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James Boggs

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Birthplace: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 30, 1783 (47-48)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States ( killed by a falling tree while clearing land)
Immediate Family:

Son of Andrew Boggs, Sr. and Ann Boggs
Husband of Martha Robinson
Father of Robert Boggs and Nancy Boggs
Brother of Andrew Boggs, Jr.; Jane Dunlop; Major John Patton Boggs; Capt. Alexander Patton Boggs; Ann Patton Lowry and 1 other

Managed by: Gwyneth Potter McNeil
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About James Boggs

Birth: 1735 Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA Death: Sep. 30, 1783 Pittsburgh Allegheny County Pennsylvania, USA

He is listed in the "DAR Patriot Index" as a soldier from Pennsylvania: Soldier in Illinois Regiment Family tradition recalls he was killed by a falling tree while clearing land on his homestead. He is reputed to be the first man to "own" land west of the Allegheny River, settling in what is now modern day Pittsburg in about 1760. Wife: Martha Elliot

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Parents:
 Andrew Boggs (1705 - 1765)
 Ann Patton Boggs (1715 - 1789)
Siblings:
 Andrew Boggs (1730 - 1776)*
 James Boggs (1735 - 1783)
 Jane Boggs Dunlop (1740 - 1812)*
 John Boggs (1745 - 1796)*
 Alexander Boggs (1755 - 1839)*
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Burial: Unknown

Created by: Boggs322 Record added: Nov 14, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 155001330


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James Boggs's Timeline

1735
1735
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1783
September 30, 1783
Age 48
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States