Life Span
              Life Summary
Full name
              Alvan Earl Bovay
          Place of Birth
              
          Birth Date Certainty
              Exact
          Death Date Certainty
              Exact
          Gender
              Male
          Race
              White
          Sectional choice
              North
          Origins
              Free State
          No. of Spouses
              1
          No. of Children
              1
          Family
              John Bovay (father), Elizabeth Earl Bovay (mother), Elizabeth Smith (wife)
          Education
          Other
              Other Education
              Norwich University (CT)
          Occupation
          Attorney or Judge
          Educator
              Relation to Slavery
          White non-slaveholder
              Church or Religious Denomination
          Episcopalian
              Political Parties
          Whig
          Republican
              Government
          Local government
              Military
          Union Army
               
     
