Soldier Information
Name: Charles Boarman
Alias:
Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1837
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 12, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4
Company: F Regiment(s): 107th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Lebanon, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
On July 12, 1864, Charles Boarman, age 27, enlisted at Lebanon, Kentucky (Marion County). He was mustered in at Lebanon on the same day as he enlisted. The name of his enslaver was Josephine Boarman (1847-1930), of Hardin County, Kentucky, and he enlisted without her consent. In August/September 1864, Private Charles Boarman was suffering from measles and was confined to the camp hospital in Louisville. His treatments included a milk diet along with cod liver oil and whiskey. From April through July 1865, he was on duty as a musician. This is noteworthy because his son, George Richard Boarman (1869-1942) was a famous orchestra leader and music teacher in Chicago, Illinois. In November 1865, Private Boarman was on duty as an attendant at the Regimental hospital. He was mustered out of Co. F 107th USCI on November 22, 1866, at Washington, DC. At that time, he had withdrawn $10.25 from his clothing account. He was owed $200 in Bounty money from the US Government, and he owed $3.00 to the regimental sutler, Roscoe C. Facer (1847-1904). When Private Charles Boarman was mustered out, he was described as “Free.”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: July 3, 1903
Cause of Death: Unknown
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: January 30, 1890
Application No.: 752048 Certificate No.: 795495
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: July 24, 1903
Application No.: 788517 Certificate No.: 576031
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Lawrence County Pensioner State: IL
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Pension Notes:
Charles Boarman applied for an invalid pension on January 30, 1890, from Maryland. His pension was granted about two years later. Charles Boarman died on July 3, 1903. His widow, Mary A. Boarman, applied for a widow’s pension on July 24, 1903, Indiana. Her pension was also approved.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Charles Boarman’s Freedman’s Bank record was on the same page as his four brothers. Charles Boarman’s entry was similar to his borther’s records (107th USCI, Jeffersonville, Indiana residence, father Hanson Boarman, etc.) except for the name of his enslaver—Josephine Boarman. Also, Charles Boarman was described as having a scar on his nose. NOTE: Charles Boarman’s residence location was incorrectly transcribed as Jeffersonville, Kentucky.
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Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Hanson Father Last Name: Boarman
Siblings: George Boarman
William Anthony Boarman
Cornelius Boarman
Horace Wesley Boarman
Sophia Boarman
Wife #1 First Name: Mary Anna Maiden Name: Neighbors
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: George Richard Boarman 1869
Clarence Richard Boarman 1873
Charles Ignatius Boarman 1875
Anna Boarman 1876
Laure E. Boarman 1879
Sarah Alice 1883 Boarman
James Andrew Boarman 1886
Family Notes:
Charles Boarman, unlike his brothers, returned to farming as an occupation after mustering out of the 107th USCI in 1866. Although he initially settled in Jeffersonville, Indiana, after the Civil War, he moved back to Hardin County, Kentucky by 1880, where he was enslaved prior to volunteering to serve Co. F 107th USCI. But by 1900, Charles Boarman moved himself and his family to a farm near the Pinkstaff community in Lawrence County, Illinois, where he lived until his death in 1903. Pinkstaff is located about 15 miles northwest of Vincennes, Indiana, where Charles Bowman and other family members were buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery. At least two of the Boarman children had notable careers. Their son, George Richard Bowman (1869-1942), who lost his sight as an adult, became a well-known orchestra leader and music teacher in Chicago. He was known in Chicago music circles as “Prof. Bowman.” Their daughter, Laura E. Boarman Starks (1879-1940), was active in politics in Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of her death in 1940, she was in Chicago, caring for her brother, George Richard Bowman.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Farmer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1880 Census Notes:
Charles Boarman (transcribed as Bowman) age 37, lived in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Hardin County). He worked as a laborer. He did not own any real estate but he could read and write. Also in the household was his wife, [Mary] Anna Boarman, 35, who kept house; and four children: George Boarman, age 12; Anna Boarman, age 12 [her age was actually closer to 4, not 12]; Clarence Boarman, age 8; and Charles Boarman, age 4.
1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1900 Profession: Farmer
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: Farm
1900 Census Notes:
Charles Boarman, born February 1837, was a farmer in Russell, Illinois (Lawrence County, Illinois) and owned his farm, free and clear. His wife Mary A. Boarman, was age 55 (she had 12 children, 6 were living as of 1900). Their daughter Sarah A. Boarman 17, worked as a servant. Also in the household was nephew Louis Harris, age 19, a farm laborer.
1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Josephine Boarman Location: Hardin County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver: Sylvester Boarman
Enslaver Notes:
Charles Boarman was originally enslaved by Sylvester Boarman (1801-1854), who was born in Maryland, and died in Hardin County. The family was Roman Catholic. When Sylvester Boarman died in 1854, his estate was dispersed to his heirs, including his enslaved persons. Sylvester Boarman’s daughter, Josephine Boarman Marriott (1847-1930) became the enslaver of Charles Boarman after her father’s death. In 1867, Josephine Boarman married Patrick Henry Marriott (1842-1932), who in the U.S. Cavalry during the Civil War. Sometime after 1869, the Marriott family moved to Cass County, Missouri, where Josephine Boarman Marriott died in 1930.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 13
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: 0 1860 Personal Estate Value: 0
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found