Husband: John F. Boyce
Census name: J. Boice
Born: Mar-27-1835 1,2
Died: Mar-19-1914 in Esty, Greenbrier Co, WV 3
Buried: in Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1870, 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 5,6
Father: Robert Boyce (1806 - 1888)
Mother: Rebecca Ashcraft (1801 - 1876)
Wife: Mary Jane Lowery 7 Also known as: Jane 8 Marriage license: Feb-26-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9 Married: Feb-27-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10
Born: Mar- 3-1833 11,2 Died: Jul- 8-1904 11 Buried: in Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 12,4 Census: 1870, 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: Lloyd S. Boyce Born: Jan-10-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,5 Died: Mar-10-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Cause of death: accident 13 Census: 1870 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 13 Never married: 13
M Child 2: James Robert Boyce Census name: Annie M. 14 Born: Mar- 7-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 15,14,16 (see note 1) Died: Nov-15-1921 near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 15,17 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 18,15 Census: 1920 in Union Co, OH Census: 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1906 in Ritchie Co, WV 16 Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 15,19 Wife: Anna May Davis b. Apr-30-1858 d. May- 5-1905 Also known as: Mariah A. Davis 16,20,21 Married: Feb-28-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 Wife: Elizabeth Jane Kincaid b. 1874 d. 1966 Married: Oct- 3-1906 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
F Child 3: Melvina Boyce Census name: Malvina Boyce Born: Oct-11-1858 24,25,26 (see note 2) Died: 1919 17 Buried: in Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: George Anderson Davis b. Oct- 7-1859 d. Jun- 8-1936 Also known as: Anderson Davis 27,28 Married: Feb-11-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
M Child 4: John Wesley Boyce Born: ca 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 25,26 (see note 3) Died: 1908 17 Buried: Mt. Zion Cemetery in Garrett Co, MD 4 Census: 1870, 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Delia May True b. Mar-13-1870 d. Jul- 2-1947 Census name: Delilah M. True Married: Apr- 7-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
M Child 5: Jefferson D. Boyce Born: ca 1863 26 Census: 1870, 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Mary V. Boyce Born: Jul- -1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 25 Census: 1910 in Greenbrier Co, WV Census: 1900 in White Co, AR Census: 1870, 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William Boyce b. Nov-30-1863 d. Mar-27-1928 Married: Jan-15-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
M Child 7: Lee Boyce Born: Jul-18-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 24 Died: Jul- 6-1952 in White Co, AR 4 Buried: Carter Cemetery in Russell, White Co, AR 4 Census: 1870, 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Elizabeth "Lizzie" McCord b. Oct-23-1873 d. Sep-19-1961 Married: Aug- 2-1896 in White Co, AR 29
F Child 8: Rebecca Boyce Born: Jul- -1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,16 Census: 1880, 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Sylvanus Frum b. Jul- -1854 Also known as: Silvanus Frum 25 Married: Jan-22-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 30
M Child 9: William Henry Boyce Also known as: Henry Boyce 31,32 Born: Mar-11-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 26,24,17 Died: Sep-12-1940 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 33,17 Buried: in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 4 Census: 1940 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Allen b. Jun- 2-1869 d. Mar-13-1947 Also known as: Elizabeth Allen 33
F Child 10: Fanny B. Boyce Census name: Fannie B. Boyce Born: ca 1873 in Doddridge Co, WV 26 Died: Feb-20-1957 in Fleming, Washington Co, OH 34 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William G. Sadler b. Apr- 4-1873 Married: Oct-21-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
M Child 11: Emery Oris Boyce Census name: Emory O. Boyce Born: ca 1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 26,25 Died: 1922 35 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 25 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 36 Wife: Josephine Ashcraft b. Feb- -1872 Married: Feb-24-1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (3) Greenbrier County Death Records, Lewisburg, WV, Identified as John Boyce, white male, widower, farmer; died Mar 19 1914 at Esty, age 78y 11m 20d, cause of death paralysis. (Note: Death date on headstone is Mar 17 1914.), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4589194&Type=Death. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp) (6) Greenbrier County Death Records, Lewisburg, WV. (7) Death record of son. (8) Birth record of son. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Boyce, 20, son of Robert Boyce; and Mary J. Lowerey, 21, dau of Nancy Lowerey. Marriage license issued Feb 26 1855. MR p. 11 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789500&Type=Marriage. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Boyce, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. (blank), son of Robert & Rebecca Boyce; and Mary J. Lowry, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Mary Lowry. Married Feb 27 1855 in Doddridge County. (Note: Identification of wife's mother as Mary, rather than Nancy as established in other records, appears to be a clerical error. Age 24 is in conflict with age 21 given in their marriage license the day before, and with the birth date on her headstone.), MR p. 112 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790642&Type=Marriage. (11) Headstone. (12) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 30, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5043558&Type=Death. (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (17) Headstone (year only) (18) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (19) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (20) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (21) 1860 Census, Braxton County, (W)VA. (22) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as James R. Boyce, 26, of Doddridge Co; and Mariah A. Davis, 23, of Doddridge Co. Married Feb 28 1884. (23) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as James R. Boyce, 49, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Elizabeth J. Kincaid, 31, b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Oct 3 1906. (24) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (25) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (26) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (27) Death record of daughter. (28) Obituary of daughter. (29) Arkansas Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (30) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Sylvanus Frum, 38, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co; and Rebecca Boyce, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co. Married Jan 22 1893 "at the residence of W. A. Kiney." Informant for marriage license: F. M. Frum. (Note: W. A. Kiney is probably the William A. Kinney who married Sylvester Frum's sister Tabitha the following month.), MR p. 273. (31) Marriage record of daughter. (32) Death record of wife. (33) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (34) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Fanny Boyce Sadler, white female, married, age 83, dau of John F. Boyce & Mary Jane Lowther; died Feb 20 1957 at Rt 1 Fleming, cause of death coronary occlusion. Source of information: Ohio State Dept of Health, Cert No 035824. (Note: Though not specified as such, it appears that the location of death, Fleming, is located in Washington Co, Ohio, near the West Virginia border. No community named Fleming is found in Ritchie County. Identification of her mother as Lowther, rather than Lowery as found elsewhere, is considered to be a clerical error.), DR p. 496 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4851856&Type=Death. (35) West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 [database online], Ancestry.com. (36) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1858, but death record shows it as Mar 7 1857. Note (2) Birth date on headstone is 1859, but birth record shows it as Oct 11 1858. Birthplace given in marriage record as Harrison County, but birth record shows it as Doddridge County. We have found no death record for her. Note (3) Birth date on headstone is 1868.