Lee Boggs was married to Almira Lee on 4 Aug 1897 in Missouri. she was known as myra lee Boggs she later married jess smith and was divorced from him around 1941
WRITTEN BY MADGE RICHARDSON BOGGS 9-13-67 AS TOLD TO HER BY ROY BOGGS
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON AUGUST 11, 1918, GRANDPA ROBERT E. LEE BOGGS, KNOWN AS "LEE" WAS
SITTING ON THE PORCH OF HIS HOME OH CHERRY STREET IN CHICO,
CALIFORNIA. THE HOUSE WAS fACING EAST AND BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH
STREETS. WITH HIM WAS HIS SON ROY WHO HAD COME HOME ON HIS MOTORCYCLE
FROM HIS JOB AT THE DIAMOND MATCH RETAIL YARD IN DURHAM, CALIFORNIA.
ALSO ON THE PORCH WITH HIM WAS HIS WIFE GRANDMA MYRA, (GRANDMA SMITH
TO RICHARD AND STANLEY)HIS ONLY LIVING DAUGHTER SARH ROSETTE,(AUNT
ROSE) AND A FRIEND AND HIS WIFE. HE HAD SPENT THE DAY AT HIS SHOE
REPARING SHOP JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON WEST 5TH ST. AND CHERRY.
GRANDMA MYRA KEPT ROOMS IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS. THE ROOMS WERE ALL
RENTED OUT THAT NIGHT. THE FRONT DOOR WAS LEFT UNLOCKED SO THE RENTERS
COULD COME AND GO. THE HALL DOOR TO THE BEDROOMS OF ROY AND ROSE WAS
KEPT LOCKED. GRANDPA LEE AND GRANDMA MYRA USED THE FRONT BEDROOM AT
THE FOOT OF THE STAIRWAY. ON THE NIGHT AS HE WAS VISTING WITH HIS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY HE REMARKED, "SON, YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY AS I HAVE",
AS HE HELD UP A SMALL POUCH OF GOLD COINS. IT WASN'T LIKE HIM TO
FLASH MONEY, LATER THAT NIGHT A NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE UPSTAIRS
HALL. GRANDMA MYRA GOT UP AND WENT ABOUAT HALFWAY UP THE STAIRWAY.
THE PERSON IN THE DARK WAS MAKING A MEWING SOUND LIKE A CAT. HE
ORDERED HER TO KEEP QUIET. SHE SCREAMED AND GRANDPA LEE CAME OUT WITH
HIS RIFLE. THE INTRUDER PANICKED AND STARTED SHOOTING DOWN THE
STAIRWAY. ONE OF THE BULLETS HIT GRANDPA LEE AND ONE WENT THROUGH
GRANDMA MYRA'S ROBE, ANOTHER LODGED IN THE TRUNK OF ROSE'S CLOTHES
UNDER THE STAIRS. THE MAN RAN DOWN THE STAIRS, JUMPED OVER THE BODY
AND INTO THE FRONT BEDROOM, LEAPED OVER THE BED AND CRASHED THROUGH
THE WINDOW, SHADE, CURTAIN AND ALL. WITH ROY IN HOT PURSUIT, HE TOOK
OFF NORTH ON CHERRY STREET AND DISAPPEARED AMONG THE LUMBER PILES OF
THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY RETAIL YARD. THE MAN HAD A HANDKERCHIEF
OVER HIS FACE BUT ROY RECOGNIZED THE SIZE AND BODY TYPE OF THE
SUPPOSDED FRIEND WHO HAD SEEN THE GOLD COINS. ALMOST THE NEXT DAY THE
FRIEND AND HIS FAMILY LEFT CHICO. THE CHICO CITY POLICE BROUGHT IN
ONE OR TWO BUMS FROM THE RAILROAD JUNGLES OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL
YARDS BUT THEY DID NOT FIT THE MANS DISCRIPTION.GRAND PA LEE WAS
BURIED IN THE OAK HILL CEMETERY AT RED BLUFF.
GRANDPA LEE'S OTHER SON WILLIAM EVERETT, AGE 12, WAS SPENDING SOME
VACATION TIME WITH HIS GRANDMA BOGGS. SHE COOKED FOR THE HARRY AND
MECCA SMITH RANCH LOCATED ON PINE CREEK AND DID NOT KNOW OP HIS
FATHERS DEATH UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
AFTER A FEW YEARS ROY AND GLADYS FOSTER WERE MARRIED AND EVENTUALLY
MOVED TO SACRAMENTO TO LIVE. ONE DAY ON THE STREET ROY SPOTTED THE SO
CALLED FRIEND. HE REFUSED TO REMEMBER ROY BUT ROY WOULD NOT LET HIM
DENY RECOGNITION. THERE WAS NO WAY TO PROVE THE MURDER SO HE GOT AWAY
FREE WITH THE CRIME.
RICHARD HAS THE RIFLE THAT HIS GRANDPA LEE HELD IN HIS HANDS THE NIGHT
HE WAS KILLED. STANLEY HAS TWO RIFLES THAT THE SMITH FAMILY HAD
BROUGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS IN A COVERED WAGON.
mike boggs
WRITTEN BY MADGE RICHARDSON BOGGS 9-13-67 AS TOLD TO HER BY ROY BOGGS
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON AUGUST 11, 1918, GRANDPA ROBERT E. LEE BOGGS, KNOWN AS "LEE" WAS
SITTING ON THE PORCH OF HIS HOME OH CHERRY STREET IN CHICO,
CALIFORNIA. THE HOUSE WAS fACING EAST AND BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH
STREETS. WITH HIM WAS HIS SON ROY WHO HAD COME HOME ON HIS MOTORCYCLE
FROM HIS JOB AT THE DIAMOND MATCH RETAIL YARD IN DURHAM, CALIFORNIA.
ALSO ON THE PORCH WITH HIM WAS HIS WIFE GRANDMA MYRA, (GRANDMA SMITH
TO RICHARD AND STANLEY)HIS ONLY LIVING DAUGHTER SARH ROSETTE,(AUNT
ROSE) AND A FRIEND AND HIS WIFE. HE HAD SPENT THE DAY AT HIS SHOE
REPARING SHOP JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON WEST 5TH ST. AND CHERRY.
GRANDMA MYRA KEPT ROOMS IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS. THE ROOMS WERE ALL
RENTED OUT THAT NIGHT. THE FRONT DOOR WAS LEFT UNLOCKED SO THE RENTERS
COULD COME AND GO. THE HALL DOOR TO THE BEDROOMS OF ROY AND ROSE WAS
KEPT LOCKED. GRANDPA LEE AND GRANDMA MYRA USED THE FRONT BEDROOM AT
THE FOOT OF THE STAIRWAY. ON THE NIGHT AS HE WAS VISTING WITH HIS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY HE REMARKED, "SON, YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY AS I HAVE",
AS HE HELD UP A SMALL POUCH OF GOLD COINS. IT WASN'T LIKE HIM TO
FLASH MONEY, LATER THAT NIGHT A NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE UPSTAIRS
HALL. GRANDMA MYRA GOT UP AND WENT ABOUAT HALFWAY UP THE STAIRWAY.
THE PERSON IN THE DARK WAS MAKING A MEWING SOUND LIKE A CAT. HE
ORDERED HER TO KEEP QUIET. SHE SCREAMED AND GRANDPA LEE CAME OUT WITH
HIS RIFLE. THE INTRUDER PANICKED AND STARTED SHOOTING DOWN THE
STAIRWAY. ONE OF THE BULLETS HIT GRANDPA LEE AND ONE WENT THROUGH
GRANDMA MYRA'S ROBE, ANOTHER LODGED IN THE TRUNK OF ROSE'S CLOTHES
UNDER THE STAIRS. THE MAN RAN DOWN THE STAIRS, JUMPED OVER THE BODY
AND INTO THE FRONT BEDROOM, LEAPED OVER THE BED AND CRASHED THROUGH
THE WINDOW, SHADE, CURTAIN AND ALL. WITH ROY IN HOT PURSUIT, HE TOOK
OFF NORTH ON CHERRY STREET AND DISAPPEARED AMONG THE LUMBER PILES OF
THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY RETAIL YARD. THE MAN HAD A HANDKERCHIEF
OVER HIS FACE BUT ROY RECOGNIZED THE SIZE AND BODY TYPE OF THE
SUPPOSDED FRIEND WHO HAD SEEN THE GOLD COINS. ALMOST THE NEXT DAY THE
FRIEND AND HIS FAMILY LEFT CHICO. THE CHICO CITY POLICE BROUGHT IN
ONE OR TWO BUMS FROM THE RAILROAD JUNGLES OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL
YARDS BUT THEY DID NOT FIT THE MANS DISCRIPTION.GRAND PA LEE WAS
BURIED IN THE OAK HILL CEMETERY AT RED BLUFF.
GRANDPA LEE'S OTHER SON WILLIAM EVERETT, AGE 12, WAS SPENDING SOME
VACATION TIME WITH HIS GRANDMA BOGGS. SHE COOKED FOR THE HARRY AND
MECCA SMITH RANCH LOCATED ON PINE CREEK AND DID NOT KNOW OP HIS
FATHERS DEATH UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
AFTER A FEW YEARS ROY AND GLADYS FOSTER WERE MARRIED AND EVENTUALLY
MOVED TO SACRAMENTO TO LIVE. ONE DAY ON THE STREET ROY SPOTTED THE SO
CALLED FRIEND. HE REFUSED TO REMEMBER ROY BUT ROY WOULD NOT LET HIM
DENY RECOGNITION. THERE WAS NO WAY TO PROVE THE MURDER SO HE GOT AWAY
FREE WITH THE CRIME.
RICHARD HAS THE RIFLE THAT HIS GRANDPA LEE HELD IN HIS HANDS THE NIGHT
HE WAS KILLED. STANLEY HAS TWO RIFLES THAT THE SMITH FAMILY HAD
BROUGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS IN A COVERED WAGON.
mike boggs
Lee Boggs was married to Almira Lee on 4 Aug 1897 in Missouri. she was known as myra lee Boggs she later married jess smith and was divorced from him around 1941
WRITTEN BY MADGE RICHARDSON BOGGS 9-13-67 AS TOLD TO HER BY ROY BOGGS
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON AUGUST 11, 1918, GRANDPA ROBERT E. LEE BOGGS, KNOWN AS "LEE" WAS
SITTING ON THE PORCH OF HIS HOME OH CHERRY STREET IN CHICO,
CALIFORNIA. THE HOUSE WAS fACING EAST AND BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH
STREETS. WITH HIM WAS HIS SON ROY WHO HAD COME HOME ON HIS MOTORCYCLE
FROM HIS JOB AT THE DIAMOND MATCH RETAIL YARD IN DURHAM, CALIFORNIA.
ALSO ON THE PORCH WITH HIM WAS HIS WIFE GRANDMA MYRA, (GRANDMA SMITH
TO RICHARD AND STANLEY)HIS ONLY LIVING DAUGHTER SARH ROSETTE,(AUNT
ROSE) AND A FRIEND AND HIS WIFE. HE HAD SPENT THE DAY AT HIS SHOE
REPARING SHOP JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON WEST 5TH ST. AND CHERRY.
GRANDMA MYRA KEPT ROOMS IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS. THE ROOMS WERE ALL
RENTED OUT THAT NIGHT. THE FRONT DOOR WAS LEFT UNLOCKED SO THE RENTERS
COULD COME AND GO. THE HALL DOOR TO THE BEDROOMS OF ROY AND ROSE WAS
KEPT LOCKED. GRANDPA LEE AND GRANDMA MYRA USED THE FRONT BEDROOM AT
THE FOOT OF THE STAIRWAY. ON THE NIGHT AS HE WAS VISTING WITH HIS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY HE REMARKED, "SON, YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY AS I HAVE",
AS HE HELD UP A SMALL POUCH OF GOLD COINS. IT WASN'T LIKE HIM TO
FLASH MONEY, LATER THAT NIGHT A NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE UPSTAIRS
HALL. GRANDMA MYRA GOT UP AND WENT ABOUAT HALFWAY UP THE STAIRWAY.
THE PERSON IN THE DARK WAS MAKING A MEWING SOUND LIKE A CAT. HE
ORDERED HER TO KEEP QUIET. SHE SCREAMED AND GRANDPA LEE CAME OUT WITH
HIS RIFLE. THE INTRUDER PANICKED AND STARTED SHOOTING DOWN THE
STAIRWAY. ONE OF THE BULLETS HIT GRANDPA LEE AND ONE WENT THROUGH
GRANDMA MYRA'S ROBE, ANOTHER LODGED IN THE TRUNK OF ROSE'S CLOTHES
UNDER THE STAIRS. THE MAN RAN DOWN THE STAIRS, JUMPED OVER THE BODY
AND INTO THE FRONT BEDROOM, LEAPED OVER THE BED AND CRASHED THROUGH
THE WINDOW, SHADE, CURTAIN AND ALL. WITH ROY IN HOT PURSUIT, HE TOOK
OFF NORTH ON CHERRY STREET AND DISAPPEARED AMONG THE LUMBER PILES OF
THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY RETAIL YARD. THE MAN HAD A HANDKERCHIEF
OVER HIS FACE BUT ROY RECOGNIZED THE SIZE AND BODY TYPE OF THE
SUPPOSDED FRIEND WHO HAD SEEN THE GOLD COINS. ALMOST THE NEXT DAY THE
FRIEND AND HIS FAMILY LEFT CHICO. THE CHICO CITY POLICE BROUGHT IN
ONE OR TWO BUMS FROM THE RAILROAD JUNGLES OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL
YARDS BUT THEY DID NOT FIT THE MANS DISCRIPTION.GRAND PA LEE WAS
BURIED IN THE OAK HILL CEMETERY AT RED BLUFF.
GRANDPA LEE'S OTHER SON WILLIAM EVERETT, AGE 12, WAS SPENDING SOME
VACATION TIME WITH HIS GRANDMA BOGGS. SHE COOKED FOR THE HARRY AND
MECCA SMITH RANCH LOCATED ON PINE CREEK AND DID NOT KNOW OP HIS
FATHERS DEATH UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
AFTER A FEW YEARS ROY AND GLADYS FOSTER WERE MARRIED AND EVENTUALLY
MOVED TO SACRAMENTO TO LIVE. ONE DAY ON THE STREET ROY SPOTTED THE SO
CALLED FRIEND. HE REFUSED TO REMEMBER ROY BUT ROY WOULD NOT LET HIM
DENY RECOGNITION. THERE WAS NO WAY TO PROVE THE MURDER SO HE GOT AWAY
FREE WITH THE CRIME.
RICHARD HAS THE RIFLE THAT HIS GRANDPA LEE HELD IN HIS HANDS THE NIGHT
HE WAS KILLED. STANLEY HAS TWO RIFLES THAT THE SMITH FAMILY HAD
BROUGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS IN A COVERED WAGON.
mike boggs
WRITTEN BY MADGE RICHARDSON BOGGS 9-13-67 AS TOLD TO HER BY ROY BOGGS
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON AUGUST 11, 1918, GRANDPA ROBERT E. LEE BOGGS, KNOWN AS "LEE" WAS
SITTING ON THE PORCH OF HIS HOME OH CHERRY STREET IN CHICO,
CALIFORNIA. THE HOUSE WAS fACING EAST AND BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH
STREETS. WITH HIM WAS HIS SON ROY WHO HAD COME HOME ON HIS MOTORCYCLE
FROM HIS JOB AT THE DIAMOND MATCH RETAIL YARD IN DURHAM, CALIFORNIA.
ALSO ON THE PORCH WITH HIM WAS HIS WIFE GRANDMA MYRA, (GRANDMA SMITH
TO RICHARD AND STANLEY)HIS ONLY LIVING DAUGHTER SARH ROSETTE,(AUNT
ROSE) AND A FRIEND AND HIS WIFE. HE HAD SPENT THE DAY AT HIS SHOE
REPARING SHOP JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON WEST 5TH ST. AND CHERRY.
GRANDMA MYRA KEPT ROOMS IN THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS. THE ROOMS WERE ALL
RENTED OUT THAT NIGHT. THE FRONT DOOR WAS LEFT UNLOCKED SO THE RENTERS
COULD COME AND GO. THE HALL DOOR TO THE BEDROOMS OF ROY AND ROSE WAS
KEPT LOCKED. GRANDPA LEE AND GRANDMA MYRA USED THE FRONT BEDROOM AT
THE FOOT OF THE STAIRWAY. ON THE NIGHT AS HE WAS VISTING WITH HIS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY HE REMARKED, "SON, YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY AS I HAVE",
AS HE HELD UP A SMALL POUCH OF GOLD COINS. IT WASN'T LIKE HIM TO
FLASH MONEY, LATER THAT NIGHT A NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE UPSTAIRS
HALL. GRANDMA MYRA GOT UP AND WENT ABOUAT HALFWAY UP THE STAIRWAY.
THE PERSON IN THE DARK WAS MAKING A MEWING SOUND LIKE A CAT. HE
ORDERED HER TO KEEP QUIET. SHE SCREAMED AND GRANDPA LEE CAME OUT WITH
HIS RIFLE. THE INTRUDER PANICKED AND STARTED SHOOTING DOWN THE
STAIRWAY. ONE OF THE BULLETS HIT GRANDPA LEE AND ONE WENT THROUGH
GRANDMA MYRA'S ROBE, ANOTHER LODGED IN THE TRUNK OF ROSE'S CLOTHES
UNDER THE STAIRS. THE MAN RAN DOWN THE STAIRS, JUMPED OVER THE BODY
AND INTO THE FRONT BEDROOM, LEAPED OVER THE BED AND CRASHED THROUGH
THE WINDOW, SHADE, CURTAIN AND ALL. WITH ROY IN HOT PURSUIT, HE TOOK
OFF NORTH ON CHERRY STREET AND DISAPPEARED AMONG THE LUMBER PILES OF
THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY RETAIL YARD. THE MAN HAD A HANDKERCHIEF
OVER HIS FACE BUT ROY RECOGNIZED THE SIZE AND BODY TYPE OF THE
SUPPOSDED FRIEND WHO HAD SEEN THE GOLD COINS. ALMOST THE NEXT DAY THE
FRIEND AND HIS FAMILY LEFT CHICO. THE CHICO CITY POLICE BROUGHT IN
ONE OR TWO BUMS FROM THE RAILROAD JUNGLES OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL
YARDS BUT THEY DID NOT FIT THE MANS DISCRIPTION.GRAND PA LEE WAS
BURIED IN THE OAK HILL CEMETERY AT RED BLUFF.
GRANDPA LEE'S OTHER SON WILLIAM EVERETT, AGE 12, WAS SPENDING SOME
VACATION TIME WITH HIS GRANDMA BOGGS. SHE COOKED FOR THE HARRY AND
MECCA SMITH RANCH LOCATED ON PINE CREEK AND DID NOT KNOW OP HIS
FATHERS DEATH UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
AFTER A FEW YEARS ROY AND GLADYS FOSTER WERE MARRIED AND EVENTUALLY
MOVED TO SACRAMENTO TO LIVE. ONE DAY ON THE STREET ROY SPOTTED THE SO
CALLED FRIEND. HE REFUSED TO REMEMBER ROY BUT ROY WOULD NOT LET HIM
DENY RECOGNITION. THERE WAS NO WAY TO PROVE THE MURDER SO HE GOT AWAY
FREE WITH THE CRIME.
RICHARD HAS THE RIFLE THAT HIS GRANDPA LEE HELD IN HIS HANDS THE NIGHT
HE WAS KILLED. STANLEY HAS TWO RIFLES THAT THE SMITH FAMILY HAD
BROUGHT ACROSS THE PLAINS IN A COVERED WAGON.
mike boggs
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