Brief Life History of John R
When John R Boggs was born in 1834, in Lee, Virginia, United States, his father, William Randale Boggs Sr., was 23 and his mother, Anne \ Anna "Annie" F Johnson - Boggs, was 22. He married Ursula Isom on 16 December 1853, in Lee, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lee, Lee, Virginia, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 3 July 1863, in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Boggs in household of William Boggs, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jno Boggs, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- John Boggs, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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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.
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.
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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