Phoebe Ann (Murphy) Boyce (1825 - abt. 1902)

Born 18 May 1825 in Monongalia, Virginia, United States

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Died about Aug 1902 at about age 77 in Shelton, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States

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Phoebe Ann Murphy (18 May 1825, West Virginia-Aug 1900, Nebraska) was the daughter of Marshal Charles Murphy (1793–1877) and Mary Margaret (Poe) Murphy (1802–1883). (Family tradition: She was tiny woman, and when she sat in a straight back chair her hair was so long it touched the floor. She was the wife of Michael Boyce. They were parents of (*)9 children, 4 lived to be adults, 3 to old age. Their sons (Isaac and Stephen), moved west, settling in Nebraska, but relocating later to other areas. Michael and Phoebe left West Virginia about 1900. After Phoebe's (**)death her husband returned to West Virginia and made his home with their daughter, Phoebe Elizabeth "Betty" (Boyce) Hornbeck.

CHILDREN:

Charles Marshall Boyce 1846–1851

James S Boyce 1847–

Joseph Boyce 1850–1860

Leane Virginia Boyce 1851–1856

William H. Boyce 1853–1876 (h/o Sarah (Hess) Boyce-Shoulders.

Mary Boyce 1857–1866

Isaac R Boyce 1858–1924 (h/o Louise Hornbeck)

Phoebe Elizabeth "Betty" (Boyce) Hornbeck 1861–1943

Stephen A Boyce (1867, WV–1941, Washington) (h/o Mary E. Shoulders)

Note: Their small children were buried in the Gnatty Creek Cemetery of Marion County-unproven.)

The gravestone in the Mt. Olive Cemetery, Hinkleville, Buckhannon District, Upshur Co., WV, was placed there in her memory by great-grandaughter, Rena (Lane) Smith. ^[1]

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1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 16 May 2020), memorial page for Phoebe Ann Murphy Boyce (18 May 1825–Aug 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #22722334, citing Mount Olive Cemetery, Hinkleville, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Ralph H. and Hilda Sayre, Upshur-WV-USA (contributor 47646266) .

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