Benjamin Seth Boggess

Note: Benjamin served as a Private in the Union Army, Company A, 13th W.Va. Infantry; he was convicted of bigamy and served one year in Moundsville Prison (1890 – 91)

Benjamin Seth Boggess
BIRTH
8 Dec 1846
Monroe, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
22 Feb 1917 (aged 70)
Nebo, Clay County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Pine Street Cemetery
Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
MEMORIAL ID
212320767 · View Source
MEMORIAL
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Son of Samuel F. Boggess and Rebecca R. Honaker.

Benjamin 13 and James Boggess 9 appear on the 1860 census, Kanawha County, VA/WV in household of Samuel and Caroline M. Withrow.

He married Mary Ann Higginbotham, March 1, 1866, Putnam County, West Virginia.

NOTE: There is a marriage record for Benjamin Boggess 39 to Marilda Colmer 22, May 12, 1887, Clay County, WV.

Family Members
Parents

Samuel Boggess
1812–1848

Spouses

Mary Ann Higgenbottem Boggess
1844–1930 (m. 1866)

Marilda O'Brien Stalnaker
1865–1944 (m. 1887)

Children

Samuel Thomas Boggess
1874–1961

Augustus Marion Boggess
1876–1963

Edith Eliza Boggess Smith
1880–1963

Elvin Monroe Boggess
1882–1963

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