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they returned to Calais and took possession of the house 

 on Lafayette street in that city where Mr. Boardman 

 later made his home. He had built this house in the 

 year 1869 for his son, Charles A., before he went west to 

 spend a few years with his children. The years between 

 this period and the death of Mrs. Boardman were spent 

 at home and in visits to the south and to Washington — 

 the summers at the north and the winters in a more 

 genial climate. 



In 1886 they went west; the years 1887-1888 were 

 passed entirely at home with the exception of brief visits 

 to Boston, New York and Washington. The winters of 

 1889 and 1890 were again spent in Florida, the last for 

 much of the time in company with Dr. and Mrs, Foster 

 of New York. The winter of 1891 was the last which 

 Mr. Boardman and his wife spent at the south. In that 

 summer Gov. Burleigh and his staff on an official visit 

 to Calais passed a day with the Boardmans and in 

 leaving Mr. Boardman accompanied the party to East- 

 port, In the fall of that j^ear Mr, and Mrs. Boardman 

 spent three months at Clifton Springs, N. Y., where Mrs. 

 Boardman received much benefit to her health from 

 treatment at the Foster sanatorium at that place. In 

 1892 they again spent the summer at Clifton Springs and 

 in the west. The year 1893 was passed at Calais and on 

 March 4, 1894, the death of Mrs. Boardman occurred in 

 the house on Lafaj^ette street, their summer home for 

 the ten years previous. 



The family of George Augustus and Mary Jane 

 Boardman consisted of eleven children, viz. : Charles 

 Augustus, born December 24, 1844 ; married Mercie F. 

 Doane, October 20, 1868, who died March 28, 1891. 



