advocate, and became connected with the Republican party at its inception, having previously voted for James Birney, the abolition candidate for the presidency.

Read married Celista Haughton in Morrisville, Madison Co, New York, USA. Celista (daughter of William B. Haughton and Fanny Hoard) was born in Jul 1826 in Morrisville, Madison Co, New York, USA; died on 13 Dec 1907 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA; was buried in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA (Graceland Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922
Name:Celesta Haughton Williams
Birth Date:abt 1826
Birth Place:Morrisville, New York
Death Date:13 Dec 1907
Death Place:Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date:14 Dec 1907
Burial Place:Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Name:Graceland
Death Age:81
Race:White
Marital Status:Widowed
Gender:Female
Residence:Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father Birth Place:Massachusetts
Mother Birth Place:Massachusetts
FHL Film Number:1239769

Amariah married Olive Read. [Group Sheet]

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Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=haughton&GSiman=1&GScid=253808&GRid=46089047&

William married Fanny Hoard on 4 Apr 1820 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. Fanny (daughter of Deacon Enos Hoard and Fanny Perry) was born about 1799 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA or New York, USA; died on 29 Jun 1884 in Red Wing, Goodhue Co, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Living with her daughter Celista in the 1870 and 1880 census.

Obituary:
Morrisville NY Madison Observer 1882-1885 - 0541.pdf http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%207/Morrisville%20NY%20Madison%20Observer/Morrisville%20NY%20Madison%20Observer%201882-1885/Morrisville%20NY%20Madison%20Observer%201882-1885%20-%200541.pdf
OBITUARY.? Mrs. Fanny Haughton, widow of Wm. B. Haughton, formerly of this town, died at Red Wing, Minn., on the 29th ult., in the 85th year of her age. Mrs. Haughton was a native of Massachusetts, but came to this county in early life? her father being the late Dea. Enos Hoard of Stockbridge. About forty years ago her family came to this village, and subsequently removed to Chicago. In 1867 Mrs. Haughton went to Red Wing to reside with her eldest daughter, widow of the late Read A. Williams, formerly of this village. All who have known her (says the Red Wing
Sun) testify most warmly to the nobleness of Her character, the marked traits of which were thoroughness and sincerity. Cheerful thankfulness born of a deep Christian experience made her old age a benediction to all who knew her. Such a life as Mrs. Haughton's is the greatest of family treasures and a lasting blessing to the world.



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