His body was interred at
Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee. CENSUS: 1860 Illinois, Marion Co. lists the following family: James Boggs, age 35, born in Illinois; Mgt. Boggs, age 34, born in Illinois; William Boggs, age 13, born in Illinois; Gilbert Boggs, age 10, born in Illinois; Mary Boggs, age 7, born in Illinois; Floride Boggs, age 4, born in Illinois. BURIED: National Cemetery. Likely he died at the Battle of Stones River. He married
Margaret Hicklin.
James was born at
Jefferson Co., Illinois, on 3 April 1828. He was the son of
Spence A. Boggs and
Martha Ann Kell. James died on 6 April 1863 at age 35.