JAMES NELSON BOAZ (1829-1875) James Nelson Boaz was born on January 1, 1829, in Davidson County, Tennessee. He was the firstborn child of David and Lucinda Whitis Boaz. He was a farmer and schoolteacher in Graves County, Kentucky. He was of medium build, had dark hair and gray eyes and weighed about 165 pounds. He reared a large family. In addition to his duties as a farmer and teacher he built a small schoolroom in his yard where he spent two hours each day in teaching his children. He was not a slave owner, and his sympathies lay with the North during the Civil War. He died on March 12, 1875, and he is buried in the David Boaz Cemetery, south of Hardmoney, Kentucky. In 1849 he married Martha Evers, daughter of John Alexander Evers and Cynthia Brookshire. She was born January 22, 1831 and died in February of 1899. To this union ten children were born, three of whom died in early manhood Alice Rosalie (May 6, March 25, 1899), George Washington (September 18, April 21, 1877), Benjamin Franklin (April 13, October 31, 1948), Linn Boyd (February 7, May 13, 1903), Mark Wilton (April 11, April 6, 1884), Thomas Dick (May 25, November 8, 1919), Lorenzo Dowell (July 14,
1863-n.d.), Abraham Sherman Grant (1865-1866), John David Evers (January 26, December 23, 1943), and William Penn (December 11, July 31, 1887).
