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R Admiral Lawrence Gedney BOGGS

Male 1846 - 1915  (69 years)


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  • Name Lawrence Gedney BOGGS 
    Prefix R Admiral 
    Born 5 Apr 1846  Georgetown, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 26 Feb 1915  Oak Hill Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Washington DC, Plot Davidson Circle, Unmarked.
    Died 22 Nov 1915  Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 69y 8m 29d.
    Person ID I2355  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2018 

    Father William BRENTON BOGGS, .i
              b. 2 Jul 1809, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Mar 1875, Georgetown, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Eleanor CARTER
              b. 22 Oct 1820, Virginia State Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Aug 1896, Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1842  Virginia State Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lawrence G Boggs married Annie Woodruff Dodge, 1851.9.22 Georgetown, DC - 1928 11 28, Paris, France.

      Obituary: Rear Admiral, United States Navy

      Age 69 years, 8 months, 29 days. Buried February 26, 1916. Date of birth per January 19, 1915 passport application.
      Pay Director L.G. Boggs, U.S. Navy, Dies In Paris
      Was Native of Washington & Had Been Ill for Months, Veteran of Civil War
      Pay Director Lawrence G. Boggs, United States Navy, is dead at his temporary residence in Paris, France, according to cable advices received here today. He had been in bad health for several months.

      Pay Director Boggs was born in this city April 5, 1846 & served as a Paymaster's Clerk in the Volunteer Navy in the Civil War. In September 1869, he was appointed to the Navy Pay Corps & reached the highest grade of Pay Director, with the rank of Rear Admiral, in September 1902. He had more than 18 years' sea service & cruised in all parts of the world.

      During the Spanish War, he was attached to the cruiser Columbia. His last active service was at the New York Navy Yard. He was retired for age in April 1908. 
      Ref: Evening Star, published 1915.11.22. - - -