City: Knoxville
BOIES, William Ely, retired clergyman and writer of prose and verse; born Charleston, S.C., Jan. 27, 1823; son of Artemus and Abigail (Ely) BOIES; Scotch-Irish descent; father’s occupation, clergyman; received preparatory education in Boston public Latin school; graduate of Yale, A.B. degree, in 1844; A.M. degree in 1847; married Elizabeth Phelps WRIGHT June 15, 1864; entered the ministry in early life and preached until he lost his hearing, when he took journalism as a profession.
