At 03:54 PM 2/10/99 EST, you wrote: >I was born a Boggs in Mattoon, Il. My great grandfather John, was married in >Ohio and my Grandfather Henry was born in Ohio , Sciota Co., in 1857.His >siblings Amos, Elizabeth and John, Jr. were born in Ohio and they moved to >Il. through Ind., between 1869 and 1876. Hosea was born in Il. in 1876. >>From a second marraige he had Charles and James (jesse). I doubt that there >is a connection but I don't know if >John Boggs had any brothers or sisters. He claims his father was James, >mother unknown. > > >==== BOGGS Mailing List ==== >Genealogists United Against Plagiarism > Roz, Thanks for the information. I received reliable information that my grandfather George Knight Boggs was born in Ohio in 1855. His father was George W. Boggs, and mother was Anna A. (?) Boggs. The family moved from Ohio to Illinois when my grandfather was about 3. George W. was a farmer near Galva, Illinois. Some of the Galva Historical Society have belongings of my grandmother Clara, who wrote for newspapers in the Galva, LaFayette, Kewanee area. They are sending me a box of information, including obituaries for both grandparents, my father's graduation pictures, and letters from grandchildren (hopefully my half-brother and sister) to my grandmother. In forty years since her death, I am the first to step forward to put claim to these items. This is strange, since until Monday, I was under the impression that she had died in the 1920's to 1940's. Apparently, she and my father either lost contact with one another, or were estranged long before my father and mother married and I was born. So she at least according to the obituaries, did not even know that I was born, and living a healthy six-year olds life in Southwest Louisiana. Another oddity, is that she too was a librarian, as I am. I will contact you if I get any information that can help you. Where in Illinois is Mattoon? I'm trying to piece a better understanding of the state together. Thanks again, Becky Rebecca (Becky) B. Vincent [email protected] Librarian/ Media Specialist M.ED./MLIS Gueydan High School 901 Main Street Gueydan, LA 70542