George Richard Boarman (1869 - 1942)

Born 1 Feb 1869 in Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Mar 1942 at age 73 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

George Boarman is a part of US Black heritage.

George Boarman served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 1898
Unit(s): Company B, 8th Illinois Infantry
Service Ended:

• Fact: Residence (1880) Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Precinct 15 South Town Chicago city Ward 3, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Chicago Ward 3, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place
• Fact: Residence (1940) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence 3563 Giles Av, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

One strand of the African American migration from the south to northern cities involved musicians who were seeking more opportunities and larger venues that would give them greater exposure and recognition. The following is a list of some of the musicians who were born in Kentucky and lived in Illinois. These are individuals who made their living playing musical instruments. Most of the musicians listed below were men who lived in Chicago in the late 1800s up to the end of the 1940s. Some of them became more well known than others. There are a few women in the list. There were few African American women from Kentucky who made their living playing music in a town or city in Illinois, though there were a number of women singers and performers from Kentucky. George Richard Boarman (b. 02/01/1869 Wallingford, Hardin County, KY - d. 03/26/1942 Chicago) - son of Charles Boarman and Anice Neighbors Boarman^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ “Kentucky African American Musicians in Illinois (Chicago),” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 28, 2021

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