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Robert Elliott BOGGS

Robert Elliott BOGGS

Male 1882 - 1953  (71 years)


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  • Name Robert Elliott BOGGS
    Birth 21 Sep 1882  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1906  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1910  Collins Settlement District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    head sawyer at sawmill 
    Occupation 1916  [5] 
    lumberman 
    Residence 1916  Duffy, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1930  Robinson Fork, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [6] 
    oil well pumper 
    Census 1940  Grant District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of daughter Mildred Robinson and her family.
    Death 16 Dec 1953  Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Burial Dorset Cemetery, Dorset, Ashtabula Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I124833  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2020

    Family 1 Hester Viola PERRINE,   b. 31 May 1891, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1918 (Age 27 years)  [5]
    Marriage 30 Aug 1906  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Collins Settlement District), enumerated on May 2 1910 at Laurel Run:
      Robert E. Boggs, 27, head sawyer at sawmill, married 4 yrs; wife Hester, 19, married 4 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Dale, 3; boarder Worthy P. Shock, 31, single, manufacturer lumber sawmill. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
     1. Wesley Dale BOGGS,   b. 24 Aug 1907, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1984, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +2. Mildred Irene BOGGS,   b. 21 May 1910, Duffy, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1981, Madison, Lake Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. Walter A. BOGGS,   b. 30 Jul 1912, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1976, Lake Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     4. Ross BOGGS,   b. 22 Jun 1916, Duffy, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1999, Dorset, Ashtabula Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     5. (Infant) BOGGS,   b. 10 Nov 1918   d. 10 Nov 1918 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F54074  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Cleora Love THOMEY,   b. 28 May 1881, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Marriage 4 Jun 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 18 1930 at Robinson Fork Road:
      Robert E. Boggs, 48, oil well pumper, value of home $2,200, not a farm, home does not have a radio; wife Cleora L, 48; son Ross, 13; dau Madaline, 16; son Fred, 10; son Gene, 6. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: The children listed as daughter Madaline Boggs and son Fred Boggs were actually stepdaughter Madolyn Mae Tate and stepdaughter Fred Tate, children of Cleora and her first husband Fernando Hugh Tate.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 10/11 1940:
      Fred Tate, 29, farmer, married (wife not present); nephew Eugene, 16; mother Cleora L. Boggs, 58, widowed.
      NOTE: Cleora Boggs's actual marital status was either separated or divorced. He husband Robert E. Boggs died in 1953.
    Family ID F54073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2316] Webster County Marriage Records, Webster Springs, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11583773&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795799&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2151] 1910 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    5. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    6. [S2143] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).