An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 354-355

JAMES C. BOGGS is a farmer and fruit raiser of the Hood River valley, residing
about three miles south from Hood River. He was born in North Carolina, on March
3, 1849, the son of Joseph and Mary (Wyant) Boggs. The father was born in North
Carolina and his parents were natives of Virginia, coming from old colonial
families. Various members of the family were in the Revolutionary War, among
which was our subject's grandfather. His great grand-father bought a Bible in
South Carolina which is now owned by our subject and is probably over two
hundred years old. There is no date on it. The family were all planters. The
father died in Marion county, Illinois, in 1884. The mother of our subject was
born in Pennsylvania and descended from a Dutch family. She now lives in Marion
county, Illinois. There James C. completed his education and remained with his
father until twenty-five years of age. Then he worked at various occupations
until 1889, when he came to the Hood River valley and bought fifteen acres of
fine fruit land. Since then he has sold seven acres and still handles the place,
three acres to strawberries and the rest to various crops.      

On December 10, 1874, in Marion county, Illinois, Mr. Boggs married Miss Martha
McIntosh, a native of Marion county, Illinois. Her father, Tilton McIntosh, was
born in Tennessee and married Lucy A. Mercer, a native of Illinois. He died soon
after marriage and his widow then married Andrew Copple in Marion county, whose
father, Simpson Copple, lives in the Hood River valley and is mentioned in this
volume.      

On June 10, 1888, in Marion county, Illinois, Mrs. Boggs was called away by
death. She left a family of three children, the oldest Grace, ten years of age.
Mr. Boggs took up the burdens of life bravely after the departure of his wife
and has raised his family and made a good showing with his labors. He has now
three children living: Grace, wife of Arthur Getchell in the Hood River valley;
Rosie, keeping house for her father; and Harvey.      

Mr. Boggs is a member of the Christian church of which also his wife was a
devoted member for sixteen years. They have three children who died in infancy,
Ivy, Scott and an infant unnamed.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.