Jul-28-2018
Husband: Robert Boyce Also known as: Robert Boice 1
Born: Jul- 7-1806 2 Died: Jul- 2-1888 3 (see note 1) Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
Wife: Rebecca Ashcraft 6,7 Married: Mar-26-1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
Born: Jan-29-1801 9 Died: Jun- 1-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Ezekiel Ashcraft Other spouse 1 Notes
F Child 1: Anna C. Boyce Born: Feb- 6-1832 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 2 Died: Jan- 3-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,3 Husband: Michael Quinn d. bef Jan 1890 Married: Aug- 5-1849 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 2: Ezekiel Boyce Born: ca 1833 12 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 3: John F. Boyce Census name: J. Boice Born: Mar-27-1835 9,13 Died: Mar-19-1914 in Esty, Greenbrier Co, WV 14 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 15,16 Wife: Mary Jane Lowery b. Mar- 3-1833 d. Jul- 8-1904 Also known as: Jane 17 Marriage license: Feb-26-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 18 Married: Feb-27-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 19
M Child 4: Christian Boyce Born: ca 1836 12 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
M Child 5: Robert H. Boyce Also known as: T. Robert Boyce 20 Born: ca 1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 21,22,23 (see note 2) Died: Dec- 5-1926 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 24,22,21 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 22,5 Resided: since 1921 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 24 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 25 Census: 1880 in Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 26 Wife: Martha Ellen Ford b. Mar- -1842 d. Dec-24-1920 Married: Feb-25-1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
M Child 6: David Boyce Born: ca 1840 12 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
F Child 7: Cynthia Boyce Born: ca 1844 12 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
F Child 8: Nancy Boyce Born: Mar- -1845 in Marion Co, (W)VA 27,28 (see note 3) Died: bef Jan 1934 29 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 30 Census: 1920, 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1862 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 28 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Arnold Childers Snider b. Dec-13-1839 d. Jan- 5-1934 Married: Apr-20-1862 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 28
Sources: (1) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (3) Headstone. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (6) Marriage record of son. (7) Death record of son. (8) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Identified as Robert Boice and Rebecca Thompson. Married Mar 26 1831 in Harrison County. (9) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (10) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Rebecca Boyce, white female, born in Doddridge Co, dau of (blank) Ashcraft; died Jun 1 1876 in Doddridge Co, age 75y 4m 3d, cause of death dropsy. Informant: Robert Boyce, husband. DR p. 26 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050854&Type=Death. (11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (12) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (13) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (14) 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. (15) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp) (16) Greenbrier County Death Records, Lewisburg, WV. (17) Birth record of son. (18) 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. (19) 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. (20) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 60. (21) Headstone (year only) (22) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (23) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (24) Obituary. (25) Taylor County Historical & Genealogical Society, Grafton, WV, A History of Taylor County West Virginia, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1986) (26) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (27) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (28) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (29) Death record of husband. (30) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), Based on WPA reading of 18 Sep 1932. Marker no longer readable. Event Notes Note (1) Robert B Boyce Birth: unknown Death: Jul. 2, 1888 Married Rebecca Ashcraft March 26, 1831 Harrison County,WV Age 81 years 11 months 25 days <<<============ Family links: Spouse: Rebecca Ashcraft Boyce (____ - 1876)* Burial: Childers Cemetery Doddridge County West Virginia, USA Created by: Barbara Nicholson Record added: Jul 10, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 93408154 Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1840. But death record and obituary state Sep 1 1842, and date on headstone is also 1842. But age 12 in 1850 Census would put it in about 1838, with three younger siblings born in about 1840, 1842 and 1844. Note (3) Age 8 in 1850 Census puts birth in about 1842. But age in marriage record puts it in about 1845, and 1900 Census shows birth date as Mary 1845, age 55.Name Index