Brief Life History of Francis Boggs
When Francis Boggs Carr was born on 29 January 1837, in Braxton, Virginia, United States, his father, James Peyton Carr, was 42 and his mother, Rebecca Martin Boggs, was 28. He married Anna Eliza Singleton on 16 March 1862, in Braxton, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Dessie, Braxton, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 18 February 1929, in Braxton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Carr Cemetery, Belfont, Braxton, West Virginia, United States.
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- Francis B Carr in household of Houston Carr, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Francis Boggs Carr - birth: 29 January 1837; Virginia, United States
- Francis Boggs Carr Military Record
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.
Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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