KENTUCKY: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Madison Co.

JOSEPH S. BOGGS  was born June 16, 1819, one and a half miles south of
Richmond, Ky., and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Plow) Boggs, parents
of ten children, of whom four are still living.  Joseph Boggs, Sr., was
born in Delaware, January 2, 1761, and with a brother, Moses, came to
Madison County, Ky., about 1805 or 1806, and settled on a tract of land
given him by his uncle, Ben Robinson, who had purchased 640 acres from
Daniel Boone.  He married, September 8, 1807, after he came to Kentucky;
was a farmer but would never hold a slave; was a Whig in politics and in
religion a Presbyterian, and died July 13, 1843.  He was a son of Robert
and Margaret (Robinson) Boggs, who were of Scottish descent and settled in
Delaware; they were the parents of seven sons--James, Robert, John, Moses,
Benjamin, William and Joseph--and two daughters.  Of the sons, William,
Robert, Benjamin and John were soldiers in the Revolutionary war under
Washington.  When the army of Lord Cornwallis were retreating before
Washington in the State of Delaware they happened to pass through Robert
Boggs' yard.  The old gentleman, observing beforehand the approach of the
enemy, and expecting some great damage to be done to the property, mounted
his horse and betook himself to a high hill, where he could witness the
proceedings.  The soldiers on arriving, being hungry, attacked some
beehives that were stationed near by in order to get the honey; as might be
expected the bees became angry, so did the soldiers and a hot fight ensued.
The bees, however, being very skilled in war with the use of the sword,
overcame their antagonists and drove them from the premises.  Mr. Boggs,
feeling somewhat relieved, exclaimed "even my bees are patriotic."  Mrs.
Elizabeth (Plow) Boggs was a native of Pennsylvania and of German descent.
She died February 13, 1870.  Joseph S. Boggs was reared a farmer and was
married March 11, 1841, to Miss Mary M., daughter of Philip and Susan
(Mullins) Gilisbie; Philip was a Virginian, who early settled in Madison
County, Ky., and was a pioneer mail carrier between this State and
Virginia.  He was killed in a duel by Thomas Cannady.  Mrs. Joseph S. Boggs
died in May, 1857, and on the first day of January, 1863, Mr. Boggs married
Mary E., daughter of James N. and Hannah (Boggs) Turley of Madison County,
and to this union have been born four children: Bettie, James T., Mary M.
and Joseph S., Jr.  The family are members of the Reformed Church.  For
forty-three years after his first marriage, Mr. Boggs lived on Taylor's
Fork of Silver Creek; then bought 133 acres of land one mile south of
Richmond, which farm he has increased to 305 acres, improved with a fine
brick residence.  He makes stock breeding a specialty.  His first
presidential vote was for William H. Harrison, but since the late war he
has affiliated with the Republicans.  He was a strong Union man, and after
the battle of Richmond took special pains to provide for the wounded
Federal soldiers.

Boggs Plow Robinson Boone Washington Cornwallis Mullins Gilisbie Cannady
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