22 THE NATURALIST OF THE ST. CROIX 



house and is still standing on Main street, Milltown, N. 

 B., though in a somewhat dilapidated condition. This 

 house is nearly opposite the Congregational church 

 which Mr. and Mrs. Boardman attended and into this 

 cottage they moved the day of their marriage. Mr. 

 Boardman had become a member of this church in 

 early life and was constant and devoted in his ministra- 

 tions upon its services. 



Mr. Boardman, by his own marriage and those of his 

 sisters, became connected with most of the prominent 

 and wealth}'- families of the St. Croix valley. His wife 

 was the grand-daughter of Mr. Abner Hill, in his time 

 the principal lumber manufacturer on the river, while 

 his sons Abner, Daniel and Horatio w^ere all at one time 

 large lumber manufacturers and merchants. Another 

 brother, Mr. George Stillman Hill, was said to be the 

 ablest member of the Legislative Council of New Bruns- 

 wick he was a prominent lawyer and lived in St. 

 Stephen. One of the earliest permanent settlers of 

 Calais was Mr. Daniel Hill, a relative of Mrs. Board- 

 man's grandfather. Her mother w^as a Todd and the 

 Todds were all prominent, able business men and mer- 

 chants. Mr. William Todd, as has been stated, was 

 Mr. Boardman's partner in business. Mr. Freeman H. 

 Todd, another brother, a man of great ability and force, 

 who married Mr. Boardman's oldest sister Adeline, was 

 a ver}^ successful merchant, president of St. Stephen 

 bank and of the New Brunswick and Canada Railway 

 Company. Mr. Todd at his death, left probably the 

 largest estate of any man in the province of New Bruns- 

 wick. Mr. Boardman's sister, Anna L., married Mr. 

 Henry F. Eaton, respected for his integrity and who, 



