Brief Life History of John
When John Boggs was born on 4 July 1815, in Pendleton, Virginia, United States, his father, John Boggs, was 50 and his mother, Margaret Kee, was 41. He married Elizabeth Carr on 7 April 1842, in Pendleton, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Union District, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 May 1893, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States.
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- John Boggs, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Jr. Boggs, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- John Boggs, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English bogeys ‘boastful or haughty’. The name (in the forms Boge(y)s, Boga(y)s) is found in the 12th century in Yorkshire and East Anglia, and also around Bordeaux, which had trading links with East Anglia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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