Lonita Mae Boggs (1900 - 1985)

Born 21 Aug 1900 in Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Jun 1985 at age 84 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Lonita Boggs was born on August 21, 1900 in Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina, United States.^[1] She was the first female doctor in Greenville, South Carolina and was a practicing pediatrician for over 50 years. ^[2] She died on June 27, 1985 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR81-L22 : 21 August 2020), Lonita Boggs, Jun 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "Lonita M. Boggs, First Woman Doctor in Greenville Dies", obituary, The Greenville News(Greenville, South Carolina), 30 June 1985, P.11, col. 1; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 December 2020).
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2T-Z9NZ : 10 June 2020), Lonita M Boggs, 1985; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M56K-T19 : accessed 27 August 2020), Loretta Boggs in household of Marcus A Boggs, Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 5A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1470; FHL microfilm 1,375,483.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M687-PGJ : accessed 27 August 2020), Loenetta Boggs in household of Walt A Boggs, Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing ED 157, sheet 16B, line 79, family 342, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1706; FHL microfilm 1,821,706.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4DZ-FT6 : 28 February 2020), Lonita Boggs in household of Lucy E Boggs, Ward 5, Greenville, Greenville Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-53, sheet 5A, line 2, family 85, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3812.