Sunday’s Obituary~Archibald Ellis Boan, Sr.

 
Mr. A. E. Boan, Confederate veteran, died Friday, February 11th, at his home in the Bethesda community. Mr. Boan had just passed his 84th birthday on February 2nd and had enjoyed good health until about two months ago. His end was like his life, peacefully and unafraid. At the outbreak of the Confederate war, Mr. Boan enlisted.  He was a faithful soldier until the end of the war.  Mr. Boan was a faithful member of Bethesda Church. He had a host of friends throughout the community who will be saddened by the news of his death. Besides these he leaves a widow, Mrs. Phoebe Mills Boan, five daughters, Mrs. D. R. Roscoe, of Chesterfield. Mrs. Nora Bone of Oconee, Ga.; Mrs. W. H. Clark, and Mrs. H. R. Whitman, of Rockingham, and Mrs. Addie Boan, of Patrick, and three boys, J. W. and Charlie, both of Rockingham, and A. E. Boan, Jr. of Patrick. Mr. Boan was a gentleman possessing those gentle traits of character that left an impress for good upon all with whom he came in contact.

Archibald Ellis Boan was a son of Charles Wesley Boan and Rachel Ellis. He was the oldest of six children; three sons and three daughters. 

He married Phoebe Mills in 1873 and they had 8 surviving children; five daughters and three sons. 

Archibald and Phoebe are buried at Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.  









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[1] James C. Pigg, Obituaries from the Chesterfield Advertiser 1927-1931; Self-Published, 2002. Obituary of Mr. Archibald Ellis Boan Sr.;The Chesterfield Advertiser,24 February 1927, page 6, column 5, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.