Entire Family with the exception of Don and Peggy which were not yet born, appear in 1930 U.S. census.
At the time of the census they live in District 8, Robertson County, TennesseeIn 1917 Lonnie and Ina live in Bethpage, Tennessee see draft card...
In 1920
Less is known about Benjamin Boisseau, except that he married Amey,probably
sometime in the mid 1770s. They had at least six children, and probably
several more:1. Joseph Boisseau, born (c) 1775
2. William Boisseau, born (c) 1782
3. Robert Goodwyn Boisseau, born 1784
4. Benjamin Peterson Boisseau, born 1787
5. James Holt Boisseau, born August 29, 1791
6. Thomas Holmes Boisseau, born 1792Amey Boisseau died on October 12, 1807, and her obituary appeared inthe
Petersburg Intelligencer on October 20, 1807:" DEATHS
DIED, on Monday the 12th, inst.
Mrs. AMEY BOISSEAU, the wife
of Mr. Benjamin Boisseau, of
Dinwiddie county."Benjamin Boisseau died sometime later, in 1819-20, based on the landtax
records of Dinwiddie County.
Amey Boisseau died on October 12, 1807, and her obituary appeared in the
Petersburg Intelligencer on October 20, 1807:" DEATHS
DIED, on Monday the 12th, inst.
Mrs. AMEY BOISSEAU, the wife
of Mr. Benjamin Boisseau, of
Dinwiddie county."
William Boisseau, the second child of Benjamin Boisseau and his wife Amey,
was born around 1782. While Pamplin Hall lists William Boisseau as afifth-
generation Boisseau, he was actually a fourth generation Boisseau, a great
grandson of Reverend James Boisseau. On January 11, 1808, he married
Athaliah Keziah W. Goodwyn, the daughter of Esau Goodwyn and S.Sturdivant.
The following year, they had the first of several children:1. William E. Boisseau, born 1809
2. Edward L. Boisseau, born 1812
3. Albert Winfield Boisseau, born 1814
4. Joseph G. Boisseau, born February 27, 1817
5. Martha Eliza Boisseau, born July 21, 1819
6. Leander Boisseau, born 1822
7. Ann E. Boisseau, born between 1822-9
8. Andrew J. Boisseau, born 1829William Boisseau began to build the family home "Tudor Hall" shortlyafter
the purchase of 100 acres on Duncan Road for $1000. The home was finishedby
1814. Over the next twenty years, William continued to increase the sizeof
his property and expand the tobacco farm he had begun. He died onNovember 22,
1838, and his death was noted in the American Constellation, Friday,November
23, 1838, page 2, column 7."Died yesterday morning at his residence in Dinwiddie
County, Mr. William Boisseau for many years Inspector
at Moore's Warehouse in this town. He died as he lived,
an honest man, the noblest work of God."He was survived by his wife, who lived at Tudor Hall with herchildren, until
the Civil War, when the family home was used as the headquarters for the
Confederate generals during the defense of Petersburg in 1865.
The third child of Benjamin Boisseau and his wife Amey, Robert Goodwyn
Boisseau, was born in 1784. He died a young man on October 9, 1807, most
likely of a contagious illness, since his mother died three days later. An
obituary notice appeared in the Petersburg Intelligencer, October 20,1807,
page 3, column 1:" COMMUNICATED
DIED on Friday evening, the 9th of October,
ROBERT G. BOISSEAU, in the 23d year of his
age, at his father's seat, in the county of
Dinwiddie. This young man, in every relation
of life; whether as a son, a brother, a friend,
or a citizen, was equally excellent, and praise-
worthy; a strict regard for justice, and
punctuality, appeared in all his transactions.
He was a lover of mankind, and his diffusive
benevolence formed the most amiable part of
his character. He was in fine the genuine
offspring of the heart.
Can I forget the tears that constant fell,
When warm in youth, he bade the world
farewell,
When awful candles made a noon-day night,
And the dim windows shed a solemn light;
But all is calm, in death's eternal sleep,
Where grief forgets to groan, and love
to weep."
Benjamin Peterson Boisseau, the fourth child of Benjamin Boisseau and his
wife Amey, was born probably in 1787, based on census information. Hemarried
before 1810 a young woman named Temperance, and the couple began having
children immediately. Their children were:1. Robert Goodwyn Boisseau, born 1814
2. Mary J. Boisseau, born 1829
3. Amy Epes Boisseau, born 1831
James Holt Boisseau, the fifth child of Benjamin Boisseau and his wifeAmey,
was born on August 29, 1791. He married Martha Poythress Vaughan, thefourth
child of Mary Goodwyn Boisseau and Peter Vaughan, on December 4, 1816, and
this couple had at least one child:1. James Poythress Boisseau, born April 21, 1818
The date of his death has not been established, but it was sometimeafter
1860.
Thomas Holmes Boisseau, the sixth child of Benjamin Boisseau and his wife
Amey, was probably born sometime around 1792. He married Nancy Vaughan,the
third child of Mary Goodwyn Boisseau and Peter Vaughan. They had at leastone
child:1. Mary G. Boisseau, born 1816
Thomas Holmes Boisseau served at least briefly in the War of 1812,since he
appears in the muster roll of Captain David Bunow's Company of theVirginia
Militia, as the Lieutenant of the company, from June 27, 1813 to July 9,1813.
He died sometime around October 1819, when a letter from BoswellHutchings of
Dinwiddie County, to William Hutchings of Murfreesboro, Tennessee,mentions
his death.
Julia Sites of Cherry Valley
Marriage source: LDS Extracted Marriage Records. Weakly County
Tennessee. Batch M519821, Dates1843-1865, Source Call
Number:988668, Type: Film
Birth, Marriage and death records from Bible Records published in
"Midwest Tenn. Gene. Soc. Mag."
Barbara is shown on the 1850 census with her parents but in 1860 she is not
listed, she may have died as an infant or small child.