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Abigail BOYCE

Abigail BOYCE

Female 1849 -

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  • Name Abigail BOYCE 
    Born Nov 1849  Doddridge 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 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I33243  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2017 

    Father William BOYCE,   b. CA 1823,   d. 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Rebecca A. MARTIN,   b. CA 1828,   d. 29 Mar 1906, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Family ID F12963  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Ervin WATSON,   b. Nov 1849, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1913, Walnut Grove, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
      Ivin E. Watson, 31, farmer, medical condition cancer; wife Abagill, 30; son Granville O, 7; dau Myrtie A, 4; dau Oniedia J. (or G.), 1.

      1900 Census, Roane Co, WV (Spencer District), enumerated on Jun 27 1900 in the town of Spencer:
      Ervin Watson, 50, b. Nov 1849, farmer, married 29 yrs; wife Abigal, 50, b. Nov 1849, married 29 yrs, mother of 7 children (6 still living); son Dick, 19, b. Apr 1881; dau Kate, 16, b. Oct 1883; son Charley, 12, b. Aug 1887.
    Children 
     1. Granville Otha WATSON,   b. 31 Aug 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1937, Tulare Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Myrtle A. "Mertie" WATSON,   b. 3 Apr 1876,   d. 11 Apr 1939, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Oneida WATSON,   b. CA 1879
     4. Richard "Dick" WATSON,   b. Apr 1881
     5. Kate WATSON,   b. 17 Oct 1883, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Charity WATSON,   b. 27 Aug 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1974  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F12962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 176, Line 12 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791299&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Wm. E. Watson, age 21y 9m, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Otho G. & Louisa Watson, occupation farmer; and Abigail Boyce, age 21y 3m, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of William & Rebecca Boyce. Married Feb 23 1871 in Doddridge County, officiated by John W. Miller.