Child Boggess (born and died between 1870 and 1900)

 Child Boggess

Child of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

 

 

 

(Child) Boggess was born and died in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, probably between 1870 and 1900.  This child was among eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins. 

In the 1910 census, Frances is listed as the mother of eleven children, with seven still living.  Ten children are accounted for, leaving this one as number eleven. 

Notes for Child Boggess

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

May Boggess (1868- )

May Boggess

Daughter of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

 

 

May Boggess was born in 1868 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the tenth of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins.  She and the other children were raised working on the family farm in Muhlenberg County. 

On December 18, 1895, May married Robert M. Hill in Muhlenberg County.  She was 26 years old and he was 30 years.  Robert was born in June 1865, in Tennessee.  After their marriage, they lived and worked on a farm in Hazel, Calloway, Kentucky.  Then around 1906, they relocated their family to a farm in Henry County, Tennessee, where they lived the remainder of their lives.

Robert and May were the parents of six children:

            Forest R.                    born 1901

            Amy Frances             born 1903

            Mable R.                    born 1904

            Clara E.                      born 1905

            Ora L.                         born 1907

            James O.                   born 1908

Notes for May Boggess

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Hazel, Calloway, Kentucky; Roll: T623 512; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 20.

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

Notes for Robert M. Hill

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Hazel, Calloway, Kentucky; Roll: T623 512; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 20.

 

Roxanna A. Boggess (1863-1950)

Roxanna A. Boggess

Daughter of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

Roxanna A. Boggess was born in 1863 in Henry County, Tennessee.  She was the ninth of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins.  After her birth, Roxie and her family moved to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She and the other children were raised working on the family farm in Muhlenberg County. 

Roxie married James O. Wakeland in 1902, probably in Henry County, Tennessee.  She was 40 years old and he was 53 years.  James was born in 1849 in Henry County, the son of Milton Wakeland and Lucy Jand Forest.  After their marriage, they settled on a farm in Henry County, near Roxie’s sister, May Hill, and her family.  They had no children.

James O. Wakeland died on May 29, 1916 in Henry County, Tennessee.  He was buried in the Oak Hill Union Church Cemetery in Cottage Grove, Henry County, Tennessee.  He was 53 years old at his death.

In 1920, Roxie was living next to her sister’s family on Hill Street in Civil District 2, Henry County, Tennessee.  Her nephew, Forest Hill, was living with her at that time.  By 1930, she had moved back to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and was living with her brother, James, and his wife.

Roxanna A. Boggess Wakeland died on October 17, 1950 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was 87 years old at her death.

Notes for Roxanna Boggess

Birth and Marriage:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 2, Henry, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1505; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 111; Image: 499.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 2, Henry, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1747; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 693.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 771; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 971.0.

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 James O. Wakeland

Birth and Parents:  Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Henry, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1256; Page: 357; Image: 357.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 25 January 2013.

 

George R. Boggess (1858- )

George R. Boggess

Son of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

 

 

George R. Boggess was born in 1858 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the sixth 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.

Notes for George R. Boggess

Birth:  Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M653_388; Page: 0; Image: 581.

James Lemuel Boggess (1856-1941)

James Lemuel Boggess

Son of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

James Lemuel Boggess was born in August 1856 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the fifth 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. 

James married Tennessee Allen in 1896, presumably in Muhlenberg County.  He was 39 years old and she was 24 years.  Tennie was born in April 1872 in Tennessee.  James was a farmer by trade and he and Tennie made their home in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, after their marriage.  James and Tennie had one child:

            Paul Lemuel             born February 25, 1898

James Lemuel Boggess died on January 16, 1941 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was 84 years old at his death.

Notes for James Lemuel Boggess 
Birth, Marriage, and Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place:  Boggess, Muhlenberg,  Kentucky;  Roll: T623 545; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 68.

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 Tennessee (maiden name unknown) 
Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place:  Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T623 545; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 68.

 

Martha A. "Mattie" Boggess (1855- )

Martha A. "Mattie" Boggess

Daughter of Lemuel Boggess, Jr. & Frances Dargan Adkins

Martha A. "Mattie" Boggess was born in December 1855 in Henry County, Tennessee.  She was the fourth of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins.  

Martha and her family lived and worked on a farm in Henry County, Tennessee until around 1855, when they moved to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She and the other children were raised working on the family farm in Muhlenberg County.  

She and her widowed mother were living with her brother, Edmond, and his family in Driskill, Livingston County, Kentucky in 1900. 

Martha A. Boggess died in 1921 in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was 65 years old at her death.

Notes for Martha A. Boggess

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

Death:  "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSQ1-5BC : accessed 31 January 2015), Mattie A. Boggess, 1921.