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==Birth==
Smith Azor Boughton was born in Westerlo in October of 1845, a son of Seth Boughton and Betsey Lawton<ref name="Berne History">Berne NY Family files, www.bernehistory.org </ref>

==Marriage & Children== 
He married at about 1875, Isabella Gerrard who was born in 1855.  They had 12 children, 10 of whom were still living in 1900.  The names of the children found on census reports are as follows:
*Ralph Boughton
*Eugene Boughton
*Arthur B. Boughton
*Ruth V. Boughton
*Harry R. Boughton
*Charles S. Boughton
*Warren G. Boughton
*Raymond Boughton


==Military Service==
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|Enlistment Date:
|3 Dec 1862
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|Enlistment Place:
|Chicago, IL
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Landsman 
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|State Served:
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|Regiment:
|US Navy
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|Muster Out Date:
|13 Sept 1865 
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|Muster Out Place:
|Brooklyn, NY
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|Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 19 to serve 3 years.  Identification:  Hazel eyes, Brown hair, Fair complexion, 5’6” tall.  A tattoo on his left forearm of a ship and a girl  
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|Sources Used: Ancestry.com military databases; LDS documents on Naval enlistments 
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==Death==
He died on October 4, 1919 at Butler County Nebraska and was buried at the Bellwood Cemetery at Bellwood, Butler Co.,Nebraska.  His wife, Isabelle, died in 1933 and is buried beside him.


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