1836-1899
Adoniron Judson Boyakin
Printer and Publisher IL/ID
(Compiler’s prerogative: Though this name is not spelled like the traditional Adoniram, the compiler is free to assume the lad’s parents had the great missionary in mind when they phonetically spelled out the name of their new son.)
When Adoniron Judson Boyakin was born on 6 December 1836, in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, his father, Rev. Williamson Franklin Boyakin, was 29 and his mother, Maria McQuary, was 26. He married Ida Nevada Clifton (1860-1942) in 1876 and together they had seven children. He died on 28 March 1899, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
A note in a local Oregon newspaper reports
the sudden death of J. Boyakin at Boise City, Idaho, March 29th. Deceased was a well-known printer, and a very bright man. Old pioneers in Portland will revert to the time when he worked on “The Oregon Weekly Times” in the 50s, and later on in the 60s on “The Oregonian,” when H. L. Pittock was sole owner and proprietor. “Jud,” as he was familiarly called, was a great compositor and a rapid one, and few there were, if any, who could “snow” him, using a printer’s phrase. In 1866 “Jud” established the “Boise City Democrat,” which he owned and published for many years. Many old Oregonians will regret to learn of the sudden demise of A. J. Boyakin.[1]
Adoniron Judson Boyakin was laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in Boise on 30 March 1899 after services at the Presbyterian Church.
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[1] https://shermancountyoregon.com/obituaries/moro-leader-obituaries/moro-leader-obituaries/