West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 64 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: George BENT, Roane County [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: George BISHOP, Roane County [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: Henry BLOSSER, Roane County [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: William M. BOARD, Roane Count [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: Patrick BOARD, Roane County [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Henry Clay BOGGS, Roane Count [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: James R. BOGGS, Roane County [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:15:24 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0.19daf053.2526d2cc@aol.com> Subject: BIO: George BENT, Roane County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 447-448 BENT: Of Head of Spring Creek. George Bent and his wife Elizabeth (Mitchell) Bent, who had united in marriage in Lewis County, Western Virginia, came to these parts with several of their first born children about the year 1849; acquired a large tract of forest land on the 'head of Spring Creek, next the divide, and through which State Route No.14 now passes; there made their home, brought up their family, and completed their span of life. Their children were nine sons and four daughters whose names are, John, Eli, Vanburen, Jerome, Archelleus, Tarleton, Columbus, Arista S., Dempsey and James A.; Susan, Melissa, Elizabeth, and Amanda. Of these we have the further information. Jerome and Archeleus were soldiers in the Civil War, Confederate volunteers ,and killed in battle near Richmond. James A. Bent, born in 1855, and for twenty years has been a resident lawyer of Elkins, Randolph County. He is author of "Bent's Digest," the first digest of decisions of the Supreme Court of West Virginia. Eli V. Bent, son of George and Elizabeth Bent, his wife, was born in Lewis County, Western Virginia, January 9, 1839; stayed with the old farm in Roane; was prominent in public affairs of the county for twenty-five years; elected and served one or more terms as a justice of the peace of Spencer District, some time in the 1880's; spoken of as "Squire Bent;" was ever a devout attendant of his church, the Methodist Protestant. His body lies in the cemetery of Hebron Church where he attended through many years of his life. He was twice married. First to Miss Catherine Cox, November 15, 1859, she a daughter of the early settlers, Isaac and Sarah (Nisely) Cox. We do not have the names of their children, if any. Carterine having died, Eli V. united in marriage with Miss Julia Smith, September 28, 1890. She was then 23 years of age and a daughter of James J. and Emma (Rogers) Smith of Big Sandy. The joint labor of Eli V. and Julia built the new frame farm dwelling and improved many fields. There they brought up their family, one daughter and two sons, whose names are Melissa, Kenna M., and Claud S. Melissa married Pat A. Engle, of Geary District. (See family name, "Engie.") Kenna M. Bent married Miss Ruby Snodgrass, 25th October, 1916; his age then 22, her's 20. They, with their children, have their home in the City of Spencer, in which he is one of the club men and business men. Claud S. Bent married a Miss Moss; he also lives in Spencer, being an engineer at the Spencer Water and Ice Company plant, now the West Penn Electric Company. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:19:05 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <7aac4a53.2526d3a9@aol.com> Subject: BIO: George BISHOP, Roane County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 448-451 BISHOP: Among pioneers of Pocatalico, later Reedy. This is the family of the author of this book. Each of the Colonies had an ancestor of a notable of this name as appears in American Biographies. We can trace our ancestry no further back than to the country on the head waters of the Roanoke River, Virginia. There, in a section then Montgomery County, George Bishop married Miss Ann Boothe, about the year 1776. George and Ann made their first home where married; later passed further westward and lived in what later was Russell County, Virginia, in which place the younger ones of their children were born and reared. The names of all-Rachel, Nancy, Margaret Pauline "Polly", Sarah Ann, John, James and two daughters whose names are lost to us, they being she who married a Mr. I,ester, and was mother of that James Lester, popular horseman of near Ripley, years 1850 to 1870, the other of unremembered name, she who became the wife of Moses Hunt and lived in Russell County, Virginia, some years before and after the year 1830. Further of these: Rachel Bishop married Armstead Harper in Russell County, and came tc the Pocatalico country among its first settlers. Nancy married David Keen in Russell County, about the year 1825. These are the parents of that James Keen, early settlers in Geary District. Sarah Ann married Charles Drake, in Russell County, about the year 1830. They came soon to Big Sandy and their spent their lives and reared a family. See name, "Drake." John Bishop, son of George and Ann (Boothe) Bishop, married in Russell County, Virginia, Miss Elizabeth (Mutter), born "in Virginia," father said; yet from the name Mutter and possession by the Bishops of an old leather bound Bible printed in Low Dutch, in which are re-corded in English, names and births of "Mutters," we are persuaded this grea~grandmother was of the settlements of the Shenandoah Valley, a daughter of a German or Flemish family, they were weavers of fine fabrics. However, the Bishops were of dark complexion, the women handsome brunettes. In the Bishop family was handed down a special knowledge of fine metal working, such as excellency of temper-ing tool steel, alloying, welding and chasing; knowledge, which if prop-erly commercialized would have netted a fortune. An incident in point: when the Huffmans or McGrews of Parkersburg and Elizaboth mill fame, invented the band-saw about the year 1868, the great ribbon of steel on striking a hard knot, would break or sever itself where it had been joined; they had heard of John Bishop's skill in metals and came to Long Bottom, Ohio, where he (John Bishop II) then had a barrel factory, and got him to go with them to their mill and join or weld their refractory band saw He did this for them and handed them the formula for the mere re-compense of twenty dollars. In the meantime Pittsburgh men who had visited and admired the bits, planes and edged tools of his factory, all of which he had made and tempered with his own hand, had obtained and carried away to their steel works at Pittsburgh all John Bishop knew cf working of steel; not having paid a cent for it. His notions of the "cavalier bountiful" overrode the more practical. Returning to the family tree: John and Elizabeth Bishop, his wife, lived most of their married career on Big Sandy about where Pikeville is now; to them were born there the following sons and daughters: Aaron, Ann, George, John, Moses, Rachel and Cydnie, born respectively, within the years 1822 to 1842. In the year 1843, John and Elizabeth, with their family migrated to this Pocatalico River; she fell sick here and died in a short time after arrival. The older girls kept the pioneer cabin home a few years, marry-ing and leaving one at a time. The pioneer home was sold and John with his younger two boys and two daughters next have their home at Minersvill, Ohio; in the meantime John has united in marriage with Miss Susan Utt; of this marriage, were born one daughter and two sons; their names: Caroline, Wilburn and Melvin D., now (1927) of Ravenswood, W. Va. For marriages of the older members of this family of John Bishop I, see Chapter IV of this book. Rachel Bishop married John Blackburn in Jackson County; lived during the Civil War in Ravenswood and were of the first home builders and home owners in the City of Huntington, where both died kaving some grandchildren: Blackburns. Cydnie married Lewis Anderson, son of "Andy" on Strait Fork Sandy, three miles east of Ravenswood, spent their lives there. Moses Bishop married Eliza Lester on Reedy, daughter of John Lester (first) and (King) his wife, about the year 1853; they made their first home at Pomeroy, Ohio, where the wife and mother Eliza died about 1868, leaving the following named children: Mary, Harvey, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Wilk or Wilkin W. Moses then and there made another marriage; this time to a Miss Martha Campbell; this was right after the close of the Civil War, and the family made their residence for some years following at Long Bottom, Ohio, where the family grew op and scattered. The last we heard of Wilk, he was a resident and established hardware dealer in Los Angeles, California. Of Moses's second marriage a daughter named Nora was born at Long Bottom. John Bishop, son of John and Elizabeth Bishop, father of the author of this compilation and book, was born in Pike County, Kentucky, on the 19th day of February, 1830; married on Reedy, year 1854, Sarah Roach, daughter of William and Delilah (Carney) Roach, pioneers on Middle Fork of Reedy, at that time. They made their home first at Murraysville, where John was the blacksmith for the great Jack Flesher board yard there. He enlisted as a volunteer in the Union Army and served through it-up the Kanawha and over into Virginia, through most of the battles and was of the western wing of the Army of the Potomac when Ceneral Lee surrendered. He returned; his family in the meantime having moved over into Long Bottom Village. Lived here until 1870, then brought us all to Middle Reedy where, on mother's inheritance of the Roach farm we became farmers all; John bought adjoining pieces of lands and made a good farm. The sons and daughters of John and Sarah (Roach) Bishop, named in order of their births are as follows: Charles Remington, Frances Roxana, William Henry, Elizabeth "Libbie," Jesse Edmond and Ettie May. Their marriages: Charles Remington married Miss Palmira Jane Candler of Reedy, January 16, 1875, she a daughter of John W. Candler of Right Reedy. Remington and Jane's residence now (1927) is Cottageville, West Virginia, where he has been railway station agent for fifteen years; they have reared two daughters whose names are Nannie (Mrs. Jesse Straight now), and Pearl (wife of Reverend Nida). The daughters, Frances Roxana and "Libbie," died in youth; their tombstones mark their burial places in the cemetery at Long Bottob, Ohio. William Henry Bishop, son of John and Sarah (Roach) Bishop, was born at Murrayville, December 14, 1860; had first primer lessons in Ohio schools at Long Bottom; was sent to subscription schools at Reedy; be-came a school teacher in Roane's corps; principal of the Town of Spencer schools, 1884-1885, studied law at Spencer under John G. Schilling and J. W. C. Armstrong, was admitted to the bar 1885; attended Peabody Normal at Nashville, Tennessee, 1886-7; was three and three-fourth years instructor of civilization to the Jicarilla Apaches of New Mexico; returned 1890; resumed practice of law in Spencer, here married Miss Gertrude Duling, July 7, 1892 (see family Duling) ; was elected and served one term as prasecuting attorney for the county; one term, 1924-26 as delegate for Roane County in the State Legislature; is author of two books on State Municipal Law; and is author of this county history. The children of William H. and Gertrude (Duling) Bishop are Monad A., born in Spencer, June 19, 1893; graduated from Marshall College, Huntington; taught school; married Mr. Raymond A. Lee, October 3, 1014; he served overseas in the World War; was mustered out a second lieutenant; is now captain in the reserves. Sarah Christine, born May 10, 1900; graduated from Spencer high school; took courses in music and art at Cincinnati Conservatory; taught in the public schools; married Mr. Cecil 0. Snyder, of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, at home in Spencer, August 6, 1924. Ettie May Bishop, daughter and youngest child of John and Sarah (Roach) Bishop, was born on Reedy, 1871; was sent to Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia, became a teacher; married James A. Criss, of Harrison County, West Virginia, in Spencer, on the 22nd day of March, 1893; her age 22, his 27; they made their home in Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia, where she was a teacher for some terms, and there died, 1909, leaving an only child, his name Harry Bishop Criss; he served overseas in the World War; returned carrying some small pieces of shrapnel in the thick of his thigh, yet not adjudged a cripple or invalid. Jesse Edmond Bishop, youngest son of John and Sarah (Roach) Bishop, was born at Long Bottom, Ohio, 1869; was a "store keeper" at Reedy a short time; married Miss Martha Curfman, June 15, 1893; his age then 25, her's 18; she was born on Lower Reedy, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cain) Curfman, Mary being a daughterof Rev. Thomas H. Cain the pioneer preacher of Reedy history. J. Edmond and Martha have resided in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the last fifteen years; they have brought up one child, a son, Carl Bishop. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:22:00 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Henry BLOSSER, Roane County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 451-452 BLOSSER: Of Reedy pioneers. Henry Blosser, son of a colonial family who settled in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolution, is first known as a frontier soldier in defense of the fort at Wheeling; at that place he married Miss Isabell Stewart in what is now Green County, Penn~ylvania; she was a sister of William and Charles Stewart also stationed at or near Wheeling; all these with their wives and children came to "Three Forks" of Reedy, arriving about the year 1816, acquired lands adjoining that of the Stewarts, and there lived out their allotted years. To Henry and Isabelle (Stewart) Blosser, his wife, were born and reared two sons and two daughters, whose names and marriages are as follows: Robert, who married Susan Murray, 1857, he then thirty-five years of age. Isaac, whose marriage we do not know. Matilda became the wife of Neddie Greathouse of the pioneer family of that name rear "Tanners Crossroads." Jane married Peter Conrad, Sr., of lower Reedy. Isabelle married Arnold Starcher of Henry Fork country. Robert Blosser of the above family is the man who lost his life in the tragic mill explosion, related in the History of Reedy District: Chap-ter V. To Robert and Susan (Murray) Blosser, his wife, were horn the following children: John H. married Miss P. Jane Straight, daughter of James A. Straight, of Spring Creek country, May 1, 1884; his age 26, her's 18; he lived many years at Reedy; was partner with S. B. Seaman, Jr., in erection and running the first steam flouring mill at Reedy. Peter married Miss Olive L. Board, 7th August 1887; his age 25, her's 23; "At Good Hope Baptist Church." Robert C. married Mary Wyatt October 14, 1894; he then 31, she 23 years of age. "At the bride's parents home." Susan C. married Charles F. Gough of Reedy, September 1, 1882. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:25:03 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <83f20d6.2526d50f@aol.com> Subject: BIO: William M. BOARD, Roane County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 452 BOARD: Of Curtis District. Board, William M., 1830-1914, son of John Board an early settler of the adjoining county, Jackson, married for a first wife Susan Waybright; they made their home for the first several years in Jackson County; the names of the children of William and Susan, mentioned in the order of their ages, are Emma Jane, who married Hugh Ingram, son of John Ingram of the same neighborhood. Ernestine, who married Sase Hardman; Hon. Michael Thomas, married for first wife Elenora Curry, of this marriage three daughters were born: Minnie BeH, Sadie and Myrtle; for a second wife Michael T. married Dora Winter, of this marriage no children are living. Michal Thomas Board lived many years on upper Reedy; was elected and served as a member of the House of Delegates of the State Legislature, thirty-second session, year 1915. We do not have the names of all of this family. For a second wife William Board married Mary Hess; of this mar-riage seven children were born, whose names in order of their births are Thomas James Board. Second child: Reverend Benjamin T. Board, he married Annie, daughter of C. Columbus Kelley, of Curtis District. Reverend Benjamin T. Board has for several years been a highly respected member of the West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Conference. Fourth child of William and Mary (Hess) Board is Viola, she married Asbury Reed. Sixth child, Nora, who became wife of William S. Roberts. Seventh, Lakin Board, married Mary, daughter of Frank Wolfe; Lakin became owner of the old William Board home farm, where he now is living and prospering. All these Boards were public spirited and influential in their neighborhood; William Board settled there about the year 1872; soon a neighborhood M. E. Church was built, next a parsonage on lands donated by William, and that became the center of the M. E. Church business of the whole district and so remained for twenty-five years. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:29:03 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Patrick BOARD, Roane County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 452-454 BOARD: Among first settlers of "Three Forks" of Reedy, 1816. See Chapter V. Patrick Board, this pioneer, came to "Three Forks" 1816, with his wife, whom he had married in Green County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1804; this is inferred from a biograph of Joseph Stewart of Reedy, which states he, Joseph, was born in the year 1820, son of William and Mary (Board) Stewart, she a daughter of Patrick Board. The names of the children of Patrick Board and wife were: Mary, William K., Alexander Sandy, and Gamaliel. We have not definite knowledge that Gamaliel was a son of Patrick and wife. Of Patrick's family we say further: Mary, the daughter, as above said, became the wife of William Stewart. William K. Board, was twice married; his first wife a Miss Smith. The wife I knew of was born Nancy Flesher, daughter of Dempsy P. Flesher and wife, the early settlers at mouth of Cams Run. William K. Board was a born cavalier of the religious turn; was a preacher of some ability; but he depended on his farm which he made on Folly Run, a mile from Three Forks. He had given great attention to the best language; and in this he was so nearly alone, his doffing his hat, his bowings, gesticulations and especially his I-N-G endings in pronunciation of words, was mimicked by the waggish for merriment. The sons and daughters of William K. Board and his wives were Jefferson, Sarah R., wife of Alfred Berry; Nancy Elizabeth, wife of Albert G. Gough; Julia Ann, "Tip" and Dempsy; these all married and reared families. W. Dempsy Board married Miss Margaret Staats on the 27th of March, 1878, she a daughter of John and Margaret "Peggy" (Carney) Staatts, earliest settlers on Staats Run of Middle Fork of Reedy. Alexander Sandy Board, son of Patrick Board and wife, was born on Reedy, December 12, 1816, died there May 22, 1880. He united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Stutler, born in Harrison County, March 15, 1822, daughter of John and (Carder) Stutler, his wife. See name Stutler. Alexander Sandy and Rebecca Board made their best and last home on Right Fork of Reedy, on a good farm lying across the Revenswood and Spencer turnpike, one-half mile west of "Three Forks." He was an enthusiastic Methodist and noted as a best singer; we hear excellent voices of his grandchildren and their children, resident now (1927) in Spencer. His was rated the best farm of that Right Reedy for twenty years. To Alexander Sandy and Rebecca, his wife, were born and by them brought up the following children: Thomas, Margaret, wife of Daniel Roberts; Christopher C., Josiah Nelson, Lemuel H., Colonel Pogue, Marietta, wife of Silas B. Seaman, Jr.; and Marshall Alexander C. Their marriages other than above given: Christopher C. Board, son of A. S. and Rebecca, above, was born on Reedy, September 21, 1848, married Miss Susan C. Seaman in Marietta, Ohio, on November 27, 1866; she was born February 14, 1848, daughter of Silas B. and Margaret (Burdette) Seamon, of Right Reedy. Christopher C. Board was ordained a preacher of the M. E. South Conference, and served several circuits in adjoining counties for some years. To Christopher C. and Susan B. Board, his wife, were born and by them brought up the following children: Joseph S., December 8, 1867; William D., August 1, 1869; Margaret R., October 1, 1871; Jennetta C., February 14, 1874; Alexander F., December 17, 1875; Lake B., April 19, 1878, and Marvin A., December 1, 1880. These have married and also have families; Joseph S. was first a school teacher, then a carpenter; had his home in Spencer many years where he married Miss May Dulin and they have brought up a family; their names, from memory are Lakie, now Mrs. Munson; Lena, Willa, Brooks, Dulin, Albert, Edwin, Bruce and James. Josiah Nelson Board, son of A. Sandy and Rebecca, his wife, was a school teacher, one of the first under the free school system; a good one; the author of this was one of his pupils at one term; an excellent teacher of vocal music of great tenor range; he married Miss Flora Ann Stewart, January 25, 1881, she a daughter of William P. and Annie, of Reedy Town. See Stewart. Josiah N. and Flora, his wife, acquired the Board senior farm and he ran it some years, then removed self and family to the State of Ohio; on the Sciota or Muskingum. We do not have the names of their children. Lemuel H. Board, son of A. S. and Rebecca Board, married Miss Isabelle Samantha Chancey, March 5, 1875, she the daughter of Squire Roswell R. Chancey, of Middle Reedy. I have not the names of their children of whom I know there were three or four. Colonel Pogue Board, son of A. S. and Rebecca, married Miss Emma Paine, in Jackson County; they made their home on a part of the parental lands for some few years, then sold and went elsewhere. Marshall Alexander C. Board, son of A. S. and Rebecca Board, married Miss Ella M. Hardman, December 3, 1886; he then 21, she 21. He engaged in farming; later sold his patrimony and went to Calhoun County and engaged in farming; they reside there yet; he has been elected and served at least one term as sheriff of Calhoun County. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:34:56 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Henry Clay BOGGS, Roane County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 23:39:48 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9fd7fddb.2526d884@aol.com> Subject: BIO: James R. BOGGS, Roane County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 455 BOGGS: Of Smithfield. James R. Boggs was born in Greenbrier County, western Virginia, May 22, 1800, son of John, born in Ireland, and Susan (Drinnen) Boggs, his wife, a Virginian lady; John claims to have had five brothers in the battle of Point Pleasant. James R. was twice married; first wife, Harriet Walkup, and their children were Susan, John Nathaniel and Mary J. James R. Boggs's second wife was Lacy Ann O'Brien, whom he married in Gilmer County, western Virginia, year 1845, and with his family came in the next year and settled on Middle Henry Fork, then a part of Gilmer County. To James R. and Lacy Ann (O'Brien) Boggs were born, on Henrys Fork, Walter D., 1847; Sarah, 1849; Melinda, 1852; Caroline, 1854; and Mary J., 1858. Of this James R. and Lacy Ann Boggs family we write further: Thaddeus Boggs, the son, succeeded to the home lands on Henrys Fork, and was long a well known man of the county; he was born "on Easter Sunday," 1835; on outbreak of the "Civil" war he enlisted in the 34th Virginia Infantry, transferred to the cavalry of the Confederate forces; was two months a prisoner at Wheeling; four months at Fort Delaware, and two months at Point Lookout captured each time; returned unhurt. In the same year of his return, 1866, Thaddeus Boggs married Susan Webb, of his own neighborhood, yet born in Washington County, Virginia, in 1840; to Thaddeus and Susan were born five children as follows: Melissa, 1866; Alice, 1867; Anderson, March 22, 1868; George W., October 17, 1872; Rebecca, 1877. Melissa became the wife of Rev. Wilbur Spencer; Anderson married and lives in Smithfield District; George W. has been a resident of Columbus, Ohio, for several years. Later in their lives this family acquired and made a farm out of wood-lands in Smithfield District of Roane. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm