Elizabeth Boggess (1826-1891)

Elizabeth Boggess

Daughter of Lemuel Boggess, Sr. and Rachel Oates

Elizabeth Boggess was born on September 3, 1826 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the second daughter and the third of six children born to Lemuel and Rachel Boggess.  Her father died when Elizabeth was about 7 years old, and her mother remarried three years later.  She grew up on the family farm in Muhlenberg, and eventually became the third eldest of thirteen children.

Elizabeth married Aspasia William Earle, but the actual date has been difficult to verify.  It is a popular notion (as documented on numerous websites) that Elizabeth and Aspasia married in 1835 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky.  However, this may not be the case.  If Elizabeth married Aspasia in 1835, that would make her around nine years old at her marriage.  Also, Elizabeth is most likely the child, aged between 10 and 15 years, listed in the John Wickliffe household in 1840.  This also makes her marriage to Aspasia in 1835 highly unlikely.  If the date is wrong, one might assume she and Aspasia were married around 1845, which would be much more agreeable.  If the marriage date is in fact closer to 1845, then Elizabeth would have been around 19 years old and Aspasia about 30 years.  Aspasia William Earle was born on September 25, 1815 in Kentucky.

After their marriage, Aspasia and Elizabeth made their home Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, where Aspasia worked as a farmer.  

In 1870, Josephine Earle, a niece, was living with Aspasia and Elizabeth.  Then in 1880, Ida Boggess and Edna Martin (a niece and grandniece, respectively) were living in the Earle household.  

There is no record of any children born to Aspasia and Elizabeth. 

Elizabeth Boggess Earle died on April 29, 1891, in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  She was 64 years old.  Her husband died two years and eleven months later.  

Aspasia William Earle died on March 23, 1893 in the same county.  He was 77 years old at his death.

Notes for Elizabeth Boggess

Birth and Marriage to Aspasia William Earle:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Birth year: 1826; Birth city: Muhlenberg CO; Birth state: KY.  And: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line].  Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Source number: 1165.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM.

Death:  Ancestry.com OneWorldTree - Aspasia William Earl, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=33001939, browsed 21 February 2007

Notes for Aspasia William Earle

Birth and Death: Ancestry.com OneWorldTree - Aspasia William Earl, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=33001939, browsed 21 February 2007

The First Family - Lemuel Boggess, Sr. & Rachel Oates

Lemuel Boggess, Sr. & Rachel Oates

Figures from the 1820, 1830, and 1840 census records confirm that Lemuel and Rachel had six children.  I have put the information together and formed the following list:

                        Boy     born between 1821 – 1825

                        Girl      born between 1821 – 1825

                        Girl      born between 1825 – 1830

Boy     born between 1825 – 1830

                        Boy     born between 1830 – 1835

                        Boy     born between 1830 – 1835

There is a database on Ancestry.com which lists the children of Lemuel and Rachel Oates Boggess.  The information about the database is as follows:

What Can I Find in the Family Data Collections - Births database?

These birth records were created during a study about human genetics and disease. The millions of individual records were created from a variety of sources, including birth, marriage, and death records, obituaries, probate records, books of remembrance, family histories, genealogies, family group sheets, and more, but the documentation was not kept. Since genetics confirms relationships in a scientific way, researchers were not concerned with citing the source of every genealogical fact compiled.

These results have now been sorted into Birth, Marriage, and Death categories. Due to the lack of documentation, treat this information like a secondary source, but use it to record possible birth, marriage, and death dates and names, and other possible information that could be listed. Then, with the new names you may have collected, visit census records and vital records to confirm information and find clues to additional details.

Source Information:

Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection – Births [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001.

  The presumed children of Lemuel and Rachel Boggess listed in the database are:

             

1.  Charles Haise     born September 10, 1822  

2.  Zilpha Ann           born November 9, 1824                 

3.  Elizabeth              born September 3, 1826                

4.  Lemuel, Jr.           born September 3, 1828                

5.  Presley M.            born September 15, 1830  

            6.  Richard Oates     born April 27, 1833 

Here are the two lists combined:

Boy     born between 1821–1825   Charles, born September 1822

            Girl      born between 1821–1825   Zilpha, born Nevember 1824

            Girl      born between 1825–1830   Elizabeth, born September 1826

            Boy     born between 1825–1830    Lemuel Jr., born September 1828

            Boy     born between 1830–1835    Presley, born September 1830

            Boy     born between 1830–1835    Richard, born April 1833