Our Boggess line is documented* to Norfolk, Virginia, 1 April 1644, Deed Book B: 37a starting with my seventh great grandfather, Robert Boggus, A1.
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Our Boggess line is documented* to Norfolk, Virginia, 1 April 1644, Deed Book B: 37a starting with my seventh great grandfather, Robert Boggus, A1.
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March 1927
about a month old
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June 11th 1927
Jack's third birthday
brothers holding hands
written on back: "cute"
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Thirteen & one half months later, 2nd of April, mother and paternal grandmother crossed over that river of death within fourteen hours of each other. |
Mother's head stone.
pic by Elmer Thorn
ca1900
Grandmother Flora with her two daughters
pic from Harriette Flora (Hopkins) Anglea
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Luke returned from 7325 Pennsylvania, Waldo district, Kansas City, Missouri home to 1217 south Main, Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri, his father's home with his two infant sons. |
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Dad bought into the insurance company of his father's and Wilbur F Maring, Sr, giving up his accounting future, later using it when starting a constructon and investment company in 1934 with Albert "Shorty" J Graul. |
Maring & Boggess Insurance Agency
pic by Stewart Johnson
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I returned to Pueblo, Colorado with aunt Harriette Hopkins to spend time with her family, Dr Guy H, who removed my tonsils, and cousins, Harriette Flora and William Guy, until things settled in for dad and grandfather after their losses. |
Aunt Harriette (Flora) Hopkins holding Billy
5 y/o cousin William Guy Hopkins pullling Billy Boggess in a wagon
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After the double funeral grandfather moved from "Wetzel's Folly"¯, 1205 south Main Italianate Villa built in 1873 which he had converted into four apartments and 21 y/o aunt Edith remained home from University of Missouri, taking charge of the household chores in her home at 1217 south Main (later, for years owned by Louis Koken) for her father's and brother's families. |
pic from Jane Ellen Hough
pic by Jane Ellen Hough
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I recall a chimney flue fire one Christmas with the fire trucks, their lights & equipment and of taking naps in our second floor sleeping room, backside of house overlooking grandfather's extensive flower and vegetable gardens, with swimming pool plus a fish pond, abutting an alley. |
A happy little boy!
pic: Stewart Studios
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My future step-mother's garage was on this alley (extension of Lyon street) and allowed me to ride with her when making trips in her nice big automobile. Her husband, George Busboom, was killed near Tulsa, Oklahoma when his tri-motor Ford airplane failed to clear power lines while taking off, a year or so earlier, leaving her widowed with a daughter Mary Margaret born 1924, same year as brother Jack. |
Dad's home till the 1950's, then their new Florida style home at 615 Euclid Avenue, later south of airport on old U S #71.
facing west
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She was burglared a couple times so dad kept an eye on her place, then they married 6 April 1932 with us moving into her house at 1218 south Maple where I lived until leaving for military school in 1942. |
Margaret, Billy and Jack, backyard of 1218 Maple
I was told I was to young to have a bunny rabbit!
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Summer of 1936 my brother and I spent with grandmother Flora in Colorado Springs, and aunt Harriette's family in Pueblo. Step-sister Margaret went to her maternal grandparents in DuBois, Nebraska. Our parents had a summer to themselves. |
Grandmother Flora's home where my parents wed in 1921, we stayed in 1936 and she died in 1940
facing north
Hopkins' home (facing east)
where I lived summer 1928, and visited 1936 and 1946
pic from Harriette Flora (Hopkins) Anglea
10 August 1936, Harriette Flora Hopkins (15), William (Bill) Samuel Boggess (9), William Guy Hopkins (13), and L Jack Boggess (12).
All alive except brother Jack (1924-2001) married 50 years. Harriette and Ralph celebrated 64th wedding anniversary, 30 June 2007. She is still water-skiing at age 86 at their Lake Tahoe summer home. Willam lost his wife Cay in 2004 after 57 years of marriage.
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Miss Hardaway's class (8th grade)
top: John Porter Griggs, Bill Anderson
bottom: Bill Boggess, Bill Thompson, George McNerney
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I was sent to New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico in 1942 (junior year) for two years, they too were unable to control me so then sent to Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri for summer 1943, returning to NMMI 43/44, then school year 44/45 at WMA, where finely graduated high school, while gaining some college credit hours. Wentworth did a much better job with me. |
Harry Spradling and myself at Wentworth Military Acadamy
Eddie Ulmer, also from Carthage, was in school that summer.
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Summer of 1944 when I worked for my father's construction company (B & G) at Camp Crowder, Missouri (south of Neosho), during World War II, he encouraged me to enlist in a U S Army Air Corps program 10 August 1944 which I did (#17180141), not entering active duty until July 1945 at Jefferson Baracks, Missouri (St Louis). |
With a friend at Jefferson Barracks
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When Japan surrendered we had all the free HOT Jax beer we could drink, stacked in cases on the summer sun baked hot sandy ground, while in basic training at Kessler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, Squadron X, Class 689, barracks #5632, then shipped to Scott Field, Illinois (near St Louis), then Buckley Field which closed sending us to Lowry Field both in Denver, Colorado. Summer of 1946 a girl I met in Biloxi was visiting her grandparents in Pueblo so I ask aunt Harriette Hopkins if I could come visit them a few days so to date Joan. Neither William nor Harriette were at home at that time. |
Step-mother, Bill, Dad, and step-sister Margaret. (a house I had helped build eight years earlier, 530 Euclid avenue)
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Summer of 1950 I moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, living in a rented servant quarters across from the Rose Garden on south Peoria street, below 21st, in home owned by the Page's, Glenn, chief engineer for Oklahoma Gas and Electric, me working at Flint Steel Corporation for a couple years. Had a nervous break-down, January 1951, brother-in-law, Joe Miller and sis came to get me, driving all night, dad arranged for a plane that cold winter night in Carthage, was flown to a St Louis hospital with threat of wings icing over, weeks later after many electric shock treatments, returned to Tulsa. |
Party time in Tulsa
(sweater knitted by sis)
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Next worked for a nice gentleman, Floyd Devlin of Wichita, Kansas on engineering projects at many locations in Kansas and Missouri. Went to Joliet, Illinois with dad's construction compamy (B & G) for a short spell, but ended back with Deviln. |
Floyd Devlin on outside, at housing project in which John Eisenhower later lived while at Staff & Command School.
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Then it was to Topeka with Servis, VanDorn and Hazard Engineers south Topeka boulevard near 21st having my second nervous breakdown, ca 1956, while engaged to Jean Hummer. Again to a Saint Louis hospital for treatment then back to Topeka. |
Received in 1963, signed by Snyder for donation to replace his stolen coin collection, which Truman signed 1970, then Georgia Neese Clark signed in 1973.
"One of the most valuable and complete collections of U.S. coins in existence was stolen from the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., where it was being exhibited by its owner, H.S.T.'s onetime Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder. Flying home from Manhattan to preside over the investigation, Truman had his own theory about who stole the $50,000 collection. "Professional thieves have been hired by some coin collector to come and get this collection," he fumed."
Source: Time Magazine, Friday, Nov 23, 1962
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Truman Coin Collection
The Harry S. Truman Library of Independence, Missouri.
The Truman Library coin collection was created through a nationwide campaign to replace a similar collection belonging to Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, that was stolen in 1962. Joseph Stack, a New York coin dealer, took the lead by volunteering to catalog and arrange the coins that were donated to the "Coin Restoration Program" Coins were received from 167 individual donors and coin clubs located across the country. On May 6, 1964, John Snyder and Joseph Stack presented the restored collection to the Truman Library.
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It was in Johnson county that I suffered my third and last nervous break down, 1965, while engaged to divorcee, Wilma Crenshall, again going to Saint Louis hospital for treatment, watching, 28 October 1965, the 630 foot tall St Louis Gateway Arch being topped off with placement of last section www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/harrison/harrison30.htm . |
At age 31, still willing to take on the world.
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1969, I concluded what friends had been telling me for years, that I was an alcoholic, so have been dry since. |
pic by Elmer Thorn
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On 9 March 1979 I advised Wilson's office manager, an architect, to kindly notice the misotoe on my coat-tail as I departed his presence and Wilson company into retirement at age fifty-two. My step-mother died in 1983 in her Euclid Avenue home, and summer of 1984 I followed my cousin Buddy moving to Naples, Collier county, Florida. He and first wife Judy (killed with 115 others July 1981 in Kansas City's Hyatt Hotel sky-walk disaster, he seriously injured) had lived here in late 1960's and were in love with it. Myself, giving up a two pack-a-day cigarette habit (savings paid my boat dock rental), then enjoying the beach, boating, shelling, scuba diving and all else. |
Jody Sulander and Erica Kluck (former Marina drive, landlady) visiting in my Naples Curlew Condo (both now deceased).
Jody helped paint and Erica gave me furiture from her little house I rented, when she sold her Naples Bay home and property. (enjoying some here at Shell Point)
My third boat, but first in Naples, was a 26 foot, twin engine "Stamas" built vessel
Fully rigged for cruising with full galley and head, slept four, moored at Naples City Dock, used to cruise to the Florida Keys (200 nm trips) and Dry Tortugas (400 nm trip) (Buddy's 28 foot "Carver" moored next to mine at Faro Blanco marina, Florida Keys)
'google, both: "Florida Keys", then "Dry Tortugas"
My first open water venture was to Marathon (middle Florida Keys) under the watchful eye of 'old salt' Capt Glenn Roach, who later moved to Marathon and whom I would visit with my boat.
When not 'on the hook', would stay at bayside Faro Blanco marina (now gone with condos being built)
Years before my days here, its said Willie Joe Nameth would rent the light house for parties
Going to Looe Key to dive from Little Torch Key, one passes Little Palm Island where movie "PT 109" was filmed, now an expensive resort, to where we once sailed, spending a night, enjoying a fine dinner. ('google', "Little Palm Island, FL")
Pic by Ed TenEyck
SCUBA:
Logged 234 exciting and wonderful dives, that averages one every other week of my diving years, plus the snorkeling trips in many places such as; Florida Keys, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, Cozmel, Belize, Roatan, Grand Turk, land base and aboard Captain Tom Guarino's ninety-five foot "Sea Fever" (His father, Colonel Larry Guarino, served 2801 days as a P O W in Hanoi with the likes of Senator John McCain and others, writing a book of those times.), (one trip to Cat Cay was four days following Hurricane Andrew's devastation of Cat Cay and lower Florida), a live-aboard operation out of Miami Beach, to many Bahama locations from north, Sugar Wreck to south, Cay Sal Banks, up to a couple weeks per trip,-- east, San Salvador to west, Bimini & Cat Cay, including eight shark dives. (Did underwater photos with 35 mm and video with 8 mm)
Visiting with Aunt Edith at Elsie Goldsmith's (Oscar Mayer's niece whom he raised) gulf front home near 5th Ave in Naples, awaiting dinner.
My photo of dive buddy, "Skeeter" Owen and Green Morey Eel
Cruising with friends aboard s/v Hummaduffer on North Channel of Lake Huron in 1989, also on thirty foot sail boat three times on Chesapeake Bay aboard s/v Caliban from Worten Creek marina, Abaco Islands aboard s/v Pipe Dream of the Bahamas, Florida's gulf coast and keys aboard thirty foot "Catalina", s/v Nor-Jac.
One such trip aboard a thirty foot "Catalina" s/v Caliban on the Chesapeake; while we were on the hook up the Severn river preparing dinner our last night, in checking weather we learned hurricane Felix was a threat. We pulled anchor and made a dash north to get nearer Worten Creek marina (vessel's home port). My first (true) night cruise, other than Naples Bay. This being main channel to Balitmore's harbor, where we passed five large Navy vessels heading south plus much traffic, both directions, north of the Bay Bridge. The one thing I knew was; one wants to see only white and green lights, red is danger!!!
While I was at the helm I saw red lights and no one could figure them out, so, I followed my cohorts experinece of these waters. Days later, in checking the charts, we found they were lights to be used in winter and were mistakenly on.
pic by Ed TenEyck aboard s/v Hummaduffer
Ed and Dave relaxing after docking s/v Hummaduffer for a warm shower and dinner out, while we four cruised the North Channel of Lake Huron.
Sister and brother-in-law Joseph (Joe) Henry Miller's last of four visits, this, in my Naples Curlew Condo.
On their second visit from across road of Everglades National Park's facilities in Everglades City, outside their R V, we sadly watched the Challenger explode as it became visible clearing our tree tops while taking off for its trip into outer-space.
Sis, Mary Margaret (Busboom) Miller, died from a stroke in 1992 in Missouri.
Blue Heron (in 'evening dress' w/ screened windows), my second/last Naples boat, seventeen foot "Switzer-Craft". Kept at my upper Naples Bay condo.
Fully rigged for cruising, powered by a ninety horse Yamaha and six horse kicker. Used for trips to Flamingo, southern most tip mainland Florida (140 nm trip) often for Easter and Christmas and to the middle and lower Florida Keys (200 nm trip), slept two, with color TV, hot & cold water, cooking & sanitary facilities, fans for air circulation and a fold-up bike. Two deep cycle 6-v batteries in series and a 12-v for back up. (One carefully picks his weather to venture far. Caught in five foot following seas once and believe me that was not fun)
Picture taken at Faro Blanco's bay-side marina, day of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Shake-down cruise for Blue Heron was into two/three foot seas on our nose to Flamingo with calmer seas returning.
Met-up with Reade & Sara Tompson aboard "Sarasan" (37 ft ketch) well off shore from Broad River ('google', "Ten Thousand Islands, FL"), spent first night in Little Shark River ('google', "Little Shark River,FL"), then on the outside along Cape Sable to Flamingo via Florida Bay where we spent a couple of nights. Our return was along southern portion of the ninety-nine mile Wilderness Waterway through Whitewater Bay to Tarpon Bay ('google', "Wilderness Waterway, FL"), back to Little Shark for another night on the hook with a great meal (need a 'trip line' here, or lose an anchor). ---- To Naples via the Gulf of Mexico and Marco River in which we spent a night by the Goodland bridge. A succesful and exciting 150 nm trip for the Blue Heron, yours truely and Ed TenEyck. http://ed.teneyck.com
pic by Ed TenEyck
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Following a year of consideration, May 2006 I decided to move into a retirement community picking www.shellpoint.org, moving 16 November 2006 after selling my Naples Marina Manor condo on Naples Bay. Profit from my condo sale is paying nearly all cost of/at Shell Point. (The real estate market crashed shortly after my sale, one friend also moving here, still has her Pelican Bay condo, with price greatly reduced, 04/04/08) |
Royal Bonnet Court built later, north across the lagoon.
My unit pointed to by arrow.
My unit, viewed from my easy chair, a second floor 470 sq ft "Studio" with south screened porch over looking lagoon and Caloosahatchee river.
20 sq ft smaller than my Kansas City living-dining room, but more than ample for me, with wonderful views from my easy chair.
Larger self-collected seashells are on glass shelving attached to a mirrored wall, with a few museum pieces
Smaller shells displayed under twenty-six sq ft of glass on three table tops, nearly 200 different species, self collected mostly by me, some from friends
As viewed easterly from my screened porch during the spring
The Paddle Club visiting our lagoon.
Humans also use lagoon, view southwesterly from my easy rocking chair.
A serene view southwesterly from my easy chair
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PREPARED BY:
William (Bill) Samuel Boggess (Luke, Samuel Cleveland, Samuel, John, Samuel, Robert, Henry, Henry, Robert) |
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