Henry C. Boggs was the son of Liburn W. Boggs, a Napa Valley farmer, merchant and former governor of the state of Missouri.
Mormon writer Monte B. McLaws, in the Missouri Historical Review, supported Smith, averring that while there was no clear finger pointing to anyone, Governor Boggs was running for election against several violent men, all capable of the deed, and that there was no particular reason to suspect Rockwell of the crime.
Hale Boggs | Wade Boggs | Bill Boggs | J. Caleb Boggs | Douglas Lilburn | The Boggs | Lilburn, Georgia | Lilburn Boggs | J. S. G. Boggs | William Ellison Boggs | Phil "Flip" Boggs | Phil Boggs | Eli Boggs | Dock Boggs | Danny Julian Boggs | Corrine Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs | Charles Lilburn Lewis |
In early 1839, the family was forced to leave Missouri as a result of the Extermination order issued by Governor Lilburn Boggs.