Brief Life History of Francis
When Francis Boggs was born on 17 May 1807, in Saint Clairsville, Belmont, Ohio, United States, his father, Alexander Boggs, was 40 and his mother, Hannah Martin, was 32. He married Evelina Martin on 3 September 1832, in Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 22 January 1889, in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Francis Bays, "United States Census, 1850"
- Francis Boggs birth and death; Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97B-6S2X?cc=2078505&wc=M6TX-P3N%3A357506801
- 1889 Utah Find A Grave Index for Francis Boggs
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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The Francis Boggs Family - a brief history
Francis Boggs, his wife Evelina Martin, and their family joined the church in 1841. A skilled carpenter, Francis went to work helping to build the city of Nauvoo. The Boggs family fled with the Sai …
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