30 THE NATURALIST OF THE ST. CROIX 



Georgiana A., born August 8, 1846; married J. Clark 

 Taylor, October 20, 1869. Frederic Henry, born April 

 25, 1848 ; married Hattie Curtis Boutelle, June 8, 1870. 

 George Toppan, born January 8, 1850, died June 28, 

 1859. Albert J, born February 6, 1852; married Sarah. 

 Louise Toogood, September 6, 1876. Frank Edwin, 

 born September 14, 1860, died November 16, 1861. 

 William B., born March 1, 1862 ; married Jessie Prescott 

 Wilbur, September 1, 1887. Lewis Hayden, born July 

 29, 1863, died March 22, 1865. Three sons died in 

 infancy. The living children of Mr. Boardman are : 

 Charles A. Boardman, United States Consul, Rimouski, 

 Quebec, Canada ; Mrs, J. Clark Taylor, Calais, Maine ; 

 FredH. Boardman, County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 Albert J. Boardman, with United Gas and Improvement 

 Company, Philadelphia, Pa. ; William B. Boardman, 

 Real Estate and Insurance, Minneapolis, Minn. 



If the record of Mr. Boardman' s life between the years 

 1869 and 1887, as given in the preceding pages,- appears 

 brief, it must be remembered that this was the period of 

 his greatest activity and prominence as a naturalist, the 

 events of which belong in a chapter b}^ themselves. They 

 are so disassociated from his business career and stand 

 out in such prominence in his life as a distinguished 

 ornithologist and the friend of the most eminent scien- 

 tific men of his time, as to merit a more minute record 

 than is given to his mere business activity. In saying 

 this it is not forgotten that it was success in business 

 due to his splendid abilities, industry and sterling char- 

 acter, which enabled him in comparatively early life 

 to relinquish business for the charms and pleasures of 

 nature-study in which he won such eminence. 



