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Mary Martha HUFF

Mary Martha HUFF

Female 1834 - 1870  (~ 36 years)


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  • Name Mary Martha HUFF
    Birth CA 1834  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 6 Mar 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Cause: consumption 
    Person ID I47258  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2019

    Father Henry HUFF
    Mother Catharine HARDMAN
    Family ID F18487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Felix Preston BOYCE,   b. 11 Mar 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1901, White Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [4]
    Marriage 13 Oct 1857  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • Felix Boyce's marriage record identified his parents as David & Hannah Boyce. But we have found no other evidence of his father or that his mother, Hannah Thompson, ever married.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 20 1860:
      P. Boyce, 24, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $50; M. M. (female), 25; J. (male), 1.

      Two months following Mary Martha (Huff) Boyce's death in March 1870, Felix Preston Boyce married her sister Catherine in May 1870.
    Children 
    >1. James William BOYCE,   b. CA 1859, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1907, White Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)
    +2. Laura Bell BOYCE,   b. Oct 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1913, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
    >3. William BOYCE,   b. 30 Nov 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1928, Renick, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     4. Florence BOYCE,   b. Oct 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 8 years)
    Family ID F19316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    3. [S2712] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)).

    4. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 10, Line 6 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252352&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Felix Boise, single, 22, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of D. & H. Boise; and Mary M. Hoff, single, 23, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of H. & C. Hoff. Married Oct 13 1857.
      NOTE: A separate document, showing that the marriage license was issued on Oct 12 1857, identifies the bride by her full name, Mary Martha Hoff.
      http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=38522&Type=Marriage