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Felix Preston BOYCE

Felix Preston BOYCE

Male 1835 - 1901  (65 years)

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  • Name Felix Preston BOYCE 
    Born 11 Mar 1835  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Lurty's Co, Virginia Horse Artillery, CSA, Civil War  [2] 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Russell, White Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Died 3 Mar 1901  White Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Boyce Cemetery, Bradford, White Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I47259  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 May 2021 

    Mother Hannah THOMPSON,   b. CA 1820,   d. Sep 1892, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Family ID F41926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Martha HUFF,   b. CA 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)  [4] 
    Married 13 Oct 1857  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. James William BOYCE,   b. CA 1859, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 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 location,   d. 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 location,   d. 27 Mar 1928, Renick, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F19316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catharine A. HUFF,   b. Nov 1838, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 May 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    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.
    Children 
     1. George BOYCE,   b. CA 1871
     2. Mary BOYCE,   b. CA 1872
     3. Alfred BOYCE,   b. 15 Mar 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Ervin BOYCE,   b. CA 1877,   d. 1943  (Age ~ 66 years)
     5. Tillman K. BOYCE,   b. 15 Sep 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1918, Falling Spring, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    Family ID F28146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    3. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    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

    6. [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.