O. A. BOYNTON, liveryman, Platteville; was born in 1818, in Grafton Co., N. H. Was educated at Haverhill. Married Oct. 5, 1840, in Detroit, Mich., to Miss Elizabeth A. Clark, of that place. Came to Wisconsin the 1st of November following, and has been a resident of Platteville since that time. He first engaged in the boot and shoe business, which he followed about three years; then traveled selling dry goods till the spring of 1846, when he went into the livery business and also kept the Platteville Hotel till 1853. He continued the livery business till 1863; then sold out and followed farming till 1872, when he again went into the livery business, and has continued it up to the present time. His wife died Aug. 12, 1880, leaving four children, having lost three before her death. The oldest daughter, Mary, is now the wife of C. M. Henderson, of Platteville; Eugene R. is single and living in Nevada; Ida E. and Louis A., at home. Mr. Boynton has been a member of the Village Board three years, and President of the Board one year.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.