Histories

Lentha Ames Boynton was born 1 JUL 1825 • Windsor County, Vermont to Levi Boynton and Mary Griswold. Lentha’s mother Mary Griswold died 15 MAY 1832 when she was 6 years old. Her father died 2 years later on 10 MAY 1835 when Lentha was orphaned at the age of 9. She was taken in by her Uncle Abner Field and Aunt Louisa Griswold (Field). Abner and Louisa raised Lentha as if she were their own. Lentha Ames Boynton’s first and middle name came from her grandmother Annah Lenthal Ames

Lentha Ames Boynton married Evan Taylor Hardin on 29 Jan 1852 at Sangamon County, Illinois. Their second son Abner Field Hardin was named after Abner Field.

Lentha Ames Boynton passed away in the home of her daughter Julia Boynton Hardin (Miller)  in Ontario, San Bernardino, California