The Carthage Evening Press
Carthage, Missouri
Saturday, March 12, 1938

The Rev. Thomas H. BOGGESS , 61, pastor of the First Baptist church at Mount Ayr, Iowa, and brother of S. C. BOGGESS and H. M. BOGGESS of Carthage, passed away at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning at the Iowa Methodist hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.

Mr. BOGGESS had not been well for several weeks and delivered his last sermon as pastor of the Mount Ayr church on Sunday, February 27. Pneumonia developed Thursday, March 3, and that night he was moved to the hospital in Des Moines. The two brothers were summoned to his bedside last Saturday and remained in Des Moines until Wednesday when it was believed his condition was improving.

A letter written at 4 o'clock yesterday morning by Mrs. BOGGESS stated her husband's condition was grave and he was not expected to live. Word of his death was not received here until morning, the night letter containing full information concerning the funeral arrangements.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Mount Ayr. The body will then be brought overland to Carthage and services will be held at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church here. The Rev. A. A. DuLANEY, pastor, will be in charge. Burial will be in Park Cemetery [at Carthage, Missouri].

Several cars of friends from Mount Ayr are expected to accompany Mrs. BOGGESS here for the services.

Pallbearers will be Charles and Harry TRIMBLE, N. T. PRINTISS, George KIDNEY, Marshall MATHERSON, and H. G. MOFFIT, all of Mount Ayr.

Thomas [Howard] BOGGESS was born July 24, 1876, in Bristol, Harrison county, West Virginia. His father, Samuel BOGGESS, passed away when he was a small boy and in 1889 his mother and her three sons came to Carthage to make their home. Thomas BOGGESS was graduated from Carthage high school, after which he received his degree from William Jewell college, Liberty. Later he graduated from the Baptist seminary in Louisville, Ky.

He married here to Miss Tressa WALTON of Carthage before he completed his work at the seminary and his wife accompanied him to Louisville. She enrolled in the seminary and also received her degree there.

The Rev. Mr. BOGGESS' first charge after his graduation from college was at Carthage, Ill. He went from Carthage, Ill, to Kansas City where he was pastor of the Argentine Baptist church. He founded Quindaro Baptist church and also served the Bethany Baptist church in Kansas City. From there he went to Lincoln and last three years he had been pastor of Mount Ayr church.

Mr. and Mrs. BOGGESS did not have any children of their own but reared and educated eight children. These were children who had been left without relatives and needed a home. One of the girls is now a missionary in India. Several of them live in Kansas City.

Additional Comments:

Thomas Howard BOGGESS, H718, (1876 WV-1938 IA) was son of Samuel BOGGESS, G209, (1811 VA-1887/8 WV) and Sarah Elizabeth (Wood) BOGGESS (1835 VA-1918 MO).

While a student at William Jewel in 1902:

"Tom Boggess preached two good sermons yesterday at the Baptist church and showed marked improvement since making his maiden effort there. He is a divinity student at the Baptist college at Liberty."

At his first charge, Carthage, Illinois, 28 September 1908, was Caleb R. & Eliza D. BOGGESS H780 with children, members on April 12, 1914 till December 1, 1915, he s/o Dr. Benjamin Robinson BOGGESS (1820-1877) and Matilada A. SHINN (1838-1915) Clarksburg, WV.

Submission, photograph and additional comments by Bill Boggess, January of 2009

Visit Bill Boggess' website for Rev. Thomas Howard Boggess. For more information about the BOGGESS family, visit Bill Boggess' website for Sarah Elizabeth (WOOD) BOGGESS and the family's tree at ancestry.com

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