Bios: JACOB R. BOGGS, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JACOB R. BOGGS,
  
  [p. 596] general farmer, residing about eight miles south of New Castle,
  on his fine estate of ninety-one acres, in Big Beaver Township, was born
  in December, 1860, in Erie County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John
  and Martha (Blackwood) Boggs.
  
  The paternal grandfather, Jacob Boggs, died on his farm in Ireland. His
  widow, Isabella (Forest) Boggs, subsequently came to America, where a
  number of her children settled. John Boggs, father of Jacob R., was
  sixteen years old when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean and joined a
  married sister who was living in New York. He remained with his
  brother-in-law for some years, assisting the latter in his shoe store,
  but later went to Erie, Pa., where he married and bought a farm. His
  wife had also been born in Ireland. In 1872 they came to Lawrence
  County, where the father purchased the farm in Big Beaver Township, on
  which Jacob R. resides, living in the log house then standing, until it
  was destroyed by fire. He then erected the commodious frame residence
  which his son occupies. Both he and wife died on this farm. They had six
  children, namely: Jacob, James and Margaret, the latter residing with
  her elder brother, and three who died in infancy.
  
  Jacob R. Boggs was about eighteen years of age when his parents came to
  Big Beaver Township, and as he was the oldest son, a large amount of the
  work and responsibility for the comfort of his parents and development
  of the farm fell on him. In 1891 he was married to Mary Blackwood, who
  died in 1898, leaving three children: Ethel L., born May 1, 1893; Oliver
  B., born May 9, 1895, and John J., born August 14, 1898.
  
  Mr. Boggs has remained on the present farm ever since he came here in
  youth. It is excellent land and he has it under a fine state of
  cultivation. He is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in which
  he is a deacon.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  
  Updated: 13 Nov 2001