Daniel Newell Boynton, historian, educator, village official, and "Uncle Dan" to village residents of Newport, New York, died April 28, 1964 in a Utica, New York hospital.
Two months prior to his death, February 16, 1964, "Dan Boynton Day" was proclaimed in Newport honoring the resident of 68 years at a community party on his 96th birthday.
For many years Mr. Boynton's hobby had been the history of Baron von Steuben, Revolutionary War military figure. He mapped the path of the original Steuben Road, long lost in the wilderness, and marked it out on topographical sheets for the Interior Department in Washington.
Mr. Boynton was born on a farm in the Town of Jay, Essex County, New York. He went to school there and at nearby Au Sable Forks. He completed high school at Sherman Academy in Moriah, New York.
After teaching for a year he entered Potsdam Normal School where he obtained his diploma. He went to Newport in 1898 to head its four-room school. He served there three years before accepting a principalship in Summerset, Kentucky.
Returning to Newport in 1904, Mr. Boynton was elected school commissioner, an office he held for six years. In 1909 he opened a feed store in Newport and continued to operate the business, along with several farms, for many years.
He served as mayor of Newport in 1906.
Mr. Boynton married a Potsdam classmate, Jessie Ormiston, in 1894.
At his death, Mr. Boynton was the oldest member of the Newport Fire Company, was a 60-year member of the Masons, and also was a member of the Baptist Church, Norway Grange, Eastern Star, Chamber of Commerce and Royal Arch Masons.
Two months prior to his death, February 16, 1964, "Dan Boynton Day" was proclaimed in Newport honoring the resident of 68 years at a community party on his 96th birthday.
For many years Mr. Boynton's hobby had been the history of Baron von Steuben, Revolutionary War military figure. He mapped the path of the original Steuben Road, long lost in the wilderness, and marked it out on topographical sheets for the Interior Department in Washington.
Mr. Boynton was born on a farm in the Town of Jay, Essex County, New York. He went to school there and at nearby Au Sable Forks. He completed high school at Sherman Academy in Moriah, New York.
After teaching for a year he entered Potsdam Normal School where he obtained his diploma. He went to Newport in 1898 to head its four-room school. He served there three years before accepting a principalship in Summerset, Kentucky.
Returning to Newport in 1904, Mr. Boynton was elected school commissioner, an office he held for six years. In 1909 he opened a feed store in Newport and continued to operate the business, along with several farms, for many years.
He served as mayor of Newport in 1906.
Mr. Boynton married a Potsdam classmate, Jessie Ormiston, in 1894.
At his death, Mr. Boynton was the oldest member of the Newport Fire Company, was a 60-year member of the Masons, and also was a member of the Baptist Church, Norway Grange, Eastern Star, Chamber of Commerce and Royal Arch Masons.
Daniel Newell Boynton, historian, educator, village official, and "Uncle Dan" to village residents of Newport, New York, died April 28, 1964 in a Utica, New York hospital.
Two months prior to his death, February 16, 1964, "Dan Boynton Day" was proclaimed in Newport honoring the resident of 68 years at a community party on his 96th birthday.
For many years Mr. Boynton's hobby had been the history of Baron von Steuben, Revolutionary War military figure. He mapped the path of the original Steuben Road, long lost in the wilderness, and marked it out on topographical sheets for the Interior Department in Washington.
Mr. Boynton was born on a farm in the Town of Jay, Essex County, New York. He went to school there and at nearby Au Sable Forks. He completed high school at Sherman Academy in Moriah, New York.
After teaching for a year he entered Potsdam Normal School where he obtained his diploma. He went to Newport in 1898 to head its four-room school. He served there three years before accepting a principalship in Summerset, Kentucky.
Returning to Newport in 1904, Mr. Boynton was elected school commissioner, an office he held for six years. In 1909 he opened a feed store in Newport and continued to operate the business, along with several farms, for many years.
He served as mayor of Newport in 1906.
Mr. Boynton married a Potsdam classmate, Jessie Ormiston, in 1894.
At his death, Mr. Boynton was the oldest member of the Newport Fire Company, was a 60-year member of the Masons, and also was a member of the Baptist Church, Norway Grange, Eastern Star, Chamber of Commerce and Royal Arch Masons.
Two months prior to his death, February 16, 1964, "Dan Boynton Day" was proclaimed in Newport honoring the resident of 68 years at a community party on his 96th birthday.
For many years Mr. Boynton's hobby had been the history of Baron von Steuben, Revolutionary War military figure. He mapped the path of the original Steuben Road, long lost in the wilderness, and marked it out on topographical sheets for the Interior Department in Washington.
Mr. Boynton was born on a farm in the Town of Jay, Essex County, New York. He went to school there and at nearby Au Sable Forks. He completed high school at Sherman Academy in Moriah, New York.
After teaching for a year he entered Potsdam Normal School where he obtained his diploma. He went to Newport in 1898 to head its four-room school. He served there three years before accepting a principalship in Summerset, Kentucky.
Returning to Newport in 1904, Mr. Boynton was elected school commissioner, an office he held for six years. In 1909 he opened a feed store in Newport and continued to operate the business, along with several farms, for many years.
He served as mayor of Newport in 1906.
Mr. Boynton married a Potsdam classmate, Jessie Ormiston, in 1894.
At his death, Mr. Boynton was the oldest member of the Newport Fire Company, was a 60-year member of the Masons, and also was a member of the Baptist Church, Norway Grange, Eastern Star, Chamber of Commerce and Royal Arch Masons.
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1867 – 1964
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