Thomas “Henry” Boggus was born in 1840 in Hempstead County, Arkansas. He was the son of Peter Boggess and Amanda M. West. He was raised in Hempstead County, Arkansas and Rapides County, Louisiana.
Henry married Lurena McClelland on May 2, 1860 in the home of a Dr, Bogguss near Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He was 20 years old and she was 17 years. Lorena was born in December 1843 in Alabama, the daughter of Peter McClelland and Irena Faulk. The couple was living with Henry’s widowed father in Rapides County, Louisiana in 1860.
Thomas Henry Boggess served the Confederate States during the Civil War as a Private in Company "G" in the 2nd Louisiana Cavalry. He enlisted in June 2, 1862 in Alexandria, Louisiana and served until the end of the war in April 1865.
Henry and Lorena had seven children, with only three living to adulthood:
R. James born 1861
Joana born December 1861
Frances Lorena born May 1867
In 1880, Henry and his family were living on a farm in Grant County, Louisiana.
Thomas Henry Boggus died on September 6, 1888 near Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The cause of death was "Catarrh Affection contracted during [the] War." He was buried in the family burial ground near Pineville.
In 1900, Lorena was living with her married daughter, Joana Collingsworth, in Pollock, Grant County, Louisiana. Lorena continued living with her daughter until her death in 1929.
Lourena Boggus died on April 21, 1929 in Rapides County, Louisiana. She was 85 years old at her death.
Notes for Thomas Henry Boggus
Birth, Marriage, Residence & Occupation in 1860: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: M653_423; Page: 238; Image: 238; Family History Library Film: 803423.
Residence in 1880: Year: 1880; Census Place: 2nd Ward, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 453; Family History Film: 1254453; Page: 245D; Enumeration District: 26; Image: 0702.
Death, Marriage, & Military Service: "Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4YSY-D7MM : 4 September 2020), Lurena McClelland Bogguss, 1904.
Notes for Lourena McClelland
Birth: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: M653_423; Page: 238; Image: 238; Family History Library Film: 803423.
Children & Residence in 1900: Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T623_565; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 63.
Death: Ancestry.com. Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
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