HONORABLE W. H. BOGGS
William Harrison Boggs was born in Franklin September 4, 1845, and died here in the home of his son Willie Monday night, September 19, 1921, with his three children at his bedside. He had thus just passed the seventy first mile stone.
He was the youngest of seven children of the late General James Boggs and Mary Dyer, his wife. In November 1868 he married Miss Carrie McCoy and through the Boggs, Dyer and McCoy families was connected with many of the people of this county.
He and his good wife were blessed with four children, William M. and Hugh of this place, Miss Margie, a clerk in the Grant County Bank at Petersburg, and Janet, the older daughter, who just as she was blooming into womanhood, was the first in the family to enter the Great Beyond, being called hence on the 31st day of March, 1893. On the 31st day of March, 1903 just ten years later, the mother joined her, and now we chronicle the third break in the circle, thus reminding us of how rapidly time in its flight obilterates an entire family. His sister, Mrs. I. S. Welton, of Petersburg, is the sole survivor of his father's family.
Mr. Boggs home life and devotion to his family were marked, and those who can look back to the time prior to its breaking up remember his home as one of the ideal ones, and those who partake of his hospitality were legion.
For more than twenty-eight years he was a most frequent visitor to Cedar Hill Cemetery; certainly no one has ever taken as much interest in his lot there in as he and in evidence of it, it is today the most beautiful plot in this place of beauty, due absolutely to his own efforts, and the beautiful award that he had kept so verdant is but typical of the memory he bore the daughter and wife that connected him with the Land of Hope. He was ostentatious in his church relatons, though long a member and officer in the Presbyterian church yet he knew and trusted in the same God and probably got much nearer to Him than many who attended church more regularly and make more loud professions.
When the war clouds were gathering in 1860 and 61 he was apposed to secession of the South, though a mere lad and had no vote on this question, yet when the President of the United States called for volunteers from Virginia to fight for her sister states, he cast his lot with the Southland tendered his service to his native state, Old Virginia, entered the Confederate arm and was noted for his gallantry and bravery throughout the war. He was a member of Company E, 18th Virginia Regiment Cavalry and was attached to the staff of General Jubal A. Early, doing much scout work, General Early always referring to him as "Willie the boy scout." He took much interest in the Confederate Reunions held in this county and was for many years at the head of the organization that made these occasions a success.
When the war ended he returned to his home with nothing save a tattered gray uniform and his discharge from the Confederate army a passport to honor and glory. His father's estate had been ruined during these four years of turmoil and he was forced to combat the battle of life unaided and alone. He soon entered the cattle and mercantile business. In both of which lines he was successful for many years.
He was a life-long Democrat and for many years stood high in the councils of his party and during the balmy days of Senators Henry G. Davis and Johnson N. Camden he was one of the most trusted lieutenants in this section of the state. In 1894 he was elected by one of the largest majorities ever given a local canidate to the House of Delegates and by the stand that he took in that body won for himself in the hotly contested campaign in the state convention held at Wheeling in August 1896 the nomination of the party for State Auditor, the nomination at that time being considered equivalent to the election, the Democrats having been until then in undisputed control of the state. The split of the Democratic party into two separate and distance wings, each nominated canidates for the presidency and vice presidency led to the defeat of the entire party in both state and nation, and thus was Pendleton County's first opportunity to have a member of the state administration frustrated. Mr. Boggs devoted much of his time, energy and means to this campaign and probably never fully recovered from its effects. The scenes of that convention when county after county from various parts of the state in a wild stampede of enthusiasm planted their guidance beside that of Pendleton spoke in no uncertain way of the high esteem in which he was held throughout the Mountain State. Had he been elected it is universally conceded he would have made a wise, safe and capable official and Pendleton County would have been accorded to her an honor she has not since had an opportunity to enjoy.
Mr. Boggs was in the truest sense a progressive and in all public questions was found always on the side of progress and for those matters that would advance the interest of his home county. Others may have accumlated far more money, but his name will be revered when they are forgotten. No one in the county has ever taken more interest in trying to develop the latent wealth of this section and upon at least two occasions after years of unceasing toil, he believed that he was reaching the fruition of his efforts only to have them foiled, one time by a panic and the other by a change of administration in the corporation that he had (invested) in this county. His failure in this was probably the greatest disappointment of his life.
During the last ten or fifteen years of his life he had not been actively engaged in business, but at no time did he cease his interest in the welfare of his community and his fellow-men. No one ever displayed more interest in the sick than he, nor was any one ever more ready to lend a helping hand in sickness or poverty. He was ever considerate, kind and courteous, and was by his nature a Chesterfield in all of his acts.
A short and impressive service was conducted in the Presbyterian church Wednesday morning by his pastor, Reverend A. P. Dickson, assisted by Reverand F. C. Waggoner, pastor of the Methodist church after which the remains were laid to rest in the carefully kept lot referred to. Friends and acquaintances acted as pall bearers, both active and honorary. Among whom were Senator B. J. Baker and Mr. E. A. Harness, of Petersburg. A few old Confederate soldiers acted as an escort of honor, among whom were Messers. W. B. Hill and William S. Welton, of Petersburg. Both members of his old company.
Pendleton Times - Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia - September 1921.
Obit provided by: Jennie Hott
William Harrison Boggs was born in Franklin September 4, 1845, and died here in the home of his son Willie Monday night, September 19, 1921, with his three children at his bedside. He had thus just passed the seventy first mile stone.
He was the youngest of seven children of the late General James Boggs and Mary Dyer, his wife. In November 1868 he married Miss Carrie McCoy and through the Boggs, Dyer and McCoy families was connected with many of the people of this county.
He and his good wife were blessed with four children, William M. and Hugh of this place, Miss Margie, a clerk in the Grant County Bank at Petersburg, and Janet, the older daughter, who just as she was blooming into womanhood, was the first in the family to enter the Great Beyond, being called hence on the 31st day of March, 1893. On the 31st day of March, 1903 just ten years later, the mother joined her, and now we chronicle the third break in the circle, thus reminding us of how rapidly time in its flight obilterates an entire family. His sister, Mrs. I. S. Welton, of Petersburg, is the sole survivor of his father's family.
Mr. Boggs home life and devotion to his family were marked, and those who can look back to the time prior to its breaking up remember his home as one of the ideal ones, and those who partake of his hospitality were legion.
For more than twenty-eight years he was a most frequent visitor to Cedar Hill Cemetery; certainly no one has ever taken as much interest in his lot there in as he and in evidence of it, it is today the most beautiful plot in this place of beauty, due absolutely to his own efforts, and the beautiful award that he had kept so verdant is but typical of the memory he bore the daughter and wife that connected him with the Land of Hope. He was ostentatious in his church relatons, though long a member and officer in the Presbyterian church yet he knew and trusted in the same God and probably got much nearer to Him than many who attended church more regularly and make more loud professions.
When the war clouds were gathering in 1860 and 61 he was apposed to secession of the South, though a mere lad and had no vote on this question, yet when the President of the United States called for volunteers from Virginia to fight for her sister states, he cast his lot with the Southland tendered his service to his native state, Old Virginia, entered the Confederate arm and was noted for his gallantry and bravery throughout the war. He was a member of Company E, 18th Virginia Regiment Cavalry and was attached to the staff of General Jubal A. Early, doing much scout work, General Early always referring to him as "Willie the boy scout." He took much interest in the Confederate Reunions held in this county and was for many years at the head of the organization that made these occasions a success.
When the war ended he returned to his home with nothing save a tattered gray uniform and his discharge from the Confederate army a passport to honor and glory. His father's estate had been ruined during these four years of turmoil and he was forced to combat the battle of life unaided and alone. He soon entered the cattle and mercantile business. In both of which lines he was successful for many years.
He was a life-long Democrat and for many years stood high in the councils of his party and during the balmy days of Senators Henry G. Davis and Johnson N. Camden he was one of the most trusted lieutenants in this section of the state. In 1894 he was elected by one of the largest majorities ever given a local canidate to the House of Delegates and by the stand that he took in that body won for himself in the hotly contested campaign in the state convention held at Wheeling in August 1896 the nomination of the party for State Auditor, the nomination at that time being considered equivalent to the election, the Democrats having been until then in undisputed control of the state. The split of the Democratic party into two separate and distance wings, each nominated canidates for the presidency and vice presidency led to the defeat of the entire party in both state and nation, and thus was Pendleton County's first opportunity to have a member of the state administration frustrated. Mr. Boggs devoted much of his time, energy and means to this campaign and probably never fully recovered from its effects. The scenes of that convention when county after county from various parts of the state in a wild stampede of enthusiasm planted their guidance beside that of Pendleton spoke in no uncertain way of the high esteem in which he was held throughout the Mountain State. Had he been elected it is universally conceded he would have made a wise, safe and capable official and Pendleton County would have been accorded to her an honor she has not since had an opportunity to enjoy.
Mr. Boggs was in the truest sense a progressive and in all public questions was found always on the side of progress and for those matters that would advance the interest of his home county. Others may have accumlated far more money, but his name will be revered when they are forgotten. No one in the county has ever taken more interest in trying to develop the latent wealth of this section and upon at least two occasions after years of unceasing toil, he believed that he was reaching the fruition of his efforts only to have them foiled, one time by a panic and the other by a change of administration in the corporation that he had (invested) in this county. His failure in this was probably the greatest disappointment of his life.
During the last ten or fifteen years of his life he had not been actively engaged in business, but at no time did he cease his interest in the welfare of his community and his fellow-men. No one ever displayed more interest in the sick than he, nor was any one ever more ready to lend a helping hand in sickness or poverty. He was ever considerate, kind and courteous, and was by his nature a Chesterfield in all of his acts.
A short and impressive service was conducted in the Presbyterian church Wednesday morning by his pastor, Reverend A. P. Dickson, assisted by Reverand F. C. Waggoner, pastor of the Methodist church after which the remains were laid to rest in the carefully kept lot referred to. Friends and acquaintances acted as pall bearers, both active and honorary. Among whom were Senator B. J. Baker and Mr. E. A. Harness, of Petersburg. A few old Confederate soldiers acted as an escort of honor, among whom were Messers. W. B. Hill and William S. Welton, of Petersburg. Both members of his old company.
Pendleton Times - Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia - September 1921.
Obit provided by: Jennie Hott
HONORABLE W. H. BOGGS
William Harrison Boggs was born in Franklin September 4, 1845, and died here in the home of his son Willie Monday night, September 19, 1921, with his three children at his bedside. He had thus just passed the seventy first mile stone.
He was the youngest of seven children of the late General James Boggs and Mary Dyer, his wife. In November 1868 he married Miss Carrie McCoy and through the Boggs, Dyer and McCoy families was connected with many of the people of this county.
He and his good wife were blessed with four children, William M. and Hugh of this place, Miss Margie, a clerk in the Grant County Bank at Petersburg, and Janet, the older daughter, who just as she was blooming into womanhood, was the first in the family to enter the Great Beyond, being called hence on the 31st day of March, 1893. On the 31st day of March, 1903 just ten years later, the mother joined her, and now we chronicle the third break in the circle, thus reminding us of how rapidly time in its flight obilterates an entire family. His sister, Mrs. I. S. Welton, of Petersburg, is the sole survivor of his father's family.
Mr. Boggs home life and devotion to his family were marked, and those who can look back to the time prior to its breaking up remember his home as one of the ideal ones, and those who partake of his hospitality were legion.
For more than twenty-eight years he was a most frequent visitor to Cedar Hill Cemetery; certainly no one has ever taken as much interest in his lot there in as he and in evidence of it, it is today the most beautiful plot in this place of beauty, due absolutely to his own efforts, and the beautiful award that he had kept so verdant is but typical of the memory he bore the daughter and wife that connected him with the Land of Hope. He was ostentatious in his church relatons, though long a member and officer in the Presbyterian church yet he knew and trusted in the same God and probably got much nearer to Him than many who attended church more regularly and make more loud professions.
When the war clouds were gathering in 1860 and 61 he was apposed to secession of the South, though a mere lad and had no vote on this question, yet when the President of the United States called for volunteers from Virginia to fight for her sister states, he cast his lot with the Southland tendered his service to his native state, Old Virginia, entered the Confederate arm and was noted for his gallantry and bravery throughout the war. He was a member of Company E, 18th Virginia Regiment Cavalry and was attached to the staff of General Jubal A. Early, doing much scout work, General Early always referring to him as "Willie the boy scout." He took much interest in the Confederate Reunions held in this county and was for many years at the head of the organization that made these occasions a success.
When the war ended he returned to his home with nothing save a tattered gray uniform and his discharge from the Confederate army a passport to honor and glory. His father's estate had been ruined during these four years of turmoil and he was forced to combat the battle of life unaided and alone. He soon entered the cattle and mercantile business. In both of which lines he was successful for many years.
He was a life-long Democrat and for many years stood high in the councils of his party and during the balmy days of Senators Henry G. Davis and Johnson N. Camden he was one of the most trusted lieutenants in this section of the state. In 1894 he was elected by one of the largest majorities ever given a local canidate to the House of Delegates and by the stand that he took in that body won for himself in the hotly contested campaign in the state convention held at Wheeling in August 1896 the nomination of the party for State Auditor, the nomination at that time being considered equivalent to the election, the Democrats having been until then in undisputed control of the state. The split of the Democratic party into two separate and distance wings, each nominated canidates for the presidency and vice presidency led to the defeat of the entire party in both state and nation, and thus was Pendleton County's first opportunity to have a member of the state administration frustrated. Mr. Boggs devoted much of his time, energy and means to this campaign and probably never fully recovered from its effects. The scenes of that convention when county after county from various parts of the state in a wild stampede of enthusiasm planted their guidance beside that of Pendleton spoke in no uncertain way of the high esteem in which he was held throughout the Mountain State. Had he been elected it is universally conceded he would have made a wise, safe and capable official and Pendleton County would have been accorded to her an honor she has not since had an opportunity to enjoy.
Mr. Boggs was in the truest sense a progressive and in all public questions was found always on the side of progress and for those matters that would advance the interest of his home county. Others may have accumlated far more money, but his name will be revered when they are forgotten. No one in the county has ever taken more interest in trying to develop the latent wealth of this section and upon at least two occasions after years of unceasing toil, he believed that he was reaching the fruition of his efforts only to have them foiled, one time by a panic and the other by a change of administration in the corporation that he had (invested) in this county. His failure in this was probably the greatest disappointment of his life.
During the last ten or fifteen years of his life he had not been actively engaged in business, but at no time did he cease his interest in the welfare of his community and his fellow-men. No one ever displayed more interest in the sick than he, nor was any one ever more ready to lend a helping hand in sickness or poverty. He was ever considerate, kind and courteous, and was by his nature a Chesterfield in all of his acts.
A short and impressive service was conducted in the Presbyterian church Wednesday morning by his pastor, Reverend A. P. Dickson, assisted by Reverand F. C. Waggoner, pastor of the Methodist church after which the remains were laid to rest in the carefully kept lot referred to. Friends and acquaintances acted as pall bearers, both active and honorary. Among whom were Senator B. J. Baker and Mr. E. A. Harness, of Petersburg. A few old Confederate soldiers acted as an escort of honor, among whom were Messers. W. B. Hill and William S. Welton, of Petersburg. Both members of his old company.
Pendleton Times - Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia - September 1921.
Obit provided by: Jennie Hott
William Harrison Boggs was born in Franklin September 4, 1845, and died here in the home of his son Willie Monday night, September 19, 1921, with his three children at his bedside. He had thus just passed the seventy first mile stone.
He was the youngest of seven children of the late General James Boggs and Mary Dyer, his wife. In November 1868 he married Miss Carrie McCoy and through the Boggs, Dyer and McCoy families was connected with many of the people of this county.
He and his good wife were blessed with four children, William M. and Hugh of this place, Miss Margie, a clerk in the Grant County Bank at Petersburg, and Janet, the older daughter, who just as she was blooming into womanhood, was the first in the family to enter the Great Beyond, being called hence on the 31st day of March, 1893. On the 31st day of March, 1903 just ten years later, the mother joined her, and now we chronicle the third break in the circle, thus reminding us of how rapidly time in its flight obilterates an entire family. His sister, Mrs. I. S. Welton, of Petersburg, is the sole survivor of his father's family.
Mr. Boggs home life and devotion to his family were marked, and those who can look back to the time prior to its breaking up remember his home as one of the ideal ones, and those who partake of his hospitality were legion.
For more than twenty-eight years he was a most frequent visitor to Cedar Hill Cemetery; certainly no one has ever taken as much interest in his lot there in as he and in evidence of it, it is today the most beautiful plot in this place of beauty, due absolutely to his own efforts, and the beautiful award that he had kept so verdant is but typical of the memory he bore the daughter and wife that connected him with the Land of Hope. He was ostentatious in his church relatons, though long a member and officer in the Presbyterian church yet he knew and trusted in the same God and probably got much nearer to Him than many who attended church more regularly and make more loud professions.
When the war clouds were gathering in 1860 and 61 he was apposed to secession of the South, though a mere lad and had no vote on this question, yet when the President of the United States called for volunteers from Virginia to fight for her sister states, he cast his lot with the Southland tendered his service to his native state, Old Virginia, entered the Confederate arm and was noted for his gallantry and bravery throughout the war. He was a member of Company E, 18th Virginia Regiment Cavalry and was attached to the staff of General Jubal A. Early, doing much scout work, General Early always referring to him as "Willie the boy scout." He took much interest in the Confederate Reunions held in this county and was for many years at the head of the organization that made these occasions a success.
When the war ended he returned to his home with nothing save a tattered gray uniform and his discharge from the Confederate army a passport to honor and glory. His father's estate had been ruined during these four years of turmoil and he was forced to combat the battle of life unaided and alone. He soon entered the cattle and mercantile business. In both of which lines he was successful for many years.
He was a life-long Democrat and for many years stood high in the councils of his party and during the balmy days of Senators Henry G. Davis and Johnson N. Camden he was one of the most trusted lieutenants in this section of the state. In 1894 he was elected by one of the largest majorities ever given a local canidate to the House of Delegates and by the stand that he took in that body won for himself in the hotly contested campaign in the state convention held at Wheeling in August 1896 the nomination of the party for State Auditor, the nomination at that time being considered equivalent to the election, the Democrats having been until then in undisputed control of the state. The split of the Democratic party into two separate and distance wings, each nominated canidates for the presidency and vice presidency led to the defeat of the entire party in both state and nation, and thus was Pendleton County's first opportunity to have a member of the state administration frustrated. Mr. Boggs devoted much of his time, energy and means to this campaign and probably never fully recovered from its effects. The scenes of that convention when county after county from various parts of the state in a wild stampede of enthusiasm planted their guidance beside that of Pendleton spoke in no uncertain way of the high esteem in which he was held throughout the Mountain State. Had he been elected it is universally conceded he would have made a wise, safe and capable official and Pendleton County would have been accorded to her an honor she has not since had an opportunity to enjoy.
Mr. Boggs was in the truest sense a progressive and in all public questions was found always on the side of progress and for those matters that would advance the interest of his home county. Others may have accumlated far more money, but his name will be revered when they are forgotten. No one in the county has ever taken more interest in trying to develop the latent wealth of this section and upon at least two occasions after years of unceasing toil, he believed that he was reaching the fruition of his efforts only to have them foiled, one time by a panic and the other by a change of administration in the corporation that he had (invested) in this county. His failure in this was probably the greatest disappointment of his life.
During the last ten or fifteen years of his life he had not been actively engaged in business, but at no time did he cease his interest in the welfare of his community and his fellow-men. No one ever displayed more interest in the sick than he, nor was any one ever more ready to lend a helping hand in sickness or poverty. He was ever considerate, kind and courteous, and was by his nature a Chesterfield in all of his acts.
A short and impressive service was conducted in the Presbyterian church Wednesday morning by his pastor, Reverend A. P. Dickson, assisted by Reverand F. C. Waggoner, pastor of the Methodist church after which the remains were laid to rest in the carefully kept lot referred to. Friends and acquaintances acted as pall bearers, both active and honorary. Among whom were Senator B. J. Baker and Mr. E. A. Harness, of Petersburg. A few old Confederate soldiers acted as an escort of honor, among whom were Messers. W. B. Hill and William S. Welton, of Petersburg. Both members of his old company.
Pendleton Times - Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia - September 1921.
Obit provided by: Jennie Hott
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