Clyde Milton Boatman, born 30 July 1885 in Bedford, Taylor Co., IA, to Henry Westley Boatman and Ida Petronella Boatman. He was the oldest of four children.

He married 1905, in Gravity, Zoe Belle Lewellen.

Clyde Milton and Zoe Belle had three children: Ronald Dean Boatman, Mary Jane Catherine Boatman Nash, and Clyde Marion Boatman.

Clyde Milton died 24 Dec. 1975 in McMinnville, Oregon.

Ida Petronella DeWeese, born 14 Oct. 1864 in Napa (Brown's Valley), Napa Co., CA, to Carlin Edward Douglas "Dougie" DeWeese and Mahala Jane Lomax. She was the third child of four children born to them. Other children include: Mary Capitola DeWeese Neal, William Ernest DeWeese, and Minnie Alice Tando Smith. Ida Petronella DeWeese married 1882, in Bedford, Henry Westley Boatman. Later in life, after Henry's death she married Ira Syvester King. Ida died 6 July 1949 in McMinnville, Oregon.