Family: Felix Preston BOYCE / Catharine A. HUFF (F28146)
m. 14 May 1870-
Father | Male
Felix Preston BOYCE
Born 11 Mar 1835 Harrison Co, (W)VA 
Died 3 Mar 1901 White Co, AR Buried Boyce Cemetery, Bradford, White Co, AR Married 14 May 1870 [1] Doddridge Co, WV [1] Other Spouse Mary Martha HUFF | F19316 Married 13 Oct 1857 Harrison Co, (W)VA Father Mother Hannah THOMPSON | F41926 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Catharine A. HUFF
Born Nov 1838 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died Buried Other Spouse George W. ROBEY | F48805 Married 3 Nov 1861 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father Henry HUFF | F18487 Group Sheet Mother Catharine HARDMAN | F18487 Group Sheet
Child 4 | Male
Ervin BOYCE
Born CA 1877 Died 1943 Buried Allgood Methodist Church Cemetery, Paulding Co, GA
Child 5 | Male
Tillman K. BOYCE
Born 15 Sep 1881 Doddridge Co, WV Died 24 Oct 1918 Falling Spring, Greenbrier Co, WV Buried Morningside Cemetery, Renick, Greenbrier Co, WV
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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.
Following Mary Martha (Huff) Boyce's death in March 1870, Felix Preston Boyce married her sister Catherine in June 1870.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jul 20 1870:
Felix Boice, 35, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $250, cannot write; Catharine, 32, cannot read/write; James, 11; Laura, 9; William, 6; Belle (Bella ?), 4; Florence, 1.
The next enumerated household was that of Felix's mother:
Hannah Thompson, 53, unable to read/write. No other household member.
Another nearby household was that of Andrew J. & Margaret (Huff) Divers, in which another of Hannah's sons, Matthew Boyce (15), was enumerated.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated in June 1880:
Felix Boyce, 44, farmer; wife Catharine, 35; son George, 9; dau Mary, 8; son Irvin (?), 3; son William, 17.
- 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.
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Sources - [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 170, Line 13 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791742&Type=Marriage.
Identified as Felix Boyce, widowed, farmer, 35, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of David & Hannah Boyce; and Catharine W. (sic) Roby (sic), widowed, 31, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Uriah & Rebecca Thompson. Married May 14 1870 in Doddridge County.
NOTE: This marriage record has incorrect parents for Catharine. Uriah Thompson & Rebecca Ashcraft are actually FELIX'S GRANDPARENTS.
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 170, Line 13 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791742&Type=Marriage.