Sunday, January 9, 2011

Earl S. Boggess (1887-1936)


Earl S. Boggess

Earl S. Boggess was born on October 3, 1887 in Galla Creek Township, Pope County, Arkansas.  He was the eldest of four children born to William Clarence Boggess and Dora A. Reed.

Earl was raised on the family farm located on the Little Rock Fort Smith Highway in Galla Creek, Pope County, Arkansas.  He grew up near the farms of his father’s parents, and his Uncle Haise Boggess.

Earl married Mary "Hazel" Wren on October 21, 1914 in Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas.  Hazel was born in July 1896, the daughter of Thomas Lawson C Wren and Elizabeth "Bettie" May Gwin.  Hazel lived in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas.

Earl registered for World War I on June 5, 1917, at the age of 29.  He was a farmer and a “Sub Mail Carrier” at that time.  He was of medium height, stout, with grey eyes and dark brown hair.

The couple was divorced on September 9, 1925 in Pope County, Arkansas.  

Earl S. Boggess died on November 6, 1936 in Pope County, Arkansas, just one month after his 49th birthday.

 World War I Draft Card


Notes for Earl S.Boggess
Birth, Residence and Occupation in 1918, Physical Description:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System.  World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.  Registration Location: Pope County, Arkansas; Roll: 1530571; Draft Board: 0.            
Marriage to Hazel Wren: "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMTH-7M8 : 9 March 2021), Hazel Wren in entry for Earl Bogges, 21 Oct 1914; citing Marriage, Pope, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,034,015.
Divorce:  "Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKMN-X7X : 27 November 2014), Earl Boggess and Hazel, 09 Sep 1925; from "Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Pope, Arkansas, volume 25, docket 1737, Arkansas Genealogical Society.
Death:  Ancestry.com. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society. Microfiche.
Signature:  from Military Draft Card, see above

Notes for Hazel Wren
Birth:  Year: 1920;Census Place: Galla Creek, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T625_77; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 90; Image: 163.n

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