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Thomas Jefferson BOYCE

Thomas Jefferson BOYCE

Male 1877 - 1969  (91 years)


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  • Name Thomas Jefferson BOYCE
    Birth 29 Oct 1877  Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Newark District, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1916  [4] 
    constable and blacksmith 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Brownton, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Jan 1930  Flemington, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1935  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    laborer (road construction) 
    Residence New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Death 13 Apr 1969  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 8] 
    Burial Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Feb 1 1906, in its entirety:
      "Thomas Boyce, of New Milton, was in town Tuesday. He is agent for the Consumers Monument Company. He claims he can do cheaper and better work than any other man, and requests those in need of monuments to let him know their wants."

      Printed in the "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, January 7 1915:
      "I am very thankful for my kind friends and neighbors for the generous donation and presents which they recently bestowed upon me and my six orphan children -- as well as their words of good cheer and encouragement. It makes me feel more like living and striving for those dependent upon me. I am glad that I live in New Milton, and may God bless her good people and make their New Year a prosperous and happy one.
      T. J. Boyce and children
      New Milton, Dec. 26, 1914."

      Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Oct 5 1916, in its entirety:
      "Tom J. Boyce, constable and blacksmith of New Milton, was circulating among his many friends here Saturday."

      Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Oct 19 1916, in its entirety:
      "Prosecuting Attorney A. F. McCue was called to New Milton district Tuesday to conduct a hearing before a justice in which T. J. Boyce was charged with improper conduct toward a girl who made her home with Sherd Burbridge. Boyce was fined and the girl was sent to the industrial home to be trained into a useful life if practicable."
    Person ID I17704  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2019

    Father Thomas Jefferson BOYCE,   b. 29 Mar 1841, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1924, Creston, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Mother Nancy E. LOUGH,   b. 14 Feb 1846   d. 29 Dec 1913 (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F6661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Caroline Myrtle STARKEY,   b. Jun 1873, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1914, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years)  [7, 10]
    Marriage 21 Feb 1901  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Iva Gay BOYCE,   b. 17 Apr 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1997, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    >2. Nina Pearl BOYCE,   b. 29 Sep 1905, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1930, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    +3. Luther William BOYCE,   b. 23 Dec 1906, Steer Creek, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1988, Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +4. Charles Kermit BOYCE,   b. 15 Apr 1908, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1935, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    +5. Hayward Dewey BOYCE,   b. 30 Sep 1910, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1993, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +6. Hazel Marie BOYCE,   b. 14 Oct 1912   d. 22 Feb 1937 (Age 24 years)
    Family ID F6593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Olive Esta "Ollie" HURST,   b. 10 Jul 1900, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1986, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Marriage 29 Mar 1919  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 12] 
    Children 
    +1. Edmund Edsel BOYCE,   b. 23 Sep 1919, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 2011 (Age 91 years)
    >2. Goldie Louise BOYCE,   b. 17 Mar 1921, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Robert Paul BOYCE,   b. 4 Aug 1922, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1995, Reno, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +4. Thomas Jefferson BOYCE, Jr.,   b. 19 Feb 1924, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 2001, Orlando, Orange Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Helen Gwendolyn BOYCE,   b. 17 Nov 1927   d. 19 Nov 1927, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 18-D.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 10, p. 284.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 10/5/1916.

    5. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    6. [S2651] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.

    8. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    9. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    10. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    11. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 71 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=52171&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Thomas J. Boyce, 25, b. Wirt Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Thomas & Nancy E. Boyce; and Caroline Myrtle Starkey, 26, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of H. B. & Edith Starkey. Married Feb 21 1901 "at H. B. Starkey's in Union District." (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states that the marriage occurred in 1900.)

    12. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).