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Below is a family biography included in The History of Osage County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Frank J. Boillot, a dealer in general building material and agricultural machinery, etc., at Bonnot’s Mill, Osage County, was born on a farm two miles southwest of Bonnot’s Mill, September 21, 1854, and is a son of Charles J. and Rose (Heislen) Boillot. Charles J. Boillot was born in France in 1820, and in 1842 immigrated to this country, locating at Bonnot’s Mill August 12. He first settled on Cadet Creek, where he lived one year, and then entered forty acres of land on Evans’ Creek, cleared and built a house, and has ever since lived on this farm, which now contains 320 acres; has a fine vineyard, and one of the largest and finest orchards in Osage County. The mother of our subject, also a native of France, came to this country with her two brothers, and located near Jefferson City, Cole County. The parents are still living on the farm, two miles southwest of Bonnot’s Mill, and their family of four boys and one daughter are all grown and doing well. Frank J. Boillot received a common-school education, and remained on the home farm until eighteen years of age. In 1872 he left the farm to learn the blacksmith’s trade, and in 1876 he built a blacksmith shop two miles southeast of Bonnot’s Mill, and engaged in business for himself the following two years. In March, 1878, he removed to the town of Bonnot’s Mill, and, in partnership with one of his brothers, established a blacksmith shop and wagon factory, which they successfully conducted until 1882. March 1, 1883, Mr. Boillot purchased the lumber business owned by L. J. Boillot, in the fall of which year he built a lumber yard in the town on land belonging to the railroad company; in the fall of 1888 he built a new yard on his own land, on the east side of the railroad track, where he still continues the business. He has also been engaged in the farm implement business since 1883, and has built up a large and lucrative trade in a good location. He is an enterprising business man, and has done much for the advancement of the little town in which he resides. In 1879 Mr. Boillot married Louisa, daughter of Joseph and Celestine (Guey) Party. Mrs. Party was born in Donaldsonville, La., November 21, 1842, and removed with her parents to Missouri in 1852, where she has ever since lived. April 6, 1857, she married Joseph Party, who died in February, 1875. They had four children, viz.: Victor, Louise, Augustine and August. Mr. and Mrs. Boillot have one child, Ollie, who is now seven years of age.

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This family biography is one of 52 biographies included in The History of Osage County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Osage County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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