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Catharine A. HUFF

Catharine A. HUFF

Female 1838 -

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  • Name Catharine A. HUFF 
    Born Nov 1838  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1861  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    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 
    Census 1910  Falling Spring, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of son Tillman.
    Person ID I114923  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2020 

    Father Henry HUFF 
    Mother Catharine HARDMAN 
    Family ID F18487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George W. ROBEY,   b. 7 Mar 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 3 Nov 1861  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Francis M. ROBEY,   b. 13 Apr 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Rosetta ROBEY,   b. 12 Jul 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     3. Ida Odell ROBEY,   b. 13 Sep 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Family ID F48805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Felix Preston BOYCE,   b. 11 Mar 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1901, White Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 14 May 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    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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    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Falling Spring, Greenbrier Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 136, Line 17 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790707&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Geo. W. Robey, single, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of James & Nancy; and Catharine A. Hoff, single, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Henry & Catharine. Married Nov 3 1861 in Doddridge County.

    4. [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.