At 12:24 PM 04/11/2000 -0700, you wrote:
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:26:10 -0700
From: David Richey <w005450(a)airmail.net>
To: INTIPTON-L(a)rootsweb.com
Message-Id: <200004110026.RAA26701(a)c-22.rootsweb.com>
Subject: 2 year old captured by Indians
Ancestry.com's database of Missouri marriages before 1850 has an entry for a
marriage of Amanda Applegate and Riley Bogue, 24 August 1843, Holt County,
MO. This couple could be Francis Bogue's parents. I don't know if Holt
County is in what was considered Cherokee country or not -- I don't know
much about Missouri.
Francis Bogue's 1870 census entry gives his birthplace as Ohio and his 1900
census entry gives his birthplace as Indiana. I haven't been able to locate
Riley Bogue's 1850 census record to see what it lists as Francis' birthplace.
I don't think any of this information proves anything other than that there
was indeed a Riley Bogue in Missouri in 1843. I hope it helps, though!
Regards,
Carrie Beth Lowe
"After living in the heart of the Cherokee Territory of Missouri for many
years, the Riley Bogues in 1843 formed a caravan to come to Indiana. As
they entered the most dangerous part of the journey, they made a corral
of their wagons, placing their horses inside the enclosure for the night.
During the night Indians stealthly entered the camp and stole their sleeping
son Francis from his parents wagon. As the camp began to awake, Riley Bogue
left instructions for the others to leave the camp at once and he set off
to retrive his kidnaped two year old son. He found the Indian camp and
the Indians overcome by quantities of fire water. Riley recovered his son
and returned with him to the wagon train. The rest of their journey through
Missouri was made safely.
In 1870 Francis or Frank Bogue, as he was now know, received a land grant
for farmland 3.5 miles west and 12 miles north of Windfall, Tipton County,
and here he spent the remainder of his life. He married Evangeline Dugan.
they had one son, Nicholas Bogue, born in 1865, who has descendants in
the Windfall area."
This article was printed in a Indiana school book. Can anybody prove or
disprove this article?