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. […]