Doddridge County Roots


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William F. BOYCE

William F. BOYCE

Male 1846 - 1915  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name William F. BOYCE
    Birth Feb 1846  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military From 15 Sep 1861 to 13 Jul 1865  [4, 5] 
    Pvt, Co B, 9th W.Va. Inf, & Co C, 1st W.Va. Vet Inf, Civil War 
    Residence 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of Henry U. & Elizabeth C. (Spurgeon) Smith, who had married the previous year.
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1900  Steele District, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Daugherty Twp, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880, 1910  [2, 6] 
    farm laborer 
    Death 16 May 1915  Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial Grove Cemetery, New Brighton, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Person ID I113504  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2021

    Family 1 Malinda BRANNON,   b. Oct 1849, Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1933, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
    Marriage 26 Sep 1866  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Divorce Y  [11]
    Family ID F57852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emily Jane VANDEGRIFT,   b. 1 Apr 1856, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1938, Winfield District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage CA 1880  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Aug 29 1870:
      Henry Smith, 23, farmer, value of real estate $150, both parents of foreign birth, cannot read/write, married Sep 1869; Elizabeth C. Smith, 21, cannot read/write, married Sep 1869; William F. Boyce, 25, farmer, value of real estate $1,280, value of personal estate $100. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Silas & Mary C. (Lowther) Greathouse, known to have had a close relationship with Pinkard Brannon, the father of William's first wife Malinda. William & Malinda were married in 1866 and divorced sometime prior to his remarriage to Emily Vandegrift in about 1880. William's exact marital status for this census, whether separated or divorced, is not known.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 2 1880:
      William F. Boyce, 33, farm laborer, insane; wife Emily J, 24, cannot read/write; dau Mary E, 5; dau Rachael E, 3; dau Rosa M, 2; son Earnest L, 5 months (birth month December). All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Meaning of William's description as "insane" in this context is not known.

      1900 Census, Wood Co, WV (Steele District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
      William Boice, 54, b. Feb 1846, farmer, married 20 yrs; wife Emily J, 44, b. Apr 1856, married 20 yrs, mother of 7 children (6 still living); son Robert Q, 17, b. Sep 1882, single, farm laborer; son Jesse J, 14, b. Oct 1885, farm laborer. All born in West Virginia.

      1910 Census, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania (Daugherty Twp), enumerated on Apr 21 1910 at Brighton & Harmony Road:
      William F. Boyce, 66, b. Va. (father b. Maryland, mother b. Va.), farm laborer, married 36 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Emla, 54, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.), married 36 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 7 children (5 (or 6?) still living); niece Clara Hayes, 6, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.).
    Children 
    >1. Mary Elizabeth BOYCE,   b. 3 Oct 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1940, Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. Rachael E. BOYCE,   b. CA 1877
     3. Rosa M. BOYCE,   b. CA 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ernest Lee BOYCE,   b. Dec 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1958, Darien, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
     5. Robert Hugh BOYCE,   b. Sep 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jesse Joseph BOYCE,   b. 29 Oct 1886, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1940, Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F48048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2000] 1900 Census, Wood County, WV.

    2. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    3. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 12, Line 40 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11819&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    7. [S2744] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S2616] Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission).

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 12, Line 40 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11819&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as William F. Boyce, 22, single, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Malinda Brannon, single, 17, b. Lewis [sic] Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Sep 26 1866 in Gilmer County, officiated by Levi Newbank.
      NOTE: The Lewis County (W)Va birthplace entered for Malinda Brannon in the typewritten ledger-style marriage record is almost certainly a transcription error from the handwritten original. She was with her family in the 1850 Census of Louisa County, Virginia.

    11. [S2103] 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV.