Saturday, January 8, 2011

James Cicero Boggess (1848-1873)

James Cicero Boggess was born on July 31, 1848 in Tennessee.  He was the second child born to Charles Haise Boggess & Isabella C. Martin

James’ family moved from Weakley County, Tennessee to Union, Conway County, Arkansas sometime between 1850 and 1860. 

James married Alice Myrtle Smith on December 11, 1871 in Jackson County, Arkansas.  He was 24 years old and she was 19 years.  Alice was born on February 16, 1851 Philips County, Arkansas, the daughter of Jonas Dudley Smith and Viola Lawson Clendenning. 

James and Alice had one child:

Viola Isabelle Boggess       born October 2, 1872

James Cicero Boggess died four months after the birth of his daughter, leaving his young wife a widow at the age of 22, with an infant to care for.  James died on his 25th birthday, January 31, 1873, in Conway County, Arkansas. 


Notes for James Cicero Boggess
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree – James Cicero Boggess (accessed 15 June 2006)
1850 US Census: “James 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:  “Jas C 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:  “James Boguess,” 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:  “J C Boggs,” Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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