Hi I cannot add any info earlier than Frank and Lucy but I do have census records for 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 that show them, and each child then living at the time of the census and their birth year. Not able to find any elder Frank in earlier Ill census records. Is the uniform in your picture Union or confederate? Jerry Boatwright. On 1 Jul 2005 21:29:48 -0600 cerydwyn@sigecom.net writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Boatright Boatwright > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZYE.2ACEB/335 > > Message Board Post: > > I recently found this message board and wanted to post a message in > hopes there would be someone else familiar with this branch of the > family. I have been keeping genealogical information for years but > have never quite had the time to get started; I am now hoping to > make some progress. > > My family are the Boatwrights/Boatrights who settled in Illinois > (Centralia, Sandoval, Eldorado). At this point, I have gone back to > Frank Boatwright. I have written information on his son, also Frank, > but I do have a civil war picture of the elder Frank in uniform. > Frank, the younger (my great grandfather) married Lucy Virginia > McCartney in Centralia, Illinois on November 30, 1882. They had six > children (two died in infancy), Harry Paul, Freddie Seymore*, Nellie > Grace*, William Carl, Elsa Irma, and my grandfather Zeno. > > I would love to communicate with anyone who has any knowledge at all > of this family. > > > > ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Boatright Surname Resources at Rootsweb. > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BOATRIGHT/ > Always try to be Fair, Honest and Kind! > > >

I am not certain if the uniform is Confederate or Union. Is there any way I can tell? He is wearing a cap, but the brim is turned somewhat upward, which hides most of the front. The uniform has white, or at least light, trim around the collar. There appears to be the hilt of a weapon at the bottom of the picture. Otherwise, there are no distinguishing marks. On the back of the photo is written: "Great Grandfather Boatright of Pauline, Harold, Frank, Doris, and Paul, Father of Frank Boatright who was our Grandfather and father of Harry P. Boatright. Our Great Grandfather's name was also Frank Boatright, Irma said. Our Great Grandfather was also the Great Grandfather of Don L. Boatright of Evansville, In, and Maxine Boatright who lives in Chicago, Il." My father was Don Boatright and he lived with Irma for a time when he was small. I spent some time in the summers with her in Eldorado, IL. I spoke about this with Irma while she was alive and she told me the same about the name Frank, but couldn't really give me anything more detailed. Although, from the front of Frank's Bible, I do have the name of the minister who married Frank and Lucy, the names of the witnesses, and the birth and death dates of some of their kids. Maxine still lives in Chicago. I saw her last year at a reunion of her side of the family. I believe that Doris is still alive as well because I remember Dad saying she called last year. My father, Don, died last summer on July 5, 2004. Cynthia Boatright (Widick) cerydwyn@sigecom.net