... Joseph and Barbara (Walter) Boughman; the former was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., in May, 1783; a son of Joseph, who was a native of Germany, and who came to Pennsylvania when young. Barbara was a daughter of John Walter, who was a native of Maryland, but who afterward located in Cumberland Co., Pa. ...
... The Boughman family are all farmers, to which Joseph, the father of Daniel, was raised. April, 1833, he came to this Township, where he purchased land on Sec. 9, and remained there six months; then moved one mile west and purchased 160 acres more on Sec . 8, where he died in 1839.
Twelve children were born to him, whose names, according to the order of their birth, were as follows — Christina, Sarah, David, Joseph, Elizabeth, Barbara, Christopher, Catharine, John, Daniel, Susanna and Elias. Seven are now living —
- Christina, wife of John Kern, of Adams Co., Ind.;
- David, in Elkhait Co., Ind.;
- Barbara, wife of Peter Wist, resides in Lagrange, Ind.;
- Catharine (Mrs. Hiram McFerron, of this township);
- John, on farm adjoining;
- Daniel on the homestead, and
- Elias in Summit Co.
Of the family of twelve children all lived to raise families. Joseph Boughman was a member of the Albright Church, and a Jackson Democrat. His wife survived him twenty years or more, remaining a widow until her death, in 1866. ...
