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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CAPT. WILLIAM BOYCE, post office Herriottsville, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1822, a son of Isaac Boyce, who was the eldest child born to Richard and Margaret (Lesnett) Boyce. Isaac was a farmer and miller, and married Sarah, daughter of William Denniston, of Allegheny county, and eight children were born to this union, six of whom are living. Isaac owned 125 acres of land; he died at the age of ninety-three years. Capt. William Boyce was born and reared near his present home; has followed farming all his life, and for twenty-one years operated a gristmill formerly carried on by his father. He married, in 1851, Mary, daughter of Andrew Griffin, and eight children have been born to them, of whom are living: Margaret, Isaac L., William J., Thomas S., Mary M., Sarah and Bessie. In 1861 Mr. Boyce raised a company for the 1st P. R. C., and was made captain of the same, serving five months. He is a member of the G. A. R., and politically a republican.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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