Boston
Custer
Born in New Rumley, Harrison, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Emmanuel Henry Custer
and Maria (Ward) Custer
Brother of
Lydia Ann (Kirkpartrick) Reed [half], Hannah B Custer [half], Brice William Custer [half], John A Custer [half], James Custer, Samuel Custer, George Armstrong Custer, Nevin Johnson Custer, Thomas Ward Custer and Margaret Emma (Custer) Calhoun
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 27
in Dakota Territory, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Dec 2012
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Biography
Boston was the youngest brother of U.S. Army General George Armstrong Custer and two-time Medal of Honor recipient Captain Thomas Custer. He was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn along with his two brothers. Though he was initially buried at the site of the battle, his body was reinterred at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe, Michigan.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3M-W6Z : 12 April 2016), Boston Custer in household of Emanuel Custer, North, Harrison, Ohio, United States; citing family 16, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCH-RJS : 12 June 2019), Emma Custer in entry for Geo C Custer, 1870.
- Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
Ancestry Record 60525 #9437823 (accessed 25 February 2022)
Boston Custer burial (died on 25 Jun 1876) in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, United States of America.
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- Virgil Kester
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #246501 - Virgil Kester :
Y-Chromosome Test 45 markers, haplogroup I-M223
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Bob Keniston Jr.
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Since this profile has a lock out, for what ever reason, no one can edit the profile. Probably, the most defining book on the battle at the Little Bighorn is The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick, published by Viking Penguin in 2010.
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