AKA: Boynton, Boyington

Name: Zino Byington
Age: 84
Birth Date: Abt 1796
Birthplace: Connecticut
Home in 1880: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA
Street: Belden High
House Number: 414
Dwelling Number: 375
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father
Marital Status: Widower
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
Occupation: Farmer
Months Not Employed: 12
Sick: Old Age

Only residents of the infirmary are buried there.
Contributor: 46811474
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The information about the death of Zina Boynton is found in the article in the "Huron Times" (Harbor Beach, Michigan) · Fri, Jan 29, 1886 (see the complete article to the left).
"Jackson, Mich., Jan. 25 - The county poor-house was almost entirely destroyed by fire at one o'clock yesterday morning (January 24, 1886)......Zina Boynton, from Jackson, aged ninety-two, an inmate for three years...."

The information about the birth of Zina Boynton is found on Page 272 of "The Boynton Family (entire book title below*) from 1899. "First and youngest child of Daniel Boynton and Susannah (Norton) Boynton, Zina Boynton, born July 20, 1795, at Hartford, Conn., m Huldah Webster, Feb 14, 1818, residence Jackson, Mich. He died Jan 25, 1885." (The Article from 1886 above shows that the date of "1885" in the book was incorrect.)

What is known from the last two Federal Census Images for Zina (and his wife):
~~1880 Census, Jackson, Jackson, MI
Father: Zina Byington Age 84 (1796) CT "Sick with old age"
Widowed Occupation: Farmer Parents b in CT
Residing the Orrin and Active Olmstead

~~1870 Census, Jefferson, Cook Co, IL
Zina Boyington Age 75 (1795) CT Retired Merchant
Hulda Boyington Age 73 (1797) CT

The last name for Zina and his descendants was spelled as Boynton, Boyington, Byington. His wife, Huldah, could have died between 1870 and 1880 and be buried with him in this cemetery.

*The Boynton Family. A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton, Who Emigrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1638, and settled at Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts" Part 1, 1867 Library of Congress July 7, 1899
Page 272

The issue of Zina and Huldah:
1) Active Amelia Byington Olmstead (1819-1889) 23010350
2) Hiram Smith "H S" Byington (1820-1872) 226726461
3) Lucius Webster Byington (20 Sept 1828 Kingsville, Ashtabula, OH; m 27 Nov 1853; d 7 Aug 1856 Placerville, El Dorado, CA) Burial Unknown
4) Augustus Byington (1830-1911) 69521019∼Parents: Daniel Byington & Susannah Norton

Married: Huldah E. Webster on 14 Feb 1818 in Ashtabula Co., Ohio

Children:
Active Amelia Byington Olmstead (20294354)
Hiram Smith Byington
Lucius Webster Byington
Augustus Byington
Albert Webster Byington
Frank Augustus Byington
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1820 Census (Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio)

1823 owned land in Ashtabula Co., Ohio

1830 Census (Madison, Geauga, Ohio)

1832 owned land in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio

1850 Census (Jefferson, Cook, Illinois)
Zina Byington 55, b. Connecticut
Huldah Byington 63, b. Connecticut
Augustus Byington 20, b. NY

1860 Census (Jefferson, Cook, Illinois)
Zina Byington 64, b. Connecticut, farmer
Alda Byington 61, b. Connecticut

1870 Census (Jefferson, Cook, Illinois)
Zina Byington 75, b. Connecticut
Hulda Byington 73, b. Connecticut

1880 Census (Jackson, Jackson, Michigan)
Zina Byington 84, b. Connecticut, widower