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Benjamin S. BOGGESS

Benjamin S. BOGGESS

Male 1846 - 1917  (~ 70 years)

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  • Name Benjamin S. BOGGESS 
    Born Dec 1846  Monroe Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co A, 13th WVa Inf  [3] 
    Residence 1866  Putnam Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880  Putnam Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1887  Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Military 13 Jun 1891  [3] 
    applied for Civil War pension as an invalid 
    Census 1900, 1910  Otter District, Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 22 Feb 1917  Nebo, Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I61403  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2012 

    Family 1 Mary Ann HIGGINBOTHAM,   b. CA 1844, Kanawha Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 4 Mar 1866  Putnam Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Greenbrier Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 7 1850:
      Benjamin B. Boggess, 34, blacksmith; Caroline, 28; Samuel E, 11; Madera J, 8; Elza (female), 6; John, 4; Benj, 1; John Caraway, 39, blacksmith.

      1860 Census, Kanawha Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 28 1860:
      Samuel Witherow, 24; Caroline M. Witherow, 20; Benj S. Boggess, 13; James Boggess, 9.

      1870 Census, Putnam Co, WV (Buffalo Twp), enumerated on Aug 17 1870:
      Benjn S. Boggess, 23, farm laborer; Mary A, 26; Sarah V, 2; Rebecca L, 5 mo.

      1880 Census, Putnam Co, WV (Union District), enumeratd on Jun 3 1880:
      Benjamin Boggess, 34, laborer; wife Mary A, 30; son Augustus, 5; son Benjamin, 3.
      Note: Reason for absence of son Samuel is not known.

      1900 Census, Clay Co, WV (Otter District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
      Benj S. Boggess, 53, b. Dec 1846, farmer, married 13 yrs; wife Marilda, 34, married 13 yrs, no children; son Benjamin A. Boggess, 21, single, farm laborer.

      1910 Census, Clay Co, WV (Otter District), enumerated on Apr 15 1910:
      Benjamine Boggess, 63, farmer laborer, married 22 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Marild J, 43, married 22 yrs (2nd marriage), no children.

      1930 Census, Jackson Co, WV (Ravenswood District), enumerated on Apr 4 1930:
      George Paden, 58, b. WVa, invalid; mother Mary J. Kimble, 75, b. at sea (both parents b. England), age 16 at time of first marriage; servant Marioda Boggess, 64, widowed, occupation nurse. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Thompson "Thomas" BOGGESS,   b. 1874, Putnam Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1961  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Augustus M. BOGGESS,   b. 5 Oct 1876, Putnam Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1963, Nitro, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. Benjamin A. BOGGESS,   b. Oct 1878
    Family ID F25496  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marilda J. O'BRIEN,   b. Aug 1865, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 12 May 1887  Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F37067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    61403_BenjaminBoggess_MarildaColmer_MarriageRecord_12May1887.jpg    		61403_BenjaminBoggess_MarildaColmer_MarriageRecord_12May1887.jpg
    61403_BenjaminSBoggess_MaryAnnHigginbotham_MarriageRecord_4Mar1866.jpg    		61403_BenjaminSBoggess_MaryAnnHigginbotham_MarriageRecord_4Mar1866.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2458] 1900 Census, Clay County, WV.

    2. [S2333] Putnam County Marriage Records, Winfield, WV.

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2323] Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV.

    5. [S2196] Clay County Marriage Records, Clay, WV.

    6. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    7. [S2323] Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV, MR p. 230.
      Identified as Benjamin S. Boggess, 20, b. Monroe Co, res. Putnam Co; and Mary Ann Higginbotham, 22, b. Kanawha Co, res. Putnam Co. Married Mar 4 1866 "at Abel Withrow's."

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.

    9. [S2196] Clay County Marriage Records, Clay, WV, MR p. 32 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10984955&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Benjamin Boggess, 39, b. Monroe Co, res. Clay Co; and Marilda Colmer, 22, b. Kanawha Co, res. Clay Co. Married May 12 1887 "at Elmore OBriens."