Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Henry C. Boggs and Mary E. Liken




Husband Henry C. Boggs 1

           Born: 21 Dec 1847 - Evans City, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Thomas W. Boggs (1813-1885) 2 3
         Mother: Mary E. Lemmon (      -1849) 4


       Marriage: 1870 1



Wife Mary E. Liken 1

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         Father: William Liken (      -      ) 1
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1 F Flora L. Boggs 1

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2 M Harry G. Boggs 1

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3 F Iva L. Boggs 1

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4 M William Lee Boggs 1

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5 F Margueretta L. Boggs 1

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6 M Earl Wallace Boggs 1

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           Died: 25 Feb 1892 - ? Butler Co, PA
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General Notes: Husband - Henry C. Boggs


He was reared at Evans City, Butler County, PA, and received his education in the district school. In 1870 he engaged in mer­chandising at Evans City, and has continued in that line up to the present. In 1888 he formed a partnership with John W. Kline, since which time the firm of Boggs & Kline carried on business. He was one of the organiz­ers of the Long Oil Company, was treasurer of the same, and was interested in sev­eral other oil productions. In 1865 he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in which he served seven months.
He was a Republican in politics, was appointed postmaster of Evans City by President Grant, and served twelve years. He was again appointed by Pres­ident Harrison, in 1889, and served his full term. He filled the office of school director, and was also a member of the borough council. He was a member of Captain Stewart Post, G. A. R., also of Evans City Lodge, I. O. O. F., and the Select Knights, and the A. O. U. W. He and his family were members of the Baptist church of Evans City, in which he served as treasurer, and took quite an active part in the erection of the church building.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1099.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1098.

3 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 441.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1097.


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