Charles Haise Boggess (1822-1905)

Charles Haise Boggess was born on September 10, 1822 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the first of six children born to Lemuel Boggess, Sr. & Rachel Oates.  His father died when Charles was about eleven years old, and his mother remarried three years later.  He grew up on the family farm in Muhlenberg, and eventually became the eldest of thirteen children.

Charles married Isabella C. Martin around 1844 in either Tennessee or Kentucky.  He was about 22 years old and she was about 18 years old.  Isabella was born on May 6, 1826 in Tennessee. 

Lists of the children of Charles and Isabella Boggess have been posted on several internet sites.  The following is a compilation of those lists, as supported by census records: 

     1. Penicia V. Boggess                        born July 17, 1845

     2. James Cicero Boggess                  born January 31, 1848

     3. Isabella Aileen Boggess                born May 1, 1849         

     4. Margaret Elizabeth Boggess         born October 8, 1854

     5. Arthur Haise Boggess                    born February 20, 1861

     6. Richard E. Boggess                       born October 15, 1864

     7. William Clarence Boggess            born October 1866

Only four of their seven children reached adulthood.  Their first child, Penicia, died four months before her thirteenth birthday, on March 26, 1858, in Arkansas.  Four days later, her younger sister, Margaret Elizabeth, died at the age of three.  They also lost an infant son, Richard, born in 1864, who lived only two months.

In 1850, Charles and Isabella and their children were living and working on a farm in Weakley County, Tennessee.

By 1860, the Boggess family had moved to Union, Conway County, Arkansas.  Charles was working as a merchant at that time, with his real estate valued at $2,500 and his personal estate at $600.

Isabella C. Martin Boggess died on her 49^th birthday, May 6, 1875, in Arkansas. She was laid to rest in the Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Conway County, Arkansas.

Ten months after the death of his wife, Charles married Mrs. Mary Ann Eliza (Towell) Bonds, a widow, on March 30, 1876, in Johnson County, Arkansas.  He was 53 years old at that time and she was 39 years old.  Mary Ann was born on September 8, 1836 in Dickson County, Tennessee.  This was Mary Ann’s third marriage. 

In 1880, Charles and Mary Ann were living and working on a farm in Illinois, Pope County, Arkansas.  Charles’ sons, Arthur and William, were living with them.

Charles and Mary Ann were living on a farm next to the family of Charles’ son, William and his family, in Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas in 1900.  At that time, Charles’ profession was that of “Dry Foods and Gen. Merchant.”

Charles Haise Boggess died two months after his 83^rd birthday.  He died on November 23, 1905, probably in Pope County, Arkansas.  He was buried in the Pisgah Cemetery in Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas.

Mary Ann died on August 18, 1909 in Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas. She was buried in the Lamar Cemetery in Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas.  She was just a few weeks shy of 73 years at her death.

Notes for Charles Haise Boggess

Birth:  http://www.e-familytree.net/F19/F19814.htm  (accessed 14 June 2006) – “This is my personal genealogy hobby site. The data contained here has been gathered through 20 years of genealogy. Some of it is my research, much of it has been shared with me.  DISCLAIMER: This is my speculative data. I've verified very little of it. Use it for hints and pointers, but do your own research!”

Marriage to Isabella:  Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.

1850 US Census:  “C H Boggiss,” Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Weakley, Tennessee; Roll: M432_899; Page: 390B; Image: 266.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1860 US Census:  “C H Boggis,” Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: M653_39; Page: 514; Image: 516; Family History Library Film: 803039.  Ancestry.com.  1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1870 US Census:  “C H Bogguess,” Year: 1870; Census Place: Union, Conway, Arkansas; Roll: M593_50; Page: 92A; Image: 478; Family History Library Film: 545549.  Ancestry.com.  1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Marriage to Mrs. Mary A. Bonds:  Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001.  

1880 US Census:  “Charls H Boggess,” Year: 1880; Census Place: Illinois, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T9_54; Family History Film: 1254054; Page: 117.3000; Enumeration District: 138; Image: 0352.  Also - Year: 1900; Census Place: Pottsville, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T623 72; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 174.

1900 US Census:  “Charles H Boggess,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Pottsville, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: 72; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0174; FHL microfilm: 1240072.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Children:  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.

Death:  Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.

Burial:  Ancestry.com. Web: Arkansas, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi, accessed 1 February 2013.

Notes for Isabella C. Martin
Notes for Mrs. Mary A. Bonds

Birth and Death:  Ancestry.com. Web: Arkansas, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi, accessed 1 February 2013.

Birth and Death:  Ancestry.com. Web: Arkansas, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi, accessed 1 February 2013.