Editing Nellie I. Boston

<p>Nellie I. Boston was born in 1874 or 1875 in Douglas County, Nevada to John L. and Jennette M. (Jones) Boston.<ref name="Identifying Nellie's Parents">Nellie's mother is not identified directly in any sources that I know about, but her identity can be determined through a chain of sources that begin with the identification of Mrs. Jesse H. Dungan as Nellie's aunt. She is identified as such in multiple newspaper items, such as the one that appeared in the <cite>Woodland Daily Democrat</cite> in June 1896 which said that she was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jesse Dungan ([[Cites Source::Source:Source 49|June 1896, pg 3, col 6]]).</ref> In 1876 Nellie's family moved to Inyo County, California, where her mother gave birth to a son on Sept 7, 1877 and died eight days later. After the death of her mother, Nellie and her father returned to Douglas County.<ref>This is a test reference:.</ref> Nellie grew up in or near Mottsville, in Douglas County, surrounded by an extended family that included initally her father, her maternal grandparents, and her mother's seven siblings. We don't have much information about where exactly she lived or who raised her, but we know a little bit about the situation in 1880. Nellie was enumerated in the 1880 census in the household of her maternal grandfather, D. I. Jones. Her father lived nearby. A newspaper article from about the same time as the census suggests that he was involved and around, but mentions that a sister-in-law took care of her. That sister-in-law was most likely her aunt Viola.  Viola married J. H. Dungan, editor of the <cite>Genoa Weekly Courier</cite>, in 1883, and they moved to Woodland, CA in 1884. We don't know whether Nellie continued to live with her grandfather after Viola left, but we know that she remained in the Mottsville area because she attended the Mottsville Public School.</p>

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