U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Boger, Cyrus Maxwell (1861-1935) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 710-711 C. M. BOGER, M. D., who since the fall of 1888 has been established in the practice of medicine at Parkersburg, was born in 1861, at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Prof. Cyrus Boger, who was then principal of the Lebanon High School. Prof. Cyrus Boger was also born in Lebanon 69 years ago and has always been associated with the educational interests of Lebanon County, having been for 20 years superintendent of the city schools and later county superintendent. With his wife he resides, retired from activity, in a pleasant home near the city of Lebanon. The mother of Dr. Boger was a daughter of Hugh Maxwell, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was a prominent newspaper man, and the founder of the Maxwell Intelligencer, a journal which was a powerful supporter of James Buchanan, doing much to secure the latter's selection as minister to the Court of St. James, and substantially aiding him in his presidential campaign. Mr. Maxwell had great influence in his State although he did not seek preferment for himself. Professor Boger was an active anti-slavery man and served as a soldier during the Civil War. Until recently he has been an active supporter of the Republican party. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. Dr. Boger is one of a family of five children born to his parents, the other four being: William, who is superintendent of the Pennsylvania Steel Company's plant at Lebanon; Charles, who conducts a drug store at Lebanon; Henry, who is connected with the Pennsylvania Steel Company; and Alice, who resides at home. Dr. Boger's interest in medicine was first aroused in boyhood, when he became a clerk and student with the now retired drug firm of Bullock & Crenshaw, of Philadelphia. In 1882 he graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and followed the drug business until he took up the study of medicine. In the spring of 1888 he graduated from Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, settling in Parkersburg in the succeeding fall. There he has met with eminent success. He is a member of the International Hahnemann Association of which he was elected vice-president at Niagara Falls and served in 1898 at the meeting at Atlantic City, where he was elected for the next meeting, which will take place at Boston, Massachusetts, in June, 1903. He was urged for the presidency, but declined the honor. Dr. Boger is most highly regarded in the profession, and is a valued member of the West Virginia Homeopathic Society and has served as its president; and of the Ohio Valley Homeopathic Society. Mrs. Dr. Boger was formerly a Miss Forrester, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and five children have been added to the family, three of whom attend school. The family residence is near Dudleyville, while the Doctor is professionally located at No. 225 7th street, Parkersburg. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Wood County WV, #13375 FULL-NAME: Cyrus Maxwell Boger BIRTH-DATE: May 13, 1861 BIRTH-PLACE: Annville, Pa. DEATH-DATE: September 2, 1935 AGE-AT-DEATH: 74y-3m-19d DEATH-PLACE: St. Josephs Hospital, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 1708 26th St., Ward 7, Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Anna Meerwein) OCCUPATION: Physician FATHER: Cyrus Boger (born in Pa.) MOTHER: Elizabeth Maxwell (born in Pa.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Uremia / Nephritis INFORMANT: Mrs. C. M. Boger (of 26th St., city) BURIAL: Hill Church Cemetery, Annville, Pa. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Wood County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/wood/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------