Emeline Boyd / Hezekiah Boswell

BARNETT H. BOSWELL, a farmer of Stewart County, is the son of HEZEKIAH
and EMELINE (BOYD) BOSWELL. The father was a native of North Carolina, and when young came to this county, where he was united in wedlock with MISS BOYD. For a livelihood he followed tilling the soil being a well to-do farmer. His wife was called from the toils of earth in 1851. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. After her death the father married ELIZABETH JOYCE, who still lives. After a long and useful life the father died at the age of sixty-nine. Barnett's ancestors were Irish on both sides. He was born in 1848 in this county, grew up on the farm, and had the advantages of the common schools. At the age of eighteen he went on the river to learn to pilot a steam- boat. At the end of nine months he was licensed to run a boat, but was called home by the sickness of his father. Thereupon he took to farming. He is the father of five children by AMANDA BRADLEY, to whom he was married in 1867. In 1885 his wife laid down the burden of life for a home where no burdens are to be borne. Since then he has kept house with the assistance of his children. Mr. Boswell has filled the office of constable for two years. Politically he is a staunch Democrat. Besides farming he has quite an extensive business in shipping logs. He is a good farmer and an energetic business man.

Source:
Goodspeed's History of Stewart County, TN: Biographies Published 1886

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