Sonora Louisa Hicklin1 
F, (5 August 1825 - 5 March 1902)
Sonora Louisa Hicklin was born on 5 August 1825 at Greenwood, Cass County, Missouri.1 She was the daughter of Esquire John Hicklin and Margaret Gleans. Sonora Louisa Hicklin married, at age 20, William Montgomery Boggs, age 19, son of Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs and Panthea Grant Boone, on Monday, 23 March 1846 at Van Buren County, Missouri.1 Sonora Louisa Hicklin died on 5 March 1902 at age 76 years and 7 months.1
Sonora Hicklin Boggs
Place of birth: Lafayette County, Missouri
Date of Birth: March 23, 1826
Father: John Hicklin, Esq.
Mother: Margaret Gleans
Married or unmarried: Married
If Married, to whom: William Montgomery Boggs
Date of marriage: March 23, 1846
Place of marriage: Near Pleasant Hill, Missouri at her father's farm by Reverend William H. Parker
Date of arrival in California: November, 1846
Overland or by steamer: Overland
States live in before coming to California: Missouri. Lived in Cass County, Lafayette County and Jackson County before starting to California.
Places of residence in California: Sonoma County and Napa County
Politics: Democratic
Where educated: Lexington, Missouri
Principal events in history: Trouble with the Mormons. Their expulsion from the state by proclamation of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, father of William Montgomery Boggs.
Place of death: Napa City, California
Date of death: March 5, 1902, aged 75 years, two months and 2 days
Note: The marriage of William Montgomery Boggs and Sonora Hicklin took place at her father's farm near Pleasant Hill, Missouri, in Cass County. The Marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend William H. Parker of the Christian Church March 23, 1846.
Our parents were acquainted before either of us were born. The name Sonora was given her by old mountain man who traded in the state of Sonora, Mexico and passed the winters at her father's harm and was there when she was born. Information provided by William Montgomery Boggs [August, 1909].
Sonora Hicklin Boggs
Place of birth: Lafayette County, Missouri
Date of Birth: March 23, 1826
Father: John Hicklin, Esq.
Mother: Margaret Gleans
Married or unmarried: Married
If Married, to whom: William Montgomery Boggs
Date of marriage: March 23, 1846
Place of marriage: Near Pleasant Hill, Missouri at her father's farm by Reverend William H. Parker
Date of arrival in California: November, 1846
Overland or by steamer: Overland
States live in before coming to California: Missouri. Lived in Cass County, Lafayette County and Jackson County before starting to California.
Places of residence in California: Sonoma County and Napa County
Politics: Democratic
Where educated: Lexington, Missouri
Principal events in history: Trouble with the Mormons. Their expulsion from the state by proclamation of Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, father of William Montgomery Boggs.
Place of death: Napa City, California
Date of death: March 5, 1902, aged 75 years, two months and 2 days
Note: The marriage of William Montgomery Boggs and Sonora Hicklin took place at her father's farm near Pleasant Hill, Missouri, in Cass County. The Marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend William H. Parker of the Christian Church March 23, 1846.
Our parents were acquainted before either of us were born. The name Sonora was given her by old mountain man who traded in the state of Sonora, Mexico and passed the winters at her father's harm and was there when she was born. Information provided by William Montgomery Boggs [August, 1909].
Children of Sonora Louisa Hicklin and William Montgomery Boggs
- Guadelupe Vallejo Boggs+1 (4 Jan 1847 - )
- Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs+1 (Sep 1848 - 1923)
- Angus Maupin Boggs+1 (May 1851 - )
- Mary F. Boggs1 (May 1856 - 28 Nov 1907)
- Jefferson D. Boggs+1 (Aug 1859 - )
- Sterling P. Boggs1 (1 Mar 1862 - 16 Dec 1870)
- William B. Boggs+1 (Aug 1864 - )
Last Edited=5 Sep 2010
Citations
- [S2032] Metzm, Houston Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2837988/ ( page last updated 2010) viewed on 24 August 2010.