Message #:	1103
Date Posted:	11-04-2001
Subject:	Boardman, Ervin S. (History - 1884)
Posted by:	Transcriber
Email:	Posted4U@aol.com
Surnames:	BOARDMAN KEGEL PARKS BARRET JOHNSON LEE

     The Family of Ervin & Mary (Kegel) Boardman

ERVIN S. BOARDMAN, an enterprising business man of Thorp Township, engaged in mercantile business and cheese manufacture, was born in Thorp, Clark County, Feb. 26, 1884. His parents were Willis and Mary (Kegel) Boardman, the father, now deceased. They came from Olmstead County, were among the earliest pioneers of Thorp, Clark County, Wis. Mrs. Mary Boardman is still living. The following children completed their family circle: Vedell, now a resident of Thorp Township Myrtle, wife of W. S. Parks, of Thorp village Vern, Ervin and Ernest, of Thorp Township Elizabeth, now deceased Cora, now Mrs. Martin Luebner, of St. Charles, Ill., and Nettie, of Cornell, Wis. Ervin S. Boardman finished his school studies at Thorp and started industrial life on his own account at the age of 18 years, spending several winters in lumber camps.

 

In 1906 he bought out Barret Bros. general store at, Eidsvold, in Thorp Township, which business he has since conducted on a successful basis, having recently enlarged his store to the dimensions of 24 by 60 feet. He also buys and ships livestock and hay, shipping the live stock to Chicago. In 1910, Mr. Boardman started the cheese factory, of which he is now the proprietor, and which is located in Eidsvold. He has erected for this industry a building 20 by 68 feet in size, partly of stone and partly of frame construction. Beginning with twenty patrons, he has built up this industry until he now has seventy-five patrons. In 1917 he handled 187,341 pounds of cheese, and paid out to the patrons of the factory the sum of $44,986.25. Mr. Boardman was married Dec. 25, 1906, to Tora Lee, who was born in Norway, daughter of Andrew and Emily (Johnson) Lee. Her parents settled in Taylor County, Wis., in 1888, the father homesteading land there on which he engaged in farming, also working in lumber camps.

 

In 1895 the family moved to Clark County, buying a farm in Thorp Township, where both parents of Mrs. Boardman are now living. Mrs. Boardman finished her school studies at Stanley, Wis., and taught five years in the district schools before her marriage. She has devoted her time to bookkeeping for the store factory. Mr. and Mrs. Boardman are the parents of two children -Evelyn, born April 2, 1908, and Willis, born April 13, 1915. Mr. Boardman is a member of I. O. O. F. of Thorp. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.