Homer C. Boardman

#20, 21, 22 & 23 Homer Cullen Boardman (1849-1920) 1888-1891

Homer Cullen Boardman, son of Norman Boardman and Lois Knight, was born February 22, 1849 in Troy, Orleans County, Vermont. In early boyhood, his family removed to Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa where he attended the common schools. He graduated from the Commercial Department of Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana returning the Lyons to clerk in a dry goods store for a time.

On June 24,1874 he married Emma F. Jacobson, daughter of Albert M. Jacobson and Mary A. Snow, in Lyons. The couple removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where Mr. Boardman was a traveling salesman for the firm of Hand & Seymour, a millinery firm for five years.

In 1879, Homer Boardman with his wife and two children came to Nevada. Mr. Boardman’s brother, William Knight Boardman, had previously come to Nevada in 1877 and established a clothing business. However, in 1879 the brothers partnered to commence Boardman Brothers, a wholesale butter, egg and poultry trade.

Mr. Boardman served on Nevada city council from 1882 to 1887 and as mayor of Nevada from 1888 to 1891. During his administration the city water works were built in great measure due to his advocacy and energy supporting the project. In 1892 he was chosen to fill out the term of Senator T. C. McCall. Then in 1893 he was elected to the seat on his own merit and served as senator from January 1894 to January 1896. He was a member of the Nevada school board for twenty-one years.

In 1902, Homer Boardman removed to Okene, Oklahoma where he was in the banking and lumber business until 1912 when, because of failing health, he retired and moved to Los Angeles, California. He died there on September 11, 1920 leaving his wife and two sons.