Roane County, West Virginia         BIO: Henry Clay BOGGS

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History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927
William H. Bishop, Esq.
p 454

BOGGS:  Of Geary District.
Henry Clay Boggs, son of James A. and Susan (Cutup) Boggs, was born in
Braxton County, western Virginia, on the 23d of January, 1845, descendant of
the old Virginia family of Boggs's, of which we have only meager information;
he had at least one brother, James M. Boggs, a lieutenant in the Confederate
service of the Civil War, 1861-65.
Henry C. Boggs married Sarah Ann Elizabeth, daughter of John S. and Nancy A.
(Hayhurst Garee) Boggs, in Marion County, western Virginia, May 18, 1865;
they came to this county and settled on upper Big Sandy in the year 1868;
later in their lives this family acquired and made a farm out of woodlands in
Smithfield District' of Roane.  Henry Clay Boggs sought no public office,
just worked and reared his family, striving to make each a respectable
citizen. Of this marriage were born eight sons and four daughters as follows:
James C., 1866; Susan E., 1867; Mary A., 1868; Luther 5., 1870; Joseph J.,
1872; Robert E., 1873; Nancy A., 1875; Isaac E., 1877; Margaret A., and
Charles M., twins, 1879; Clarence C., 1882, and Garee, 1884.  Garee Boggs was
a prominent young school teacher, 1910 to 1915; and Isaac B. Boggs was county
superintendent of schools, term 1915 to 1919.