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S. L. BOGGS, coal-operator, post office Pittsburgh, Pa., is descended from an old family of Allegheny county. Two brothers, David and William Boggs, natives of Ireland, immigrated to America in 1787, and located in Allegheny county, Pa., where they became very successful business-men, and owned over 2,600 acres of land where the towns of Boggsville, Mt. Washington and a portion of the city of Pittsburgh now stand; they also owned a large tract of land in Washington county, Pa. Together they operated coal mines and worked at the sawmill and grist mill business and farming, and made their labors very profitable. William was a bachelor, and at his death left his property to David’s children. David married Mary Morton, who came to this country from Ireland with her parents when seven years old. Ten children were born to David and his wife, nine of whom grew to be men and women, four sons and five daughters: William, Agnes (Mrs. Harvey Chess), Margaret (Mrs. Samuel Giffen), Emily (Mrs. David Smith), David, Maria (Mrs. Caleb Foster), Harriet (Mrs. William Peeples), John and Samuel S. William was a farmer and real-estate dealer, and was an associate judge of the county. He was married three times; his first wife, Margaret Magee, was a sister of Christian Magee; his second wife was Mary Ann Benton, and his third was Elizabeth Holmes. John was for a number of years engaged in farming, and has also dealt in real estate. He married Elizabeth Wilson, and to him were born three children: Mary, Samuel W. and George C.

Samuel S., the youngest child of David and Mary (Morton) Boggs, was born in 1817, and was for a number of years extensively engaged in the coal and land business; he was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth Bennett, daughter of William Bennett of Franklin, Pa. To Samuel S. and his wife four children were born, three sons and one daughter, two of whom reached their majority. James B. was born in 1854, and S. L. in 1862. James B. now resides in Denver, Col., and is extensively engaged in the mining business. S. L. resides in Pittsburgh, Pa., and is engaged in the coal business, and also deals in real estate. Samuel S. Boggs married his second wife, Sarah, in 1867, who was a daughter of Benjamin Bennett, of Meadville, Pa., who was a prominent man in his time. Mr. Boggs died Jan. 3, 1879, and his widow now resides with her son, S. L., a bright young man, engaged in the coal business. The family are members of the Methodist and Episcopal churches, and are republicans.