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Mary Boman: Seattle and Beyond
George Boman was only 46 years old when he died in Seattle on December 19, 1890. He had grown up in Tennessee and after fighting in the Union Army in the Civil War, he never went back home. He journeyed … Continue reading
George Boman in 1890 in Seattle
George Boman, originally from Tennessee, was a Civil War veteran who made the classic American western migration across the USA in search of opportunities. After his Civil War service ended in 1865, Boman went to Kentucky, spent a few years … Continue reading
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George Boman in the Prosperous 1880s in Seattle
In 1882-1883 George Boman split up with his second wife, Adelia, and started a new life in a house on the north shore of Lake Union, on what is now Woodland Park Avenue North near Stone Way. Those streets did … Continue reading
A Civil War Veteran in Seattle: George Boman
As of 1874 George Boman had done a lot of living in his thirty years of life. He’d already been married and divorced in Tennessee, had fought for the Union in the Civil War, had made a new marriage in … Continue reading
The Journey of a Civil War Veteran: George Boman of Tennessee
In the years after the Civil War of 1861 to 1865, veterans became part of the Western Movement in the USA. Most soldiers returned to their home states at first, and then many former soldiers pursued opportunities in undeveloped lands … Continue reading
Seattle During and After the Civil War
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865 the struggling outpost of Seattle in Washington Territory anxiously watched and waited as to how the war’s outcome would affect not only national issues but how it would affect federal influence in the … Continue reading
A Civil War Confederate in Seattle: John Scurry
The events of the American Civil War, 1861-1865, occurred far, far away in the eastern USA but during those years residents of Seattle certainly were aware of the conflict. In the decades after the Civil War, veterans tended to migrate … Continue reading
A Civil War Veteran in Fall City: Augustus Marshall
Americans have always been a people on-the-move. Every year numbers of Americans relocate for reasons of access to jobs, education or simply for a change of lifestyle to explore a different region and climate. From the earliest years of the … Continue reading
A Civil War Veteran in Seattle: H.C. Henry
During the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865, one of the pivotal battles was at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, over three days: July 1, 2, and 3, 1863. This titanic confrontation between Confederate troops commanded by Robert E. Lee, and the … Continue reading
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Counting the Civil War Veterans in 1890
In the years following the Civil War of 1861-1865, veterans migrated westward to find land and new lives. By 1890 there were at least 1,000 Civil War veterans in the Seattle area and more in many other parts of Washington … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 