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Boardman, Henry Clinton 'Clint' 1857-1893

BOARDMAN

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 11/17/2016 at 12:46:23

A Tribute to the Memory of Clinton Boardman

From the city of Tampico in Mexico, comes the sad and painful news of the death of Clinton Boardman, and we are without any of the particulars of his death, except that he died in that city on the 31st of July last, of yellow jaundice, after only one week of sickness, and as he was well and favorably known in this county, and with all a true and a tried friend of the author of this, he therefore deserves at our hands a more than passing notice of his death.

He was born in Elkader on the 24th of October, 1851, and was the son of Captain Elisha Boardman and Julia Boardman and his aged mother, a wife and several of his children survive him.

He was carefully raised here in this city by his tender and indulgent mother, who spared no pains to rear him up to manhood to become an honor to himself and a solace to her declining years, and from childhood to manhood he never forgot her, and through-out his checkered life, with all its ups and downs to him, that one of all others, who in his helpless youth ...

"Ran to help hi when he fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kissed the place to make it well."

His mother, was ever on his mind.

From birth to manhood, he grew up in this city, and here has left hosts of kind friends who will deeply deplore his death, and who will remember him as he advanced to manhood as a health, manly, rollican, laughing boy with a kind word, a lively greeting and a hearty handshake for every one he met. Here he had no enemies, for nature had given him such a kindly disposition that made it impossible for him to make them, and whether he was among the old or the young, he was to all the prince of good fellows.

Among the boys of his age while growing up to manhood, he was always their leader in every youthful sport, and while one of his youthful companions survive him, he will recall with pleasing memory, the juvenile circus, the spring board with its high and lofly tumbling, the youthful clown, the tin band, the comic pieces, the black minstrels, and the base ball ground in all of which Clinton was the leader, the planner, the captain, and the principal actor, and indeed many of these plays were of a very high order, and many of the older citizens who witnessed many of these youthful sports have laughed themselves sick over their performances, and to go to one of Clinton Boardman's minstrel shows was a rich and laughable treat for men, women and children.

Though a leader, he was never so for mischief or wrong to any one, or was he ever known to lead a companion astray, but he inherited a love for fun and his fun was of a high order, and never degrading, and as youth began to wear away and give place to manhood, he still retained in a stronger degree that lively disposition that made him the boon companion of men instead of boys, and his company was sought after, and his presence ever welcome in every social circle.

In all of his intercourse with both men and boys, he was ever kind, generous and unselfish; and to him, as the poet sys, "the world was a stage, and mankind were the players," but in Clinton's plays there was no tragedy; his were the bright side of life and he had eyes that could neither see a dark day, nor a painful tragedy, and when disappointment came upon him, such as would cause others to sink down and dispond, his expedient mind rose above it, and with a lively and cheerful heart found a recompense elsewhere.

For several years he was employed about the court house in this county as a clerk, and in this business he was an expert and his records will ever remain in the county of his nativity, as models of cleaness, style and execution; and it was this ability that led him into railroad offices, where his work soon became indispensible, and for many years, from the frozen north, to the tropics, he has followed the developments of railroads ... and died at last in the harness, and in a foreign land, far from the home of his birth and the scenes of his youth.

He was descended from a noble race of men, who could trace their ancestry backward to where they had mingled in the strife and storms in the days that tried men's souls, and on the side of right and justice had contributed their strength to establish human liberty over a continent, and had a similar occasion called upon or young and departed friend, as one had his lamented father, he would have shown himself equal to every call. In life he was the personification of the lines of the poet who wrote:

"Here is a smile for those who love me
And sigh for those who hate,
And whatever skies are above me,
Here is a heart for every fate."

To his kind and indulgent mother, as well as to his tender wife and loving children, this community will send their heartfelt sympathy for their loss and however the world may look upon his life and actions, to those tender ones, his memory will be ever green.
...Samuel Murdock

~Elkader Argus, Wednesday morning, September 13, 1893

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The reported death of H.C. Boardman is now ascertained to be a certainty. A letter from his mother to F.D. Bayless states that he died of yellow jaundice at Tampico, Mexico, July 31st, 1893. "Clint" Boardman, as he was familiarly called, was born in Elkader, Oct. 24th, 1857, the son of Capt. Elisha and Julia Boardman. He was a familiar figure here for many years and was a most genial and witty character. Many are the silent tears that will be dropped by old time friends over the early death of poor "Clint."

~Elkader Register, September 21, 1893


 

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