 One of the more interesting
branches of this Daily family, the Boyer family
appears to have come first from Pennsylvania to
Kentucky and on to Indiana just as the Daily
family, and it is possible the two had known each
other in Pennsylvania. They were associated
not only with the Daily family, but the Parker
and Runyan families as well.
The
earliest of the Boyers to have been located in
the Indiana records was Levi Boyer who was born
in Pennsylvania about 1772. His wife Ann
was born in Virginia about 1782, and listed with
them in the 1850 Census taken November 3rd in
Owen Township, are: Nancy Parker, Nancy age 40
therefore born in Indiana in 1810, Miriam Boyer
age 29, born in Indiana in 1821, and Lucinda
Parker, evidently the daughter of Nancy, who was
born in Kentucky in 1838.
It would
appear by this census, that Nancy and Miriam were
Levi's daughter and daughter-in-law and Lucinda
his granddaughter. Living next door to this
family was Nathan Boyer who was born in Indiana
in 1815. Listed with him is his wife Amanda
born about 1818 in KY, and their children -
Benjamin (1840), Nathan (1842), Richard (1845)
and Laura C. (1849), all born in Indiana.
Andrew
Boyer, who is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census,
was born about 1811 in Indiana and married
Melinda Ann Brownwell in Clark County, IN on the
4th of November 1. In November 1850 they
were living in Bethlehem Twp, listed in the
census as: Andrew, a 39 year old farmer born in
IN, wife Malinda born about 1820 in IN, and their
children - William born (1842), Mary (1844),
James (1847), and their youngest daughter Ann
(1849) all born in Indiana. Living with
them was 59 year old Mary "Brunlow" who
was born in Kentucky in about 1796.
Although spelled differently than Malinda's
maiden name (which could have also been spelled
incorrectly) as it appeared in the marriage
record, it is speculated that this woman Mary is
Malinda's mother.
By
August 14th of 1860, the family was then living
in Washington Twp with their children William,
Mary J., Ann, and a younger son born since the
previous census, John S., who was born about
1852. Their son James is not listed and
would be 13 at this time, so he has either died
or is living somewhere else perhaps attending
school - but he does not appear to show up in
later records. Lastly, it should be noted
that Mary "Brunlow" is still living in
this household.
Also
listed in the 1850 census, in the township of
Charlestown, is the family of William Boyer born
about 1818 in Indiana. He married on 28
March 1839 Mary Ann Miller. Listed in the
census taken August 26th: William Boyer, a
32 year old blacksmith born in Indiana, wife Mary
A. (1820), Eli Boyer a 20 year old physician,
Marietta (1840), John S. (1844), and Eli
(1848). Another 20 year old blacksmith was
also living in their household, this being Henry
Wilson of Indiana.
Not too
far from William, living in Charlestown was
Andrew J. Boyer who was born in Indiana in
1825. He married Mary Ann Robertson (1827)
on the 11th of November in 1847. Like
William, Andrew was a blacksmith, his real estate
valued at $3400. The couple had only one
child, Laura A., who was just one year of age,
but also living in their household was Sarah A.
Robinson born about 1832 in KY, Mary A. Wright
born 1832 in KY, 40 year old Mary Herrod who had
been born in IN, and another blacksmith, Benjamin
Kelly (a surname frequently seen in Clark Co.
records), who was born in IN in about 1843.
A search
on this family indicates that Andrew J. Boyer was
the son of John Boyer of Maryland, and Mary Rowe
of Pennsylvania. The couple lived first in
Bourbon County, Ky and then moved near Bethlehem
Township. John died in Charlestown in 1835
at the age of 53, indicating then that he was
born about 1782.
Andrew's
wife, Mary Ann (Robertson), was the daughter of
James and Nancy Tucker. Her paternal
grandfather Nathan Robertson was born in 1750 and
married Elizabeth Spears in Maryland in
1771. He moved with his brother Robert from
Frederick county, MD to Bourbon county, KY in
1787 and came to Indiana in either 1800 or 1801
and was among the first Methodist in the Indiana
territory. Their children, including James
who married Nancy Tucker, were: Robert
Robertson who married Susan Jones and died in
Jefferson Co, IN in 1884 and was the father of
ten children; Middleton Robertson who married
Cassandra Tucker in 1801; Eli Robertson who was
born 05 Jan 1776 in Maryland and married
Elizabeth Shawhan on 13 July 1797 and died on 10
Feb 1844; Jephemiah Robertson who was born in
Maryland in 1778 and married Elizabeth Tucker on
31 October 1799 and died in Charlestown, IN in
1836; Nancy Robertson who was born in Maryland in
1781 and married Andrew Hughes and moved to
Morgan Co., Illinois in 1832; Hezekiah Robertson
who was born in Maryland on 21 January 1784 and
married Sally or Sarah Tucker and had 7 children.
Hezekiah died near Charlestown on 27 December
1865, and Sally died in 1866; James Robertson who
was born in Bourbon county, KY on 20 July 1791
and married Nancy Tucker on 07 January 1813 and
had three children including Mary Ann. He
died on 19 July 1847 and had been in the battle
of Tippencanoe. His wife Nancy had also
been born in Bourbon county, KY - and it is their
daughter Mary Ann who married Andrew J. Boyer;
Mary or Polly Robertson was born in Kentucky in
1793 and married Samuel Herrod. She died in
1819 and had one daughter, presumably Mary Herrod
who was listed in the household of Andrew J.
Boyer and was therefore the cousin of his wife
Mary Ann, the daughter of her father Robert's
sister Mary Robertson-Herrod who died in 1819 and
had had only one child, a daughter, presumably
her namesake.
The main
line of the Boyer family which married into the
Daily family, was Charlotte Daily's husband,
James Boyer who was born in either 1808 or
1809. Unfortunately, it is not known who
James' parents were, but thus far besides Levi,
the only Boyer yet located in records is a John
Boyer who seems to have been married to an
Elizabeth Hart. This, however, can not
conclude that they were indeed the parents of
James.
Fortunately,
James and Charlotte Daily-Boyer appear in every
available census for Clark County between
1840-1880. A look into marriage records
indicate that Charlotte married James on the 21st
of May in 1829. - The 1840 census lists
only the head of household but by later census
records we can surmise who else was included in
the household. James was listed as between
30 and 40 years of age, matching his birth date
of either 1808 or 1809; his wife Charlotte was
listed as a female between age 30 and 40; a male
child presumably their son Philip between age 10
and 15, matching his approximate date of birth
being 1830; daughters Mary and Sarah listed both
under the age of 5 born in 1836 and 1838
respectively; and lastly a woman aged between 60
and 70 which is possibly Charlotte's mother, Mary
A. Wise, seeming how she had been widowed two
years earlier in 1830. Another interesting
piece of infor-mation regarding this particular
census taken in 1840, is that the Boyer household
is only two doors down from the home of John C.
Parker.
In
August of 1850, James Boyer is listed as a 42
year old blacksmith with real estate valued at
$500. Listed with him is his wife
Charlotte, age 41; son Philip (1830) a twenty
year old wool carder; daughter Mary (1836); Sarah
(1838); David (1841); Harvey (1843); Margaret
(1845), and youngest daughter Martha
(1847). Living with them is Frank Runyan, a
21 year old gardener and a 20 year old German
born laborer named George.
In June
of 1860 James is listed as a 52 year old farmer,
his wife Charlotte 51, and daughter Margaret
14. Children Philip, Mary, Sarah, David,
and Harvey are not listed in their household this
year and it is not known where they were unless
they had been sent to school elsewhere, but the
census indicates that since 1850 Charlotte and
James had had two more children: Florence born
about 1852, and William born about 1855.
In 1870,
however, more of the Boyers appear in June.
James is now listed as a 62 year old farmer with
real estate now valued at $16,00 and personal
estate valued at $2,000. His wife Charlotte
is a 61 year old homemaker, and only the youngest
son, William (1855) of the previously listed
children is living with them and working on the
farm. However, since 1860, Charlotte and
James have had two more sons David W. (1860) and
James B. (1862). Note that the first David
was born as early as 1841 as he was listed age 9
years of age in 1850, but that in 1860 David is
listed as age 10. This is indicative that
David born in 1841 died the summer or fall of
1860 and that Charlotte had another son late that
year whom she named David after the child she had
just lost.
There is
also living with them 12 year old Runyan who was
not listed in the 1860 census although he would
have been two - so it is not known for certain if
he was a child of Charlotte's or perhaps a
nephew.
Charlotte
and James's eldest son, however, appears as head
of his own household in 1870, living in
Charlestown. A search into other records
indicate that he married Catherine Long in Clark
county on December 12, 1850. He is listed
in 1870 as a 40 year old nursery man worth $6000
in real estate and $1000 in personal
property. His wife Kate, age 38 keeps house
and son Willis E. (1853), daughter Eva (1857) and
James H. (1862) are listed with them.
Interestingly enough, Lottie Runyan (1856) is
also listed in their household.
In June
of 1880, James and Charlotte are still living in
Charlestown. James is listed as a 72 year
old blacksmith who was the son of parents who
were both born in Kentucky. Charlotte is
listed as 71 years of age, her father's place of
birth listed as Pennsylvania - which matches
records that her father Philip was born near
Pittsburgh about 1762. Her mother's place
of birth is listed as Germany - family records
indicate that Mary came to Maryland when she was
twelve so having been born in 1764, this would
have been in 1776. Her mother, Katie Franz,
was said to have been born on the German side of
the Rhine, thus likely that Mary Wise was also
born there or near there. Only Charlotte
and James's son Harvey, a 37 year old tinner is
living with them, but two doors down from the
Boyer family is the household of William Goodall,
including his wife Fannie and children Willie,
Naomi, and Eva.
Since
not a great deal of the Wise family is known, but
the 1880 revealing the birth place of Charlotte's
mother as Germany. A few bits of
information have been found to confirm family
notes regarding Mary Wise, the wife of Philip
Daily (1762) and mother of Charlotte
Daily-Boyer. Firstly, her marriage to
Philip was located in records of Jefferson
county, Kentucky stating they were married on the
2nd day of February 1786.
Mary's
parents, Valentine Wise and Katie Franz, were
said to have owned a large farm in Maryland and
that the King of England sent his men over to
kill all the stock, save for one cow. They
destroyed everything they could lay hands on and
left them with hardly enough to live on.
The British returned again a short time later and
dug up holes all over in the land explaining they
were looking for gold, some of the holes were
said to have been large enough to bury a house
and during this return visit the British killed
the remaining cow for food leaving nothing save
for the soil for the family to survive on.
So, deciding the British would only return and
destroy every thing, the family left Maryland and
moved to Kentucky, thus confirming the move by
the marriage date of their daughter.
Records
in Maryland indicate that a Valentine Wise was
living in Washington County, Maryland at one time
and that there were other Wise families, John and
Mitchell living in Maryland in Worcester county
in 1790. An Andrew, Frederick, Thomas, and
Peter Wise were listed in Washington county, PA
along with the Samuel, Nathan, and Peter Daily
although only these indexes and not the actual
records have been looked at.
In a
final note on the Boyers, James and Charlotte
were listed in the Methodist Episcopal Church and
Parsonage as members, and through the census
records, we now know the names of Charlotte's
children, and a couple of her grandchildren.
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