Abigail Frances "Fannie" Armstrong (1890-1945)

Abigail Frances “Fannie” Armstrong was born on October 11, 1890 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Samuel Robert Armstrong and Charlotte Ann Morgan.

Fannie lived with her parents for most of her life.  After the death of her mother in 1921, she and her father moved in with her married brother, Walter, and his family.

In 1940, Fannie was living on New Cut Road in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  Her widowed sister, Mary, and her daughter, Rachel, were living with her.  At that time, Fannie and Mary found work cleaning for a church.

Abigail Frances Armstrong died on November 29, 1945 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was buried near her parents in the Mount Holly Cemetery in Faildale, Jefferson County.  She was 55 years old at her death.

Notes for Abigail Frances Armstrong

Birth & Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 533; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0155; FHL microfilm: 1240533.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Albermarle, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T624_483; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1374496.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T625_578; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 268.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: District 3, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 752; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0203; Image: 758.0; FHL microfilm: 2340487.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Residence in 1940:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1321; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 56-39.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Death & Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; accessed on 22 February 2015

Rachel A. Boggess (1918-1997)

Rachel A. Boggess

Daughter of Edmond Dargan Boggess & Mary E. Armstrong

Rachel A. Boggess was born on November 13, 1918, in Butler County, Kentucky.  She was the only child known to be born to Mary Elizabeth Sheridan Armstrong, however she was the eighth child born to Edmond D. Boggess.  Rachel was raised as the daughter of a clergyman, and thus moved several times with her family during her youth.  

She was living with her parents on a farm in Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky in 1930, where she was attending school.

After the death of her father in 1938, Rachel and her mother moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky.  They lived with her mother’s sister, Fannie Armstrong.  In 1940, Rachel was employed as a stenographer.

Rachel never married.  She lived the remainder of her life in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Rachel A. Boggess died on February 1, 1997 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was 78 years old at her death.

Notes for Rachel A. Boggess

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006.  Original data: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.

Residence in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place: Sacremento, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: T625_589; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 341.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: District 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 771; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 1108.0.

Residence in 1940:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1321; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 56-39.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Death:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.  Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Edmond Dargan Boggess (1859-1938)

Edmond Dargan Boggess

Son of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

Edmond Dargan Boggess was born September 29, 1859 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the seventh of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins.  He and the other children were raised working on the family farm in Muhlenberg County. 

           

Edmond married Sarah Agnes Terrill on July 25, 1894 in Henderson County, Kentucky.  He was 36 years old and she was 22 years.  Sarah was born in May 1873 in Kentucky, the daughter Jackson Morton Terrill and Miriam Leavell.  

Edmond and Sarah had at least seven children:

            John Wesley              born June 1895

            Hayden B.                 born February 1897

            Marianne F.              born April 1898

            James Morton            born November 26, 1900

            Eva Grace                 born February 7, 1905

            Edmund D. Jr.          born 1906

            Walter B.                    born 1911

Sarah must have died between 1911 and 1916, as Edmond remarried in 1917. 

Edmond married Mary Elizabeth Sheridan Armstrong on December 28, 1916 in Sacremento, McLean County, Kentucky.  This was Mary’s first marriage.  She was 36 years old at that time, and Edmond was 58 years.  Mary was born on August 24, 1880 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel Robert Armstrong and Charlotte Ann Morgan.

Edmond and Mary had at least one child together:

            Rachel A.                  born 1919

As a result of Edmond’s career as a clergyman, he and his family relocated several times.  In 1900, Edmond and Sarah were living in Driskill, Livingston County, Kentucky.  Edmond’s widowed mother, and his elder sister, Martha, were living in his household at that time.  1910 found Edmond and his family in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky.  Then by 1920, they had moved to Sacremento, McLean County, Kentucky.  Finally, Edmond returned to his nativity and had settled on a farm in Muhlenberg County by 1930.

Edmond Dargan Boggess died on June 11, 1938 in the county of his birth.  He died in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky at the age of 78 years.  He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Greenville.

After the death of her husband, Mary and her daughter, Rachel, went to live with Mary’s sister, Fannie Armstrong.  Her home was on New Cut Road in Jefferson County, Kentucky. 

Mary Elizabeth Sheridan Armstrong Boggess died on May 10, 1967 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She was 86 years old at her death.

Notes for Edmond Dargan Boggess

Birth & Death:  "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLM-NKMN : accessed 20 February 2015), Rev Edmund D. Boggess, 1938; Burial, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 81485226, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky; Roll: T623 539; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 54.

Marriage to Sarah:  Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Morganfield, Union, Kentucky; Roll: T624_504; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 702.

Marriage to Mary:  International Genealogical Index; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.  Search performed using PAF Insight on 13 Mar 2007

Residence in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place: Sacremento, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: T625_589; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 341.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: District 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 771; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 1108.0.

Death:  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for Sarah A. Terrill

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky; Roll: T623 539; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 54.

Death:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Sacremento, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: T625_589; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 341.

Notes for Mary E. Armstrong

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.  Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Residence in 1940:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1321; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 56-39.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.