Saturday, January 8, 2011

Arthur Haise Boggess (1861-1939)

Arthur Haise Boggess

Arthur Haise Boggess was born February 20, 1861 in Springfield, Conway County, Arkansas.  He was the fifth child born to Charles and Isabella Boggess.  In 1880, Arthur lived with his parents on a farm in Illinois Township in Pope County, Arkansas.  He worked with his father and brother on the farm. 

Arthur married Magnolia Elizabeth Oates in 1887, probably in Illinois, Pope County, Arkansas.  Arthur was 26 years old and Magnolia was 19.  Magnolia was born in March 1868 in Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas Oates and Melissa Grace Leslie McElwee. 

Arthur and Magnolia had eight children, five of which grew to adulthood. 
                                   
            Magnolia Belle         born in January 1888
            Thomas Haise          born December 18, 1896
            Frank C.                     born November 11, 1901
            Harold                        born October 18, 1903
            Raymond                   born December 19, 1912
            Three children born and died between 1888 and 1899
           
In 1900, Arthur and Magnolia owned a farm in Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas.  Arthur was a Dry Goods Merchant at that time.  By 1910, they had established themselves on a farm in Gala Creek Township in Pope County, where Arthur was a Retail Merchant at a General Store.  The family remained here at least until 1930.
           
Magnolia Elizabeth Oates Boggess died at the age of 66, on July 5, 1934 in Pope County, Arkansas.  Arthur passed away five years later on May 15, 1939, also in Pope County.  He was 78 years old.

Notes for Arthur Haise Boggess
Birth: Ancestry.com FamilyTree for Charles Haise Boggess, and http://www.e-familytree.net/F19/F19814.htm (browsed 14 June 2006).  For disclaimer, see notes for Charles Haise Boggess.
Occupation and Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Galla Crk Twp, Pope, Arkansas; Series: T624; Roll: 61; Page: 77B; Enumeration District: 82; Part: 3; Line: 18.
Death:  Ancestry.com. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

Notes for Magnolia Elizabeth Oates
Birth and Marriage to Arthur: Year: 1900; Census Place: Pottsville, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T623 72; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 174.
Death:  Ancestry.com. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

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