Frank S. Boggs was the State Senator from the Tenth District. He was born on October 28, 1871 to parents, John and Louise E. (Shackleford) Boggs, on the family farm in Colusa, California.
Frank Boggs attended the district schools of Colusa County and boarding schools in both Benicia and San Francisco, and in 1894 he was graduated from the University of California with the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
Mr. Boggs was also heavily engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Stockton, being associated with the Union Safe Deposit & Loan Company. He was a director in the San Joaquin County Fair Association and also of the County Farm Bureau since their organization. He was elected to the office of state senator of the Tenth District, which includes San Joaquin and Amador counties in 1918, for a four-year term.
He was also chairman of the committee on public morals in the session of 1921, and a member of the following committees: navigation, commerce and education, elections, finance, governmental efficiency and economy, irrigation, reapportionment, revenue and taxation. A Democrat in national political parties, he was elected by a large majority in a strong Republican district, and has no opposition for re-election in 1922. When WW I broke out, he was made chairman of the Stockton City Exemption Board, and served from the beginning to the close of the War, making a fine record, so that he was highly complimented by the Governor and U. S. officials for the manner in which he carried on the work committed to him. He is a director in the Stockton Chamber of Commerce, and also a director in the Morris Plan Bank of Stockton.
In 1899, Senator Boggs married Katherine Cunningham, the youngest daughter of Thomas Cunningham, who was sheriff of San Joaquin County. The couple had three sons : John C.,Thomas W., and Frank S. Boggs, Jr.
Mr. Boggs was the treasurer of the San Joaquin Blue Lodge of Masons and also of the Knights Templar and passed through all branches of the Scottish Rite, Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of San Francisco, and is a past commander of the Stockton Commandery. He was a member of the building committee having charge of the erection of the new Masonic Temple, recently completed on Market Street, Stockton, representing the San Joaquin Lodge; and he belongs to Lodge No. 218 of the Stockton Elks, and to the Stockton Lions Club. He is an ex-president of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau, and ex-officio member of the board of directors. He is a member of the University of California Club, and is active in Boy Scout work; being ex-president of the Boy Scouts; and a member of the Stockton Y. M. C. A.
Wife, Katherine , passed away on October 5, 1926 and on October 17, 1928, Frank Boggs married Edwa D. Ewing. No children are known to have been born in this union.
Frank Shackleford Boggs passed away on September 14, 1939, at the age of sixty-eight.
Frank Boggs attended the district schools of Colusa County and boarding schools in both Benicia and San Francisco, and in 1894 he was graduated from the University of California with the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
Mr. Boggs was also heavily engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Stockton, being associated with the Union Safe Deposit & Loan Company. He was a director in the San Joaquin County Fair Association and also of the County Farm Bureau since their organization. He was elected to the office of state senator of the Tenth District, which includes San Joaquin and Amador counties in 1918, for a four-year term.
He was also chairman of the committee on public morals in the session of 1921, and a member of the following committees: navigation, commerce and education, elections, finance, governmental efficiency and economy, irrigation, reapportionment, revenue and taxation. A Democrat in national political parties, he was elected by a large majority in a strong Republican district, and has no opposition for re-election in 1922. When WW I broke out, he was made chairman of the Stockton City Exemption Board, and served from the beginning to the close of the War, making a fine record, so that he was highly complimented by the Governor and U. S. officials for the manner in which he carried on the work committed to him. He is a director in the Stockton Chamber of Commerce, and also a director in the Morris Plan Bank of Stockton.
In 1899, Senator Boggs married Katherine Cunningham, the youngest daughter of Thomas Cunningham, who was sheriff of San Joaquin County. The couple had three sons : John C.,Thomas W., and Frank S. Boggs, Jr.
Mr. Boggs was the treasurer of the San Joaquin Blue Lodge of Masons and also of the Knights Templar and passed through all branches of the Scottish Rite, Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of San Francisco, and is a past commander of the Stockton Commandery. He was a member of the building committee having charge of the erection of the new Masonic Temple, recently completed on Market Street, Stockton, representing the San Joaquin Lodge; and he belongs to Lodge No. 218 of the Stockton Elks, and to the Stockton Lions Club. He is an ex-president of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau, and ex-officio member of the board of directors. He is a member of the University of California Club, and is active in Boy Scout work; being ex-president of the Boy Scouts; and a member of the Stockton Y. M. C. A.
Wife, Katherine , passed away on October 5, 1926 and on October 17, 1928, Frank Boggs married Edwa D. Ewing. No children are known to have been born in this union.
Frank Shackleford Boggs passed away on September 14, 1939, at the age of sixty-eight.
Frank S. Boggs was the State Senator from the Tenth District. He was born on October 28, 1871 to parents, John and Louise E. (Shackleford) Boggs, on the family farm in Colusa, California.
Frank Boggs attended the district schools of Colusa County and boarding schools in both Benicia and San Francisco, and in 1894 he was graduated from the University of California with the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
Mr. Boggs was also heavily engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Stockton, being associated with the Union Safe Deposit & Loan Company. He was a director in the San Joaquin County Fair Association and also of the County Farm Bureau since their organization. He was elected to the office of state senator of the Tenth District, which includes San Joaquin and Amador counties in 1918, for a four-year term.
He was also chairman of the committee on public morals in the session of 1921, and a member of the following committees: navigation, commerce and education, elections, finance, governmental efficiency and economy, irrigation, reapportionment, revenue and taxation. A Democrat in national political parties, he was elected by a large majority in a strong Republican district, and has no opposition for re-election in 1922. When WW I broke out, he was made chairman of the Stockton City Exemption Board, and served from the beginning to the close of the War, making a fine record, so that he was highly complimented by the Governor and U. S. officials for the manner in which he carried on the work committed to him. He is a director in the Stockton Chamber of Commerce, and also a director in the Morris Plan Bank of Stockton.
In 1899, Senator Boggs married Katherine Cunningham, the youngest daughter of Thomas Cunningham, who was sheriff of San Joaquin County. The couple had three sons : John C.,Thomas W., and Frank S. Boggs, Jr.
Mr. Boggs was the treasurer of the San Joaquin Blue Lodge of Masons and also of the Knights Templar and passed through all branches of the Scottish Rite, Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of San Francisco, and is a past commander of the Stockton Commandery. He was a member of the building committee having charge of the erection of the new Masonic Temple, recently completed on Market Street, Stockton, representing the San Joaquin Lodge; and he belongs to Lodge No. 218 of the Stockton Elks, and to the Stockton Lions Club. He is an ex-president of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau, and ex-officio member of the board of directors. He is a member of the University of California Club, and is active in Boy Scout work; being ex-president of the Boy Scouts; and a member of the Stockton Y. M. C. A.
Wife, Katherine , passed away on October 5, 1926 and on October 17, 1928, Frank Boggs married Edwa D. Ewing. No children are known to have been born in this union.
Frank Shackleford Boggs passed away on September 14, 1939, at the age of sixty-eight.
Frank Boggs attended the district schools of Colusa County and boarding schools in both Benicia and San Francisco, and in 1894 he was graduated from the University of California with the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
Mr. Boggs was also heavily engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Stockton, being associated with the Union Safe Deposit & Loan Company. He was a director in the San Joaquin County Fair Association and also of the County Farm Bureau since their organization. He was elected to the office of state senator of the Tenth District, which includes San Joaquin and Amador counties in 1918, for a four-year term.
He was also chairman of the committee on public morals in the session of 1921, and a member of the following committees: navigation, commerce and education, elections, finance, governmental efficiency and economy, irrigation, reapportionment, revenue and taxation. A Democrat in national political parties, he was elected by a large majority in a strong Republican district, and has no opposition for re-election in 1922. When WW I broke out, he was made chairman of the Stockton City Exemption Board, and served from the beginning to the close of the War, making a fine record, so that he was highly complimented by the Governor and U. S. officials for the manner in which he carried on the work committed to him. He is a director in the Stockton Chamber of Commerce, and also a director in the Morris Plan Bank of Stockton.
In 1899, Senator Boggs married Katherine Cunningham, the youngest daughter of Thomas Cunningham, who was sheriff of San Joaquin County. The couple had three sons : John C.,Thomas W., and Frank S. Boggs, Jr.
Mr. Boggs was the treasurer of the San Joaquin Blue Lodge of Masons and also of the Knights Templar and passed through all branches of the Scottish Rite, Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of San Francisco, and is a past commander of the Stockton Commandery. He was a member of the building committee having charge of the erection of the new Masonic Temple, recently completed on Market Street, Stockton, representing the San Joaquin Lodge; and he belongs to Lodge No. 218 of the Stockton Elks, and to the Stockton Lions Club. He is an ex-president of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau, and ex-officio member of the board of directors. He is a member of the University of California Club, and is active in Boy Scout work; being ex-president of the Boy Scouts; and a member of the Stockton Y. M. C. A.
Wife, Katherine , passed away on October 5, 1926 and on October 17, 1928, Frank Boggs married Edwa D. Ewing. No children are known to have been born in this union.
Frank Shackleford Boggs passed away on September 14, 1939, at the age of sixty-eight.
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A native of Colusa County,California
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buried with wife,Katherine Q. Boggs and other Boggs family members
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