The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
William N.Boden was born in Philadelphia in 1836 but was reared in Beaver County, Pa.
He received a fair common school education and early in life learned the blacksmith trade. In 1858 he came to Oquawka and engaged in that trade.
Mrs. Florence Gould, a daughter of Lloyd Cunning-ham, married him in 1872. He later formed a partnership with Riner Schell & Co., blacksmiths and dealers in agricultural implements.
1882 History of Henderson County