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JOHN C. BOGGS, farmer and stock-raiser, post office Shoustown, was born Dec. 27, 1824, to Joseph and Elizabeth (Chisholm) Boggs, former of whom, a carpenter by trade, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., latter in Moon township, near where Sharon church now stands, a daughter of Thomas and Anna (Anderson) Chisholm. Thomas Chisholm was born and reared near Edinburgh, Scotland, and at the age of eighteen, soon after he had served his apprenticeship as a weaver, came to America and located in Moon township, prior to 1800. He purchased a farm near Sharon, in that township, where he died. Joseph Boggs was a son of Andrew and Rosanna Boggs, both members of the Presbyterian Church, who settled at Lashell’s station. Andrew Boggs ran the ferry there, known as Boggs’ ferry, many years, until his death in 1843. Joseph and Elizabeth (Chisholm) Boggs settled in Moon township, near Sharon, on the farm now owned by the Jennings heirs. They had a family of seven children, four living: John C., Ann E. (wife of Nathaniel P. Kerr, in Vanport, Beaver county), Clara (in Sewickley) and Minnie B. (wife of Perry Young, in Pittsburgh). The parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. John C. Boggs remained on the farm with his father, and worked at the carpenter’s trade until twenty-two, when he moved to Shoustown, where he was employed in the shipyard. In 1857 or 1858 he was appointed superintendent of the shipyard, and so continued until 1868. He had charge of the construction of the Great Republic, Continental and Commonwealth, and built the Glencoe. One of his boats, the James Whan, was captured by the confederates, and converted into a gunboat called the Little Rebel. In 1868 Mr. Boggs settled on the old homestead of his father, which he now owns, and where he has since remained. He was united in marriage April 16, 1849, with Margaret J. Worth, who was born in Moon township, a daughter of Ebenezer and Margaret (Perry) Worth; latter born on the Monongahela river, near Elizabeth, this county, Feb. 18, 1783; former of whom was a native of Chester county, Pa. The grandfather of Mrs. Margaret Worth was killed by Indians in that neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Boggs have two sons: Austin P. (who married Aggie Biggerstaff, and is a sawyer and carpenter in Moon township) and Anderson C. (who married Rebecca McCutcheon), and is a tool-dresser on oil and gas wells, residing in Moon township.