On December 1, 1963, a group of twelve women met at the home of Mrs. Carroll Barrett with the
purpose of forming a new chapter of DAR in the Gladstone area of Greater Kansas City. When the charter was
granted by NSDAR, the number had grown to twenty-two, and today our chapter has sixty members.
Our DAR chapter was named for William Boydston who was born March 24, 1753, in Frederick, Maryland. He
was a Revolutionary War soldier who served faithfully on behalf of the American colonies in the states of Virginia and
North Carolina. On June 13, 1833, he received Pension Certificate Number 13751 from the United States of America.
William Boydston was married to Elizabeth Christian and lived in Montgomery, Virginia. Their son, Nathaniel, married
Nancy Faubion and, their daughter, Priscilla married the Rev. Jacob Faubion. Nathaniel and Priscilla and families
moved to Missouri first and Nathaniel later went back to Virginia and brought William and Elizabeth west. They lived
near St. Joseph, Missouri, which, at that time, was a part of Clay County. After the Platte Purchase, it became part
of Buchanan County.
William Boydston was visiting his family in what is now, Gladstone. He fell ill and died in December of 1838. He was
the first person to be buried in Faubion Cemetery, which is located in Gladstone, Missouri, at the corner of N.W. 72nd
Street and Kranz Road, just a few blocks northeast of downtown Gladstone. His graved was marked by the
William Boydston Chapter NSDAR on March 24, 2002, celebrating the anniversary of his birth. The chapter was
assisted by the Missouri Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard and his descendants attended the ceremony.
A monument (pictured at top) to honor Patriot William Boydston was placed in the Faubion Cemetery by Charles N. Kimball of
Sistersville, West Virginia. The top and front of the stone contains the following information:
WILLIAM BOYDSTON
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
BORN FREDERICK CO. MD
MARCH 24, 1753
DIED IN CLAY CO. MO DEC.--1838
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FIRST TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY
MARRIED IN MONTGOMERY CO. VA
1778-1778
ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF
NATHANIEL & JANE CHRISTIAN
DIED IN BUCHANAN CO. MO AUG--1814
The back of the stone lists Boydston's military record:
WILLIAM BOYDSTON
SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT, VA,
OCT. 10, 1774 IN MONTGOMERY CO.
VA MILITIA 1776-1777
IN WASHINGTON CO., N.C.
LATER TENN., MILITIA 1780.
UNDER GEN. FRANCIS ("THE SWAMP FOX") MARION,
AND UNDER COL. JOHN ("NOLICHUCKY JACK") SEVIER.
PROBABLY ALSO IN BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN OCT. 7, 1780.
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