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great prosperity. New mills had been built, the sales 

 of lumber had been extensive and prices were good. It 

 was during the first years of the firm of William Todd, 

 Jr. & Company that Mr. Boardman induced his partner 

 to put in the first gang mill on the St. Croix. He had 

 heard of such a mill near Bangor, went out to see it and 

 induced the firm to put one in operation. This was at 

 the same place as what was afterward known as the 

 "big gang," in the outside mill sold by the C. F. Todd 

 estate to H. F. Eaton & Sons. Before that all the mills 

 in the Province were the old fashioned, slow, single-saw 

 mills and the introduction of the gang saw revolutionized 

 the manufacture of lumber on the St. Croix. In these 

 improvements and the increased business Mr. Boardman 

 had become an efficient factor in the firm's success. 

 Now was to come another happy and important event in 

 his life. 



On December 19, 1843,* Mr. Boardman was united in 

 marriage with Miss Mary J. Hill and commenced house- 

 keeping in a small cottage which he had built that year. 

 For the lot of land upon which this cottage was built 

 Mr. Boardman paid $700. It is a small story and a half 



*Araong the papers found in Mr. Boardman's collection of MSS. is the following in 

 pencil, apparently of a date but a short time previous to his own decease : " Names of 

 persons attending the Wedding of George A. Boardman and Mary J. Hill, *Dec. 19, 1843, 

 at Milltown, St. Stephen : Mr. Johnson Officiated ;* Gorham Boardman, Groomsman ; 

 Eliza Ann Todd, Bridesmaid; Grandfather and Grandmother Todd ;** Grandfather and 

 Grandmother Hill;** Father and Mother Boardman ;** Father and Mother Hill ;** 

 Mr. and Mrs. Darling;* Mr. and Mrs. Dr. George ;* Mr. and Mrs. William Todd;** 

 Aunt Laura and Elizabeth McAllister ;** Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Todd ;** Mr. and Mrs. 

 William H. Boardman;* Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayden;** Mr. and Mrs. H. F. 

 Eaton ;** Edwin, Mary and Emily Boardman ; Mrs. Amanda Hill ;* Alice Darling ;* 

 Abner,* Laura and Charles E. Hill; Frank,* Eliza Ann,* Hester and Ada Hill; 

 Robert Todd, Jr;* Monroe Hill;* Mary Hill (Tobin);* Aseneth Hill (Atwood)." 

 The asterisks in this note indicate the persons who had died up to the time Mr. Board - 

 man wrote the same. 



