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Dr William Warren Boggess

Male 1891 - 1961  (69 years)


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  • Name William Warren Boggess 
    Prefix Dr 
    Born 24 Dec 1891  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Jan 1961  Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Death Record
      Name: William W./Boggess
      Sex: Male
      Death Date: 28 Jan 1961
      Death Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
      Note: McMillan Hospital
      Age at Death: 67y
      Burial Place: Ripley, W. Va.
      Burial Date: 31 Jan 1961
      Cemetery: Fairplain
      Funeral Home: Vandale
      Birth Date: 24 Dec 1893
      Birth Place: Jackson Co., W. Va.
      Marital Status: M
      Residence: Spencer, Roane, W. Va.
      Mother: Unknown
      Father: Unknown
      Informant: Mrs Icie Boggess
    Person ID I22180  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2009 

    Father Ephraim W Boggess,   b. 6 Feb 1860, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary 'Mollie' Florence Casto,   b. 15 Apr 1866, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 28 Dec 1886  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1900 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV
      Ephraim W, 2/1860, m 14y
      Harriet, 2/1858, 6-4
      May, 2/1888
      Denver D, 10/1889
      William W ,12/1891
      Samuel, 3/1895
      Ova O, 12/1890
      Milam, Water H, ss, 12/1883
      Denny C, ss, 8/1886
      [William W is also living with his aunt Lenora Winters]
    Family ID F7029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Addie McGraw,   b. 9 May 1899, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1984  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 24 Mar 1918  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV 168-171
      Boggess, Warren F 26
      Addie 20
      Elizabeth da 11/12

      1930 Charleston, Kanawha, WV #127-136 all wVWVWV
      Boggess, William W 35 md age 24 dentist
      Addie M wife 30 md age 16
      Elizabeth da 11
      Billy son 6
      Joan da 2 2/12


      World War II Military News - The Jackson Herald

      Late reports of war casualties received by Jackson County families up to last night showed that William W. Boggess, serving with the Navy in the Pacific, had been killed in action; Sgt. Eugene Lincicome, of Ravenswood,; Pvt. Guy W. Shaffer, of Ripley, had been wounded and two other rumors of reports being received had not been confirmed at press time. William Boggess, a well known Ripley youth, entered the service last summer and for some time had been with the Pacific fleet. His mother, Mrs. Addie Boggess Knapp, who at the present time is living in Union City, Pa. He is a grandson of Mrs. Mary McGraw of Ripley. The telegram concerning Sgt. Lincicome came to his mother, Mrs. Othell Lincicome, of Ravenswood, and stated that he had been wounded in action while fighting in Belgium on Jan 9. The telegram concerning Pvt. Guy Shaffer was received by his wife, Mrs. Gladys C. Shaffer, of Ripley, and stated that he had been wounded in action in France on Jan 7. William Boggess is survived by his mother, Mrs. W.A. Knapp, of Union City, Pa., and his father, Dr. W.W. Boggess, of Spencer, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Rader, of Madison, Wisc., and Joan and Barbara Boggess, with the mother in Union City.
      Mrs. J.G. Fox, of Ravenswood, received notice last week that Sgt. Eugene Stackpole, her nephew and the son of Mr.and Mrs. Thurman Stackpole, of Clarksburg, had been killed in action in Belgium on Jan 2. He had been in the service for three years. (Friday, Feb 2, 1945)
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Boggess
     2. Blondena M Boggess,   b. 29 Aug 1920,   d. 24 Dec 1923  (Age 3 years)
     3. William Warren Boggess,   b. 25 Jul 1923, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1945  (Age 21 years)
     4. Joan Boggess
    Family ID F18880  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.