Individual Details
Narcisse "Nelson" BEAUDOIN
(Aug 1824 - 21 Jun 1881)
OLD GRAVE OF WAR VETERAN LOCATED BY AMERICAN LEGION
Ending long search by Codington County Post No. 17, American Legion, the grave of Nelson Boudoin, a Civil war veteran and an early Codington county resident who was accidentally killed in 1881, has been located and will be marked with a government headstone.
Boudoin, who served in the Civil war with a Wisconsin regiment, was killed while descending into a well he has digging between Kranzburg and Bemis, according to statements given the post by the veteran's family who spell the name "Boadwine" at present, having relinquished the spelling by which the veteran was known.
Boudoin was overcome by gas after his fall and his son, attempting to rescue him, also perished. Father and son were buried in one grave in the Kranzburg cemetery and, according to reports, the burial service was read by the late John B. Hanten, there being no priest in the vicinity at that time.
To ascertain location of the grave, Oscar Youngren, field worker for the Graves Registration service operated through the office of the Legion post here, spent considerable time in the Kranzburg vicinity. He was referred to Nick Kranz, one of the early settlers in that area and apparently the only person recalling the accident from personal contact. Accompanied by Mr. Youngren, Mr. Kranz visited the old section of the Kranzburg cemetery and identified the spot where Boudoin and his son are buried.
The location has been marked and as soon as the stone can be secured by the post, it will be erected to mark the grave of the veteran who was one of the first persons to die in Codington county.
(Article dated 15 July 1941, from a Watertown newspaper)
Events
| Birth | Aug 1824 | Michigan Territory, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 26 Aug 1852 | Brown County, Wisconsin, United States - Josette CARBONNEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1860 | Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Josette CARBONNEAU | | | |
| Military | 1864 - 1865 | Civil War: Union, Wisconsin, 17th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company G, Private | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1870 | Scott, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Josette CARBONNEAU | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | Hamlin County, Dakota Territory, United States - Josette CARBONNEAU | | | |
| Death | 21 Jun 1881 | Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Nelson BOADWINE | ||||
| Alt name | Nelson BOUDOIN | ||||
| Alt name | Narcisse BAUDOIN | ||||
| Alt name | Nelson BODOIN | ||||
| Burial | Holy Rosary Cemetery, Kranzburg, Codington, South Dakota, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Josette CARBONNEAU (1831 - 1883) |
| Child | Louise BEAUDOIN (1851 - ) |
| Child | Peter BEAUDOIN (1854 - 1922) |
| Child | Jane BEAUDOIN (1855 - 1880) |
| Child | William BEAUDOIN (1857 - 1881) |
| Child | Eliza Louisa BEAUDOIN (1859 - ) |
| Child | Francis Xavier "Frank" BEAUDOIN (1864 - 1950) |
| Child | Oliver E. BEAUDOIN (1866 - 1941) |
| Child | Caroline Olive BEAUDOIN (1868 - 1952) |
| Child | Mary Magdalene BEAUDOIN (1873 - 1939) |
| Father | François Xavier BEAUDOIN (1785 - 1850) |
| Mother | Marie Catherine GAUVREAU (1791 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Pierre "Peter" BEAUDOIN (1821 - ) |
| Sibling | Marie Théotiste "Catherine" BEAUDOIN ( - 1869) |
| Sibling | Louise BEAUDOIN ( - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy BEAUDOIN (1829 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Jane Matilda BEAUDOIN (1831 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Jean Baptiste "John" BEAUDOIN (1834 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Age 25 in 1850Marriage
The year is actually a bit of an estimate, as the record leaves off the last digit! It was situated in the midst of 1853 and 1851 marriages, however. The record was registered on 5 June 1869.Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Narcisse Beaudoin, a farmer, age 35; Josette Beaudoin, age 28; Pierre Beaudoin, age 7; Jane Beaudoin, age 6; William Beaudoin, age 3; and Eliza Beaudoin, age 1.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4298895_00179?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7667%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4298895_00197
Military
"Drafted to Company G, Wisconsin 17th Infantry Regiment on 04 Oct 1864. Mustered out on 14 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY."Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Nelson Boadwin, age 47, a farmer; his wife, Josette, age 39; and children: Peter, age 17; Jane, age 15; William, age 13; Louisa, age 11; Frank, age 7; Oliver, age 4; and Caroline, age 2.https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC73-JSJ?mode=g&i=25&owc=collection%2F1438024%2Fwaypoints&wc=92VG-RM2%3A518654501%2C518719601%2C518788301&cc=1438024
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Nelson Boedwin, age 57, a farmer; his wife, Josephine, age 48; and children: William, age 23; Frank, age 17; Oliver, age 15; Louisa, age 22; Carry, age 12; and Mary, age 7.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6742/4240104-00576?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6742%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4240104-00588
Endnotes
1. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, De Pere, dist. 12, folio 29, image 14, dwelling 91, family 107, lines 37-41: Catherine Bordwie and family.
2. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2015), Nelson "Narcisse" Bodoin; memorial #112688993.
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 January 2016), Nelson Bodoin; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949; Bland, Charles R.-Bokinee, Joseph; image 2453.
4. Brown County, Wisconsin, FHL Film 1275773, item 1, Marriages, Vol. 2: p. 85, rec. no. 02580, Narcisse Baudoin to Josepha Carbonneau.
5. 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Wisconsin, Brown, Town of Scott, p. 279 (Ancestry image 19), dwelling 2112, family 2112, lines 29-34: Narcisse Beaudoin and family.
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 January 2016), Nelson Bodoin; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949; Bland, Charles R.-Bokinee, Joseph; image 2453.
7. "U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 January 2016), Narcisse Bodoin; National Park Service; film no. M559 roll 3 -- alternate name: Nelson Bodoin .
8. "U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 January 2016), Nelson Bodoni; Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA.
9. 1870 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Brown, Scott, page 26, image 26, dwelling 170, family 180, lines 3-11, Nelson Boadwin and family; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 21 January 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.
10. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Dakota Territory, Hamlin, township not stated, enumeration district (ED) 47, page 13, image 13, dwelling 138, family 138, lines 1-8, Nelson Boedwin and family; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1880usfedcen/ : accessed 21 January 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.
11. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2015), Nelson "Narcisse" Bodoin; memorial #112688993.
12. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 January 2016), Nelson Bodoin; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949; Bland, Charles R.-Bokinee, Joseph; image 2453.
13. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2015), Nelson "Narcisse" Bodoin; memorial #112688993.
14. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 January 2016), Nelson Bodoin; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949; Bland, Charles R.-Bokinee, Joseph; image 2453.