BOAG

John . b. High gate in parish of Beith, Ayrshire 7 Jany. 1775; matric. at Univ. of Glasgow 1797; joined the body of independents or congregationalists who in 1812 formed themselves into Congregational Union of Scotland; held small charges in Isle of Man and He lens burgh; pastor in village of Black burn, Linlithgowshire; author of A popular and complete English dictionary 2 vols. 1848; The imperial lexicon of the English language 2 vols. 1853, and of a number of pamphlets on questions of the day. d. Craigton house, Linlithgowshire 15 Sep. 1863. BOAG, Sir Robert ( son of the preceding ). b. 22 Aug. 1809; alderman of Belfast; knighted at Dublin Castle 30 Jany. 1877. ( m. 1834 Violet only dau. of John Stevens of Glasgow). d. Glenorchy house, Newing ton, Edinburgh 7 Nov. 1877.