Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-06-15
Death Of Mi. { {. 81ynt1n.

bUTgIt New lQFS. Maj Ed
ward G. Bcyrton, at ore time :
Professor of Chemistry and
hinersl5Sy in the University ri
Mississippi and fors eveFai years
a citizen OF :his community
Few If any Of The younger mem
5ers Of the community knew
tie deceased, bat to our Older
citizens he vas well known.
On the first day OF December
1901 Maj Boynton was stricken
with paralysis Mt his home in
NewbuTgh. lie rallied from
this attack, but last summer
was stricken again. and a few
days ago suffered a third vista
ton which carried him eff.
Msj. BOyHton was elected SO
the chair of Chemistry in the
University OF Mississippi in IsJt
and AZ the outbreak Of the val
he bad become one of the most
popular PrJf-ssO $ the State
University ever Ia ]. He or
nnized and equipped his de
partmeus 81 thoroughly to this
dag his hand - visible in TIE
splendid laboratory on the Un..
versity grounds. He vas able.
Industrious. zca'aus ard most
efficient Tie University never
had 4 mere CAPABLE instructor
and he was a great favOtiie With
the student body Ills pleasant,
geoias ways rad mlnuers. made
Capt B0ynt0R, (as be was then
known macy friends among
cur people.
lac vrr however came CT,
and being 4 N0r;hern man, the
Professor Of Chemistry was sas-
pec'ed of being wanting in at,
taehueut TO the cause Of the
South. For this reason he was
dismissed though the VII vas
in actual progress when he <as
compelled TO leave the home OF
his adoption Probably no maa
Worth or South regretted the
wsr more than dill Professor
BoyntOn. He was educated al
the L. s. Military Academy at
West Point. OF New EnglanG
birth. he became a soldier ard
calamity fought for his eoun rs
in the var with Mexico. lie
took part in the siege OF Vera
Cruz, and engaged ia the battles
Of OerrJ G)riI. Monterey aud
ChImbusco. where he Was sc
vereiy wounded, He was pro-
NOTED for gallant aud meFitOri
Gus services il the battles o.
Monterey ani Chan5u The
gallant captain was associated
with men who afterwards rose
to rank aud power in the grea;
Civil war. and it is natural tina,
be should have bitterly lament.
ed the war between the States.
In lS4S he was made a Profes
scr in the Military Academy at
Vest Point, where he served IN.
tii 1856 lie then went To Flari
da in the expedition against the
Seminole Indians aud soon after
that was elected 10 the chair OF
Chemistry, Hiner4l1gy aud Il
oiOgy in the University OF Nis
sIssippi where he remained until
circumstances forced him again
TO 60 North. Ii - erediiable 10
Maj BOyHton that he did not
have the heart 10 raise his hand
to ssiike down the people among
whom he had lived lie had
hardly got out of the COnfeder.
ate lines before he was off. red
the cOmrand of a volunteer
regiment on the Federal side.
This he declined
Looking back over those
stormy days the writer well re
members the sorrow of the de-
posed Professor over VIVA, he
said was the mistake of the
lead ers, and more after the
struggle had begun he was
heard to say the whole thing
ought TO be settled by ouc
pitched battle hike SabastOpoI.
and the conquered then accept
ing the result without mere loss
of blood But this vas not to
be- Maj BOynt0n however, re-
entered the service OF the gov
erament aad was assigned TO
Gaty al the l. ; Acdfemy AZ