Jesse Freeman Boulden (1820 - 1899)

Born 8 Oct 1820 in Delaware, United States

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Biography

Jesse Boulden is Notable.

Jesse Freeman Boulden was born October 8, 1820 in Delaware, United States.

He was a Baptist minister, editor.

He served as a representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

He was active in political and church work in Chicago, Mississippi, and Washington, DC and was a founder of the Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago. He was listed on the 1850 census as a clerk.

Boulden is often portrayed in the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science’s annual Eighth of May Emancipation Celebration, held at Sandfield Cemetery, where high school students tell the stories of notable African Americans who lived in Columbus.

He died March 6, 1899.

Sources

• "United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QP-HBT6 : accessed 26 December 2021), J F Boulden, Jun 1868; citing Residence, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSX-1NB : 29 May 2021), T F Boulden, 1870.
• Wikidata: Item Q27947858, en:Wikipedia
• Find A Grave: Memorial #33665387