John Riley Boatright (1868 - 1960)

Born 23 Oct 1868 in Appling, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel Ardelia Boatright — married 4 Mar 1891 in Pierce, Georgia, United States

Husband of Rozella Smith (King) Boatright — married 25 Mar 1913 in Bacon, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1960 at age 91 in Alma, Bacon, Georgia, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1868. John Boatright ... He passed away in 1960. ^[1]

No more info is currently available for John Boatright. Can you add to his biography? Possible different birtplace. Mershon, Pierce County, Georgia, USA

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http://www.boatwrightgenealogy.com/johnboatwright10.15.html#10-984 10-984. JOHN RILEY BOATRIGHT (ELIZABETH10, RICHARD JOHN9, CHESLEY JOHN DANIEL8, BENJAMIN CHESLEY7, BENJAMIN6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 23 Oct 1868 in Georgia, and died 06 Sep 1960 in Bacon County, Georgia. He married (1) RACHEL ARDELIA BOATRIGHT 04 Mar 1891 in Pierce County, Georgia, daughter of CASHIRE BOATRIGHT and COURTNEY MARTIN. She was born 01 Jan 1875 in Clinch County, Georgia, and died 05 Jan 1911 in Georgia. He married (2) EMMA ROSELLA SMITH, daughter of FRANKLIN LAFAYETTE SMITH and MARY MARGARET PURDOM. She was born 03 Mar 1883 in Brantley County, Georgia, and died 26 Sep 1966 in Alma, Bacon County, Georgia.

Notes for JOHN RILEY BOATRIGHT:

John Riley Boatright is the son of Martin Asbury Turner and Elizabeth "Betty" Boatwright. Loucinda "Cindy" Boatright and Mary "Mollie" Boatright are his siblings by the same union. Martin and Elizabeth never married. Martin was a farm hand for Richard John Boatwright her father. Source: Joanna Boatright

John Riley Boatright was born on October 23, 1868 (date on Grave) in Coffee Appling, now Bacon County, Georgia. The son of Elizabeth Boatright and Martin Asbury Turner. He and his mother, brothers and sisters all lived with his maternal Grandfather, Richard J. Boatright until his death in December of 1917. Upon his death he left his daughter Elizabeth a farm in the Scuffle-town area of present Bacon County. John Riley married Rachel Ardelia Boatright on March 4, 1891 in Pierce, Georgia. She was born on January 1, 1875 in Alma, Bacon, Georgia, a daughter of Cashire W. and Honor Boatright. John and Rachel obtained a marriage license on 4/4/1891 in Pierce, Georgia. Rachel Ardelia (Boatright) Boatright died on January 5, 1911 in Alma, Bacon, Georgia, at the age 36 and is buried in the Wesley Chapel Church Cemetery. John Riley next married Emma Rozella (Smith) King, widow of Norman M. King.,daughter of Franklin Lafayette Smith and Mary Margaret Purdon, on Mar. 25, 1913 in Bacon, Georgia. Emma was born on Mar 3, 1883 in Bacon, Georgia, and died on Sep 26, 1966 in Bacon, Georgia at the age of 83, and was buried in Carter’s Chapel Cemetery, Bacon, Georgia beside her husband. John Riley Boatright lived to be almost ninety years old. He died on September 6, 1960. He and his second wife are buried in Carter’s Chapel Church Cemetery in Bacon County, Georgia. My family and I lived in Grandpa Riley’s old house when I was 16. We all like that house because it was so large. It had a fireplace in every room of the house. A typical country home with a large porch on the front and side and in the back. The kitchen was separated from the rest of the house along with the dinning room. I remember it had a wood burning stove in the kitchen and it also had an electric stove in it that Mom used to cook with. That was the house that burned when we were living there. That night my boyfriend spent the night at our house to help Dad gather some wood. We stayed up late that night until the fire was completely out in the living room. I believe it was around one or 1:30 in the morning before we went to bed. Later in the night I was awaken staring at a small hole in the wall in my bedroom. When I realized the house was on fire I ran across the hall and told Mom and Dad. The house was already in flames. We got out of the house in a matter of minutes when the fire broke out the windows. It was in the middle of December and it was cold and we all had only our sleeping cloths on and no shoes. We were told later it was started by old wiring in the house. Jerry later told me that Dad had found a bag of silver dollars that had melted together in the walls of the house. Dad didn’t think it was any good and threw them away. He said you could still see the faces on some of them. Source: Sue Carol Boatright (great-grand daughter of John Riley Boatright)

John Riley Boatright was hit on the head with a turpentine chipper (has a hook on it) by Ed Holland and Little Tom Boatright who were members of the Klu Klux Klan at that time. Ed Holland’s son is Sonny Holland. Tuch Boatright is the son of Little Tom Boatright. In order to stop the bleeding, he put spider webs on the wound that he gathered from the pack house. Source: John Truitt Boatright

1880 Census: Name: Riley BOATRIGHT Date: June 11, 1880 Age: 10 Estimated birth year: <1870> Birthplace: Georgia Occupation: Works Farm Relationship to head-of-household: Grandson Home in 1880: District 1250, Pierce, Georgia Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Father's birthplace: GA Mother's birthplace: GA Census Place: District 1250, Pierce, Georgia; Roll: T9_161; Family History Film: 1254161; Page: 606A; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 0214.

1900 Census: Name: Riley Boatright Date: June 18, 1900 Home in 1900: Dicksons, Pierce, Georgia Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 BirthPlace: Georgia Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouses's Name: Ardelia Race: White Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Dicksons, Pierce, Georgia; Roll: T623 216; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 83.

1910 Census: Name: John R Boatright Date: Aprl 22, 1910 Age in 1910: 37 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873 BirthPlace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Georgia Mother's Birth Place: Georgia Spouses's Name: Rachel R D Home in 1910: Dicksons, Pierce, Georgia Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Dicksons, Pierce, Georgia; Roll: T624_207; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 154; Image: 318.

1920 Census: Name: John R Boatright Date: February 19, 1920 Home in 1920: Coffee, Bacon, Georgia Age: 49 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 BirthPlace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Head Spouses's Name: Rosella Father's Birth Place: Georgia Mother's Birth Place: Georgia Marital status: Married Race: White Occupation: Farmer Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Census Place: Coffee, Bacon, Georgia; Roll: T625_233; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 696.

1930 Census: Name: John R Boatwright Date: April 14, 1930 Home in 1930: Coffee, Bacon, Georgia Age: 58 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 BirthPlace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Head Spouses's Name: Rosella Race: White Occupation: Farmer Census Place: Coffee, Bacon, Georgia; Roll: 336; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 535.0.

Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 Record Name: J Riley Boatright Death Date: 06 Sep 1960 County of Death: Bacon Gender: M Race: W Age: 93 years County of Residence: Bacon Certificate: 23789 Burial: Carter’s Chapel Church Cemetery, Bacon County, Georgia

1. ↑ Entered by Allen Minix, Feb 15, 2012