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BOGGS, J. W. Was born in Jackson County, Missouri, August 10, 1843. When he was six years of age he came to
California with his parents, arriving at Sacramento in August, 1850. After spending a few months in Sonoma County,
the family settled in Napa County. In 1858 the subject of this sketch entered the Collegiate Institute at Benicia,
which he attended until 1861. In 1872 he went to the Esmeralda District, where he was employed in a quartz mill
for four months. He then returned to Napa and remained there till July, 1864, when he came to Lake and took charge
of his father's ranch. In 1868 he returned to Napa and had charge of his father's farm. In 1869 he returned to
Lake County and settled on his present place, about five miles south of Lakeport, where he is engaged in farming.
He was married, July 19, 1870, to Miss Josephine Boggs, a native of Missouri.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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