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EDWARD CLARK BOULDIN, the gentleman whose biographical sketch it is now our purpose to give, is one of the well-to-do farmers of Cedar Township, Pettis County, his fine and well cultivated estate being pleasantly located on section 5. It is three hundred acres in extent, and in its management our subject has gained an enviable reputation as a wide-awake and progressive agriculturist.

Mr. Bouldin is a native of Kentucky, having been born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, September 8, 1820. He was reared in the county of his birth and also spent some time in Henderson County, prior to his removal to Missouri. The journey hither was undertaken in 1850, and having previously decided on making his home in Pettis County, he located in Cedar Township, on land which has since been his property. He has made agriculture the chief occupation of his life, and in its pursuance has met with marvelous success.

Mr. Bouldin was married in Daviess County, Ky., five years prior to coming to Missouri, to Miss Betty M. Glover, the ceremony being performed at her home, November 26, 1845. She was a native of Daviess County, and was born August 25, 1827, to Walker and Sally Glover. By her union with our subject there have been born eleven children, nine of whom are now living. They are: Alice, now the wife of J. A. Bowers; Sally, Mrs. E. L. Porter; Eunice B., Mrs. H. B. McCubbin; David W., who married Eliza Richie; Anna M., the wife of H. H. Marean; Emmett E., who married Sally Smith; Edward C., Jr., who is unmarried; Ada A., who is the wife of Rufus C. Young, and lives in Stanley, Kan.; and Joseph C., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Bouldin have buried two children. Carrie V., formerly the wife of Henry Faulkner, died when twenty-six years old; and Edward O. died in infancy.

Our subject has always taken a very active and prominent part in local politics, and was chosen by his fellow-townsmen as the first Assessor of Pettis County. A stanch supporter of Democratic principles, he has been a delegate to the various conventions of that party. He is a devoted member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which denomination his wife and children belong. As one of the enterprising citizens of the county he is highly regarded, and the good results which have attended all his efforts indicate him to be a shrewd and far-seeing business man.