George Boardman (missionary)

George Dana Boardman
Missionary to Burma
Born	(1801-02-08)February 8, 1801 Livermore, Maine
Died	February 11, 1831(1831-02-11) (aged 30) Tavoy, Burma (now Dawei, Myanmar)

George Dana Boardman (February 8, 1801 – February 11, 1831) was an American missionary. He was born in Livermore, Maine, the son of the Rev. Sylvanus Boardman. He attended Colby College, 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. On February 16, 1825, he was ordained a Baptist 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 Calcutta, where they arrived on 2 December 1825. After acquiring the Burmese language, 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 Tavoy, where he soon afterward baptized Ko-mah-byn, a Karen 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-mah-byn 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, also a missionary. He and Sarah had a son also named George Dana Boardman, often referred to as "the Younger".

A residence and dining hall at his alma mater, Colby College, is named "Dana" in his honor.

References

Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Boardman, George Dana". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Boardman, George Dana". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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People	George Boardman Sarah Hall Boardman Adoniram Judson Ann Hasseltine Judson Francis Mason Eliza Grew Jones John Taylor Jones Emily Chubbuck Dan Beach Bradley Daniel McGilvary Eugenio Kincaid Margaret Landon Justus Vinton Calista Vinton

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Christianity in Burma

Denominations	Assemblies of God of Myanmar Chin Baptist Convention Christian Reformed Church in Burma Church of the Province of Myanmar Kachin Baptist Convention Karen Baptist Convention Lahu Christian churches Lisu Church Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar Myanmar Baptist Convention Myanmar Lutheran Church Presbyterian Church of Myanmar Roman Catholicism in Burma True Jesus Church in Burma

Missionaries	George Boardman Sarah Hall Boardman Nathan Brown Emily Chubbuck Eliza Grew Jones John Taylor Jones Adoniram Judson Ann Hasseltine Judson Eugenio Kincaid Francis Mason William Orison Valentine Calista Vinton Justus Vinton

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George Boardman (missionary)

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