Boggs Family History

Boggs Family

Samuel Plummer Boggs was born 2 April 1893 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. His parents were Noah Edward Boggs and Clora Jane Kincaid. He married Hilda Garringer, daughter of Isaac Luther Garringer and Bertha Achsah Hammers, 11 January 1919 in Indiana. They had five children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana.

This Report is limited primarily to John Williams Boggs and Evaline (Rice) Boggs and their descendants. The Report is a collection of information on the family members (event dates, photographs, notes, etc.) organized in a Family Book Format.There are, however, genealogy data and photographs included for some of the ancestors and relatives of John William and Evaline Boggs. For a comprehensive Report of ancestors and relatives, additional research is required to confirm and acquire additional family data. As we all know, family data and photographs are not as available for the earlier generation due to the passage of time and the availability of cameras in their time period.Some of the ancestral family data included are from oral history and have not been confirmed by official sources. For example, there is little documented data on James Boggs and Juliann (Humphries), father of Joseph Marion Boggs and grandfather of John Williams Boggs. The father of this James Boggs has not been confirmed to be Jim Boggs. Another researcher has his father as Joseph Boggs. Was John William Boggs mother's Maiden Name spelled House, or Houze, or Houtz, or Howtz, or Houtze? Evaline (Rice) Boggs' name is in question. Is it Evaline, Eviline, Evieline, or Evelyn? I have chosen to use Evaline which is the way it is spelled on some early official documents. And there are others that need to be determined before making the final copy.This Report includes information and photographs of some of the churches and church cemeteries the Boggs families are, or have been, associated with over the years. More work is required in this area.

Portraits of Early Sonoma County Settlers is the narrative history of sixteen early settlers in the area which is now Sonoma County, California. A number of these persons arrived before California became a state in 1850. A number of them were lured here by the Gold Rush of 1849. They engaged in wide and diverse activities. Several were directly or indirectly involved in the settlement and development of new towns in the area. Others contributed to the development of agriculture, schools, and religion. Some of them had to deal with the Mexican Government and the ranchos in early Alta California. Overall it gives a good picture of what the area was like as it moved towards and became a part of the United States of America.