George Dana Boardman (February 8, 1801 – February 11, 1831) was an American missionary.

Life

He was born in

Livermore, Maine Livermore is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, formerly in Oxford County, Maine. The population was 2,127 at the 2020 United States census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area an ...

, the son of the Rev.

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. Baptist History Homepage website, ''Rev. George Dana Boardman, Sr.'', published in The Baptist Encyclopedia, 1881 (page 109)
/ref> He attended

Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine, United States. Founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, it was renamed Waterville College in 1821. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner ...

, and was the school's first graduate in 1822. He served as tutor for a year at Colby, then continued his education at

Andover Theological Seminary Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambrid ...

. On February 16, 1825, he was ordained a

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minister in West Yarmouth, Maine. Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin, President of Colby College, spoke at his ordination. Boardman married Sarah Hall on July 4, 1825. On July 16, the couple sailed for

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, where they arrived on 2 December 1825. After acquiring the

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, he entered upon his labors at Maulmain in May 1827, and founded a mission which became the central point of all the Baptist missions in Burma. In April 1828, he established a mission at

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, where he soon afterward baptized Ko Tha Byu, a

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convert, whose labors were very successful among his countrymen. On 5 February 1828, Boardman set out on a tour among the Karen villages, and met with such success that he determined on a systematic course of itinerary labor. On these trips, he was usually accompanied by Ko Tha Byu or some other convert. His exertions occasioned the loss of his health and brought on his early death by consumption. His widow married the Rev.

Adoniram Judson Adoniram Judson (; August 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) was an American Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalist and later Particular Baptist missionary who worked in Burma for almost 40 years. At the age of 25, Judson was ...

, also a missionary. He and Sarah had a son Gospel Fellowship Association Missions website, ''Sarah Hall Boardman Judson'', article by Dr John A. Dreisbach dated May 22, 2007
/ref> also named George Dana Boardman, often referred to as "the Younger". A residence and dining hall at his alma mater,

, is named "Dana" in his honor.

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External links

Google Books website, ''Memoir of George Dana Boardman, Late Missionary to Burma'' by Alonzo King
Online Copy {{DEFAULTSORT:Boardman, George 1801 births 1831 deaths People from Livermore, Maine Baptist missionaries from the United States Baptist missionaries in Myanmar Colby College alumni American expatriates in Myanmar American missionaries in India 19th-century Baptists

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