Lilly Boggs
and Martha Jones
Lilly Boggs b abt 1926 KY d 1960 Jeffersonville, Clark Co IN; s/o Joseph Boggs and Minerva Ingram. Lilly Boggs m. Martha Jones b abt 1904 KY d 1973; d/o Patton Jones and Lucinda Ingram. Children of Lilly Boggs and Martha Jones;
1. Pansy Boggs b 1920 KY d 29 May 1927 Letcher Co KY died of drowning in the 1927 flood, Kingdom Come, Letcher Co KY.
2. Ivis Faye Boggs b 1922 KY
3. Patton Boggs b 12 May 1924 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY d 31 Dec 2014 Clark Co IN; m. 14 Oct 1948 Clark Co IN to Edna M Sizemore b 28 Jun 1927 Altro, Breathitt Co KY d 19 Jan 2011 Jeffersonville, Clark Co IN
4. Pascal Boggs b 1926 KY
5. Irene Boggs b 1928 KY
6. Hazel Boggs b 9 May 1930 Letcher Co KY d 1 Mar 1975 Jeffersonville, Clark Co IN; m. 26 Aug 1950 Clark Co IN to Alvin Holland Reynolds b 30 Apr 1931 Allen Co KY d 3 Dec 2000 New Albany City, Floyd Co IN; s/o Harce Reynolds and Bessie Betty Houchens.
7. Genevieve Jean Boggs b 18 Oct 1932 Letcher Co KY d 2 Mar 2018 IN; m. 29 Apr 1950 Clark Co IN to Barkley David Houchens b 24 Aug 1931 Gainsville, Allen Co KY d 11 Oct 2015.
8. Norma Lee Boggs b 13 Oct 1937 Letcher Co KY d 22 Aug 2004 IN; m. Glenn Smallwood b 11 May 1939 Letcher Co KY d 7 May 2016 Munfordville, Hart Co KY
9. Virginia Boggs b 1940 KY
May 1927 Flood Kingdom Come
From a Letter by Pascal Boggs
Son of Lilly Boggs and Martha Jones
I have a story to tell which might be of interest to your readers. I was only sixteen months old when the story happened but I've heard it many times from my parents and grandparents.
My father and mother are Lilly and Martha Jones Boggs. We lived in the last house in the head of Kingdom Come Creek. My grandparents on my Mother's side were Patton and and Cindy Jones and they lived across on the hill from my parents, Lilly and Martha Boggs.
At that time, it was May of 1927. I know every one has heard of the 27 flood on Kingdom Come. There were six of us in our family at the time, Lilly, Martha, Pansy, Ivis, Patton and Pascal. My sister, Pansy was seven years old and was the apple of her grandad's eye. (Patton Jones).
The night of the flood, our grandad had taken Pansy to his house to spend the night. It had been raining all day and the water was rising. The water was gushing all over the hill. A large gush of water came down the hill and started coming into their house. The ones that were there got upon the beds to get out of the water. Grandad thought he would be safer to go farther upon the hill, so loving Pansy like he did, he got her on his back and went out the door with her. That was the last saw of them alive.
The next day they found our grandad (Patton Jones) down at Blackey KY. He had caught his arm in a swinging bridge and was hanging on the bridge. They searched two months for Pansy. They found some of her clothes in the top of a tree beside the creek at Arthur Isons. He lived a couple of houses above the school house on Kingdom Come.
About two months later my parents heard they had found a hand sticking out of the sand beside the river at Ulva, Ky. Ulva is about 15 to 20 miles below Whitesburg. The guy that found Pansy buried her in a shallow grave until some one could identify who the body was. My dad heard about the man finding a child's body and he went down to Ulva and identified her as Pansy. The way he knew it was her, she had a brown birth mark on her neck and he knew it was her.
They brought her back and buried her beside her grandad, Patton Jones in the family cemetery on Patton Jones's property. The graves are still there at the head of Kindom Come, but the houses are all gone. Most of the land has been through strip mining and doesn't look the same.
My dad and mom sold their property in 1949 and moved to Charlestown, IN. My dad died in 1960 and mom died in 1973. My sister ivis died in 1999. She was next to Pansy. I have two other sisters to die. Irene died in 1949. Hazel died in 1975. I have three sisters living. Genevive, Norma lee and Virginia, and a brother Patton living.
I moved from Kingdom Come in 1949. My wife Gracie (daughter of the late Grant and Mary Ison of Kindom Come) and I have 3 children, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. It has been a long road since 1927 but God is always there to help us through any sorrows we may have along the way.
Kindgom Come will always be home to us in a way because through the years there have always been so many wonderful memories of wonderful people that our lives have touched. Life is so precious and we should enjoy it daily to the fullest because we have no promise of tomorrow.
Love to everybody
Pascal Boggs
10 Graceland Way
Jeffersonville, IN 74130
1930 Letcher Co KY Census West Whitesburg ED 3
203 204 Boggs Lilly Head M W 34 M 24 KY VA KY Farmer General Farm
203 204 Boggs Martha Wife H F W 24 M 14 KY VA KY
203 204 Boggs Ivis Daughter F W 7 S KY KY KY
203 204 Boggs Patton Son M W 5 S KY KY KY
203 204 Boggs Pascal Son M W 5 S KY KY KY
203 204 Boggs Irene Daughter F W 2 3/12 S KY KY KY
204 205 Jones Cinda Head F W 60 Wd KY KY KY
204 205 Jones Denver Son M W 20 S KY VA KY Laborer General Farm
204 205 Jones David Son M W 22 M 22 KY VA KY Farmer General Farm
204 205 Jones Vernie Daughter in law F W 18 M 18 KY KY KY
1940 Letcher Co KY Census District 3, Kingdom Come Creek Little Cowan Creek
231 Boggs Lilly Head M W 46 M KY Farmer
231 Boggs Martha Wife F W 36 M KY
231 Boggs Ivis Daughter F W 18 S KY
231 Boggs Patton Son M W 16 S KY Farm Laborer
231 Boggs Pascal Son M W 14 S KY Farm Laborer
231 Boggs Irene Daughter F W 12 S KY
231 Boggs Hazel Daughter F W 10 S KY
231 Boggs Genevive Daughter F W 8 S KY
231 Boggs Norma Lee Daughter F W 3 S KY
231 Boggs Virginia Daughter F W 8/12 S KY
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