Boggs in 2008, photo by supernova7/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Wade Anthony Boggs
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 15, 1958
Ethnicity: English, some Irish and German
Wade Boggs is an American professional baseball player. He was a third baseman. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Boston Red Sox player in 2005.
Wade is the son of Sue and Winfield Boggs, Jr. He is married to Debbie, with whom he has two children.
Wade’s paternal grandfather was Winfield Kennedy Boggs, Sr. (the son of John Conyers Boggs and Harriet Elizabeth Prater). John was born in Pickens, South Carolina, the son of Milton Reese Boggs and Julia Ann Mason. Harriet was born in Pickens, the daughter of Joseph “Joe” Prater and Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Boggs.
Wade’s paternal grandmother was Rennie Rosalind Jones (the daughter of Robert Franklin Jones and Martha Jane Plemmons). Robert was born in Gilmer, Georgia, the son of Thomas M. Jones and Barbara A. Slate. Martha was born in Gilmer, the daughter of John Seaborn Plemmons and Sarah A. Kincaid.
Wade’s maternal grandfather was William Herbert Graham (the son of Lawrence Calvin Graham and Mattie Livingston Simpson). Lawrence was born in Georgia, the son of William Brighton Graham and Martha Rhett Williams. Mattie was born in Decatur, Georgia, the daughter of Edgar Augustus Simpson, Sr. and Emma Moore.
Wade’s maternal grandmother was Hattie Ruby Donnelly (the daughter of Henry Ralph Donnelly and Zilpha Henrietta Simmons). Henry was born in Darien, McIntosh, Georgia, the son of Henry Ralph Donnelly and Anne Eliza Broughton. Zilpha was born in Georgia, the daughter of Isaiah Simmons and Florilla Eleanor Wheeler.
Sources: Genealogy of Wade Boggs – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies and obituaries of Wade’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com
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