Capt. James P. Boggs and Melissa Jane Campbell

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Husband Capt. James P. Boggs ¹

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           Born: 12 Aug 1839 1
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         Father: Andrew Boggs (1806-Bef 1895) 2
         Mother: Mary Ann Irwin (      -      ) 2

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Wife Melissa Jane Campbell ³

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           Born: 26 Dec 1847 - Venango Co, PA 4
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         Father: Joseph Campbell (1811-      ) 1 4
         Mother: Mary Martha McCurdy Patterson (1818-1909) 4

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1 F Mary W. Boggs ¹

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2 F Nettie Boggs ¹

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3 M Frank W. Boggs ¹

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4 F Carrie E. Boggs ¹

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5 F Grace Boggs ¹

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6 F Zora G. Boggs ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. James P. Boggs

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He received a common school education and learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed until April 26, 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve, and served until 1864. He participated in the battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Mine Run and the Wilderness. He was severely wounded in the left temple at Second Bull Run, and at the bat­tle of the Wilderness he received a wound from a minie-ball in the right thigh, and was laid up in the hospitals at Fredericksburg, Georgetown, and Philadel­phia. He was taken prisoner at Gaines Mill, together with his entire regiment, by Stonewall Jackson, and sent to Castle Thunder, and then to Belle Isle, at Richmond, Virginia, where the men were exchanged and returned to their regi­ment. When his regiment was mustered into the service he was made corporal, was soon after promoted to first sergeant, in January, 1863, to first lieutenant, to captain May 1, 1864, and was mustered out of the service as brevet major. In 1866 he went into the oil fields of Venango and McKean counties, and was engaged in oil producing until 1881. In 1869-70 he was United States store keeper at Harmony, and was later engaged in farming on the homestead, which he purchased. A Republican, in politics, he filled many of the offices of his township, and took an active interest in political matters. He and wife were members of the Presbyterian church, and he was connected with Capt. William Stewart Post, G. A. R., of Evans City, also with Camp 45, U. V. L., of Butler. [HBC 1895, 1198]

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

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

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1198.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 954.