Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Boggs, A. C.
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Virginia Perry vperry@midwest.net January 1999

Biography for A. C. Boggs, Bureau County, Illinois

A. C. Boggs, Princeton, was born February 18, 1826, in Ohio County, W. 
Va.  His father, William Boggs, was born in the  same place, September 
7, 1789, and died there, July 26, 1869.  He followed farming as an 
occupation.  His grandfather was Francis Boggs.  The mother of our 
subject, LeeAnn Carter, was born 1801, in Ohio County, W. Va., where she 
died in 1841.  She was a daughter of Arthur and Bethann (Beal) Carter, 
natives of Maryland and of German descent.  Mrs. Leeann Boggs was the 
mother of eight children, viz.:  Bethann, Francis (deceased), Arthur C., 
William J., Mary J., David B., Margary, and Sarah, who died while young.  
Our subject, A. C. Boggs, went to school in West Virginia; there he also 
farmed till June 1867, when he came to Bureau County, Ill.,, and settled 
on the M. Triplett farm in Dover Township.  After living nearly two 
years on that farm he sold it and bought the Henry Bacon farm in 
Princeton Township, where he lived till August, 1881, when he moved to 
town, where he now resides.  While on the farm he dealt to a  
considerable extent in blooded stock.  At present he is dealing in 
stock.  Mr. Boggs was married September 11, 1854, in the place of his 
nativity to Miss Mary Milligan, who was born December 18, 1827, in Ohio 
County, W. Va.  Her parents were Hugh and Ruth (Brown) Milligan.  They 
were natives of Virginia, near Harpers Ferry.  Mrs. Mary Boggs is the 
mother of five children, viz.:  Flora B., wife of J. W. Thompson, now a 
resident of Colorado, where he ownes a sheep ranch; Willia A. is a 
merchant in Griswold, Cass Co., Iowa; Ida Lee, deceased; Mary E. and 
Sarah E.  Mr. and Mrs. Boggs are members of the Presbyterian Church.  He 
is a man interested in all public enterprise and ready to do his duty 
anywhere.

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