George Washington Boggs1 
M, (15 March 1839 - 6 May 1905)
- Relationship
- 6th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
George Washington Boggs was born on 15 March 1839 at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri.1 He was the son of Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs and Panthea Grant Boone.1 George Washington Boggs married, at age 26, Alabama McMeans, age 17 on Tuesday, 17 October 1865 at Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. George Washington Boggs died on 6 May 1905 at Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, at age 66 years, 1 month and 21 days.1
He appeared on the census of 31 October 1850 in the household of Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs and Panthea Grant Boone at Sonoma, Sonoma County, California Territory, USA. George Washington Boggs appeared on the census of 31 July 1860 in the household of Panthea Grant Boone at Napa City, Napa County, California. George Washington Boggs appeared on the census of 13 August 1870 at San Joaquin Township, Stanislaus County, California. He and Alabama McMeans appeared on the census of 29 June 1880 at Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. George Washington Boggs and Alabama McMeans appeared on the census of 4 June 1900 at Stockton, 2nd Ward, San Joaquin County, California. George Washington Boggs
Place of birth: Jefferson, Missouri
Date of birth: March 15, 1839
Father: Lilburn W. Boggs
Mother: Panthea Grant Boone Boggs
Married or unmarried: Married
If married, to whom: Alabama McMeans
Date of marriage:
Place of marriage: Santa Rosa, California
Date of arrival in California: November, 1846
Overland or by steamer: Overland
States lived in before coming to California: Missouri
Places of residence in California: Sonoma City, Napa, Stockton and Tracy, California
Profession or occupation: Farming and dealer in grain, and insurance agent
Politics: Democrat
Where educated: St. Louis, Missouri and Napa, California
Place and date of death: Stockton, May 6, 1905. Death caused by explosion of gasoline tank.
Notes: George W. Boggs, the sixth son of L. W. Boggs by his last wife Panthea Grant Boone, was sent from California to St. Louis, Missouri, by his father at the age of about 14 years to go to school, but before his education was complete, his father was stricken with disease of the heart, and he sent for is son to return by overland stage in haste. He was the only passenger that stood the entire trip by stage the entire route through. He arrived day before his father's death.
Information supplied by William Montgomery Boggs [1906].
He appeared on the census of 31 October 1850 in the household of Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs and Panthea Grant Boone at Sonoma, Sonoma County, California Territory, USA. George Washington Boggs appeared on the census of 31 July 1860 in the household of Panthea Grant Boone at Napa City, Napa County, California. George Washington Boggs appeared on the census of 13 August 1870 at San Joaquin Township, Stanislaus County, California. He and Alabama McMeans appeared on the census of 29 June 1880 at Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. George Washington Boggs and Alabama McMeans appeared on the census of 4 June 1900 at Stockton, 2nd Ward, San Joaquin County, California. George Washington Boggs
Place of birth: Jefferson, Missouri
Date of birth: March 15, 1839
Father: Lilburn W. Boggs
Mother: Panthea Grant Boone Boggs
Married or unmarried: Married
If married, to whom: Alabama McMeans
Date of marriage:
Place of marriage: Santa Rosa, California
Date of arrival in California: November, 1846
Overland or by steamer: Overland
States lived in before coming to California: Missouri
Places of residence in California: Sonoma City, Napa, Stockton and Tracy, California
Profession or occupation: Farming and dealer in grain, and insurance agent
Politics: Democrat
Where educated: St. Louis, Missouri and Napa, California
Place and date of death: Stockton, May 6, 1905. Death caused by explosion of gasoline tank.
Notes: George W. Boggs, the sixth son of L. W. Boggs by his last wife Panthea Grant Boone, was sent from California to St. Louis, Missouri, by his father at the age of about 14 years to go to school, but before his education was complete, his father was stricken with disease of the heart, and he sent for is son to return by overland stage in haste. He was the only passenger that stood the entire trip by stage the entire route through. He arrived day before his father's death.
Information supplied by William Montgomery Boggs [1906].
Children of George Washington Boggs and Alabama McMeans
- Jessie Boggs (1867 - 27 Oct 1911)
- Frank S. Boggs+ (28 Oct 1871 - )
- Howard R. Boggs (Jan 1874 - )
- Florence Boggs (14 May 1876 - 5 Jan 1945)
- Alexander Boggs+ (Feb 1878 - )
Last Edited=11 Sep 2010
Citations
- [S2032] Metzm, Houston Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2837988/ ( page last updated 2010) viewed on 24 August 2010.