08/12/2015
I found these obituaries online. Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Boggs can also be seen in the vintage photo (inset). Click on the photo to enlarge.
Mrs. Martha Boggs died peacefully in this mansion on July 20, 1898.
DEATH OF MRS. H. C. BOGGS
Lake County Bee, August 4, 1898, page 3, column 5
Died, in Lakeport, Friday, July 20th 1898, Mrs. Martha J. Boggs, wife of Henry C. Boggs, aged 74 years, 6 months.
Many good and kind women there are in Lakeport, but none will be more sadly missed, nor a greater loss to the community, than Mrs. Boggs. For 34 years she has been known in Lake county, and for 28 years Lakeport has been her home. Its people have been her friends; their troubles have been her troubles, their successes, her joy. None ever found a kinder, truer friend. None ever went to her for sympathy or help in vain. He[r] good deeds were not proclaimed aloud to the world; her right hand knew not what her left hand did; but many have reason to remember her with thankful hearts and to learn of her death with tear-dimmed eyes. She was a faithful Christian, not in name only, but in deeds as well, and an active member of the Christian church at Lakeport. She enjoyed fairly good health until a few months ago, when she was taken sick and has gradually been failing ever since. Although she rallied at times it was soon known that her case was hopeless. She knew her end had come and faced the Inevitable without a tremor. She made all arrangements for her own funeral, even selecting the hymns she wanted sung. It was her desire to be buried at her former home in Napa county; that her husband should remain at home, fearing that the trip would be too hard for him, and that two members of the family should remain at home with him. All of her wishes were respected. She was conscious to the last and talked composedly of her approaching death. She called her relatives to her bedside, conversed with each, prayed for them, bade them good bye and peacefully passed away. Martha J. Young was born in Kentucky in February, 1824. In October, 1840, she was married to H. C. Boggs in Missouri, and came with him to California in 1850, where she resided to the time of her death.
Clear Lake Press, August 4, 1898
Mrs. Martha J. Boggs, nee Young, died at her home in Lakeport, July 29th 1898 at the age of 74 years, five months and two days. The deceased, Martha J. Young was born in Bath county, Ky., lived there until the age of 12 years. She removed to Missouri with her parents and was married to H. C. Boggs in Oct. 1840. In 1850 crossed the plains with her husband to Cal. And settled in Napa Valley the September following where they resided until 1866 when they moved to Lake county. Three children, two sons and one daughter were born to them. The daughter died many years ago. The aged husband, the two sons and four grandchildren are left to mourn her death. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and a friend to all. Of her almadeeds [sic] we need not speak, save that her hand was ever open to the poor and the needy. The funeral services were held at her home on the afternoon of the 30th. Her remains were taken to Napa City where the interment took place at 8 o'clock A.M. July 31st.
