Note from PDP: The Boyer family is one of the more interesting families of the Daily branches. Most researchers have referred to the publication, "American Boyers" by Rev. Charles C. Boyer, PH.D., which was first published in Kutztown, Pennsylvania in 1915. From this source I have also gleaned some of the information which will follow, and suggest that although it offers a great deal of information on the various Boyer families, the reader should keep in mind that its subsequent editions may have corrected and/or filled in prior missing information; and in general, is a secondary source and therefore should be considered a guideline and lead to those primary records which might exist.

It is not my intention to trace the Boyer family prior to their residency in Clark County, Indiana. This particular line appears to have come from Christopher Boyer whose ancestry is said to have traced back to Alsace, France where several branches belonged to nobility, and were distinguished ministers, writers, soliders and statesman; and is speculated these Boyers were Hugeuenots who had fled religious persecution and upon their arrival into Pennsylvania, the name was spelled Beyer and Bayer.

The earliest of the Boyers to have been located in the records of Clark County, Indiana records was Levi Boyer/Bower who was born in 1772 or 1773, and died in 1850. According to his descendants, Levi built a boat at Ft. Washington (now Cincinnati) and floated it down the river three miles above the mouth of Bull Creek on the Kentucky side of the Ohio in Jefferson County. There he claimed his land and operated a ferry that would connect that little village of Westport, Kentucky to Indiana. The ferry, which was operated by horsepower, was used by farmers and businesses to move their goods from the interior counties of Kentucky to Indiana. It is also said that during Indian raids, Levi would ferry the women and children across the river, and that he was one of the Militia Guards during the Pigeon Roost Masacre of 1812.

Although his parents remain unknown to me, his wife Anna was the daughter of Tilman Kemper and Dinah (Hitt) of Virginia. She and Levi, along with some of their children, were buried in the Bowyer Cemetery in Union Township. According to her age at death (76 yrs, 3 mos 16 days) she was born 13 Jan 1782. A History of Pioneer Families of Missouri states that Anna's father was a soldier of the Revolutionary War who had first settled in Culpeper county, Virginia, where he married Dinah, and had by her fifteen children. They subsequently moved to Bryan's Station, in Kentucky with three of the children, Thomas, Anna, and Benjamin; and it was in Kentucky where Levi and Anna were married.

The Levi Boyer family was enumerated in the 1850 census taken November 3rd in Owen Township. The household included Levi, Anna, their daughter Nancy Parker (wife of Edward Parker), her twelve year-old daughter Lucinda Parker; and Levi and Anna's daughter Miriam Boyer, who was listed as age twenty-nine. Living next door to this family was Nathan Boyer, son of Levi and Anna.  His household included his wife Amanda (Hawkins), and their children - Benjamin (1840), Nathan (1842), Richard (1845) and Laura C. (1849), all born in Indiana. Of this family, nothing further has been traced, but has been included here as a part of the history of Clark County, Indiana and those researching the Boyer or Bowyer families.

Their children were listed as: Elizabeth Boyer who married Frank Giltner; Philip, who married Barbara Liter; Anna Elizabeth Boyer, wife of John Frank Gilnter; John, who married Mary "Polly" (Rowe); Catherine, who married Henry Liter; Abraham, who married Elizabeth Deitrich Wolf; Jacob, who married Lucy and resided in Boone Co., Indiana; Mary Ann, wife of Robert Henry; and Michael, who never married.

1. Jacob Boyer - born 11 Mar 1803 in Kentucky; married Jane Kelly in Clark Co., Indiana on 21 Nov 1833 and were the parents of eleven children. He died 09 Nov 1876 and Jane on 26 Aug 1879. They were buried in Ross Cemetery, Bethlehem Twp., Clark Co., Indiana.
2. Andrew Boyer - born 05 Feb 1811 in Indiana; married Mary Ann Brownlow on 14 Nov 1834 in Clark Co., IN; and (2) Melinda Ann Brownlow in Clark Co., IN on 04 Nov 1841. He died 02 Feb 1878 and was buried in Britan/Pisgah Cemetery in Washington Twp., Clark Co., Indiana.
3. Margaret Boyer - born 01 Nov 1815 in Indiana; married James H. Matthews in Clark Co., IN on 24 Dec 1835.

1. James A. Boyer - born 01 Mar 1808 in Bourbon Co., KY; married Charlotte Temple (Daily); died 25 Apr 1896.
2. Sarah Boyer - born 20 May 1814 in Kentucky; married Harden Hancock on 26 Aug 1828 in Clark Co., Indiana and died 20 Aug 1842 in Jackson Co., Indiana. Harden was born 08 Jul 1803 in Jefferson Co., KY and died 05 Mar 1886 in Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana. They were buried in the Old Seymour Cemetery in Jackson Co., Indiana.
3. Mary Ann "Polly" Boyer - born about 1816 in Indiana; married William Wilson and resided in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana. She and William died sometime after 1880 - their date of death and place of burial is not known.
4. William Boyer - born 07 Jul 1818 in Indiana; married Mary Ann (Miller); died 02 Oct 1897.
5. Letitia Boyer - born about 1820 in Indiana; married John W. Payne on 28 Mar 1839 in Clark Co., Indiana.
6. John A. Boyer - born about 1822 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Sarah Frances Long in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana on 16 May 1850.
7. Andrew J. Boyer - born 24 Aug 1824 in Clark Co., Indiana; married Mary Ann (Robertson); died 28 Apr 1893.
8. Eli M. Boyer - born about 1826 in Clark Co., Indiana; married Sarah Jane (Robertson) in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana; died in Vincennes, Indiana.
9. Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Boyer - born about 1828; married Robert H. Beswick in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana on 14 Jun 1855.
10. Margaret J. Boyer - born about 1829; married Adam Clarke Kirkwood in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana on 05 Dec 1850, and had son William Kirkwood born about 1850.

James and Charlotte Daily-Boyer appear in every available census for Clark County between 1840-1880.  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 1808; 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; daughters Mary and Sarah listed both under the age of five; and lastly a woman aged between 60 and 70 which is possibly Charlotte's mother, Mary A. (Wise) as she had been widowed two years earlier in 1830.  Another interesting piece of information 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 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. 

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.  Her marriage to Philip Daily was located in records of Jefferson Co., Kentucky stating they were married on the 2nd day of February 1786. Her 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 Co., Pennsylvania along with Samuel, Nathan, and Peter Daily - although only these indexes and not the actual records have been looked at.

In a final note regarding James and Charlottte Boyers - they 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 some of her descendants. Charlotte died in 1896 and is presumed to be buried in the Boyer plot next to her husband and children. A monument at Charlestown Cemetery is inscribed with the names of James who died 25 Apr 1896 and two of their children, David W. and Maggie J. Boyer.

1. Philip D. Boyer - born 12 Mar 1830 in Charlestown, Indiana; married Catherine (Long); died 27 Jan 1882. 
2. Mary Ann "Mollie" Boyer - born 15 Aug 1835 in Charlestown, Indiana; married Francis M. Runyan; died 01 Mar 1865.
3. Sarah Elizabeth Boyer - born 11 Jul 1838 in Charlestown, Indiana; married Samuel Longdon.
4. David W. Boyer - born 30 Dec 1840 in Charlestown, Indiana; died 26 Jan 1865 and was laid to rest in Charlestown Cemetery.
5. James Harvey Boyer - born 14 Oct 1842 in Charlestown, Indiana and was listed as a tinner in the 1880 census. He died 17 Oct 1895 in Ossawattomie, Kansas.
6. Margaret J. "Maggie" Boyer - born 07 Nov 1845 in Charlestown, Indiana; died 09 Feb 1865 and was laid to rest at Charlestown Cemetery.
7. Martha Isabella Boyer - born 24 Feb 1849 in Charlestown, Indiana; died 12 Aug 1861 and was laid to rest at Charlestown Cemetery.
8. Florence Adelia Boyer - born 30 Mar 1852 in Charlestown, Indiana; married Franklin R.M. Gilbert.
9. William Francis Boyer - born 09 Jun 1855 in Charlestown, Indiana; married Sarah E. Hickman; died 08 Apr 1938.

Although the following census records do not include information that this is the same Mary Boyer, the death certificat of her son Eli supports this information.

The Wilsons were enumerated in Charlestown in 1850 living nextdoor to the Samuel and Casandra Robertson home and the James and Mary Henderson family. Listed as age thirty-eight and a cabinet maker, the family included wife Mary and children: John W., Jane, James A., and Frances E. Wilson. By 1860 two more children were born, Eli who was age nine, and Letticia, age six and the two eldest children, Jane and John are not listed in the household. In 1870 only their daughter Letticia is listed in their home. The 1880 census has William and Mary living on Water Street, his parents' place of birth listed as North Carolina.

William and Mary have not been located in the census records after 1880, and their place of burial is not known.

1. Jane Wilson - born about 1838 in Indiana.
2. John W. Wilson - born about 1840 in Indiana.
3. James A. Wilson - born about 1846 in Indiana.
4. Frances E. Wilson - born about 1848 in Indiana.
5. Eli H. Wilson - born 03 Nov 1850 in Indiana; married Mary Alice Hart; died 16 Jan 1906 in Boise, Ada Co., Idaho.
6. Lettitia Wilson - born about 1853 in Indiana.

William and Mary were enumerated in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records residing in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana. Although her headstone is very worn, it appears to read that she was born March of 1820 and died February of 1874. William survived her by nearly twenty-four years, dying at the age of seventy-nine years, two months and twenty-five days. They are both laid to rest at Charlestown Cemetery.

1. Marietta Boyer - born on 26 Aug 1840 in Indiana; married John M. Long; died on 16 Feb 1904.
2. John Strange Boyer - born 26 Jun 1843; married Sophia (Dewey); died on 2 Feb 1875.
3. William Boyer - born about 1845; died in his infancy.
4. Eli Ferdinand Boyer - born 30 Sep 1848; married Maggie O. (Sharp); died on 7 Jul 1925.
5. Charles K. Boyer - born 19 Mar 1851 in Indiana; married Martha A. McCulloch; died 16 Jan 1922.
6. Frank L. Boyer - born on 05 Sep 1853 in Indiana and married Emma Burgess or Bergess, daughter of Henry and Mary on 10 Sep 1880. She was born on 29 Oct 1856 in Indiana, and died on 31 Jan 1900. After her death he married Othelia Staler in 1903. Frank died on 27 Oct 1927 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky and was buried in Charlestown Cemetery.
7. Clarence Boyer - born 22 Jan 1856 in Indiana; married Emma K. Knapp on 20 Mar 1888; died on 21 Jan 1933.
8. E. Linus Boyer - born 01 Apr 1858 in Indiana.
9. Lucien "Louis" Weir Boyer - born 15 Jul 1860; married Evalina (Nickles); died in 1940.
10. James Miller Boyer - born on 10 Aug 1862; married Idella Scott.
11. Edna Maude Boyer - born on 17 Jun 1865; married John Franklin McCulloch.

Date of death and place of burial is not known, though a headstone for a Letitia Boyer (1822-1893) was erected in Charlestown Cemetery and photographed by Laura Boyer Talbot in 2007. Whethere this is the same Letitia Boyer is not known.

John and Sarah were enumerated as a family in the 1860 and 1870 census residing in Charlestown, John listed as a blacksmith. By 1880, their eldest daughter "Sallie" has married and is residing in their household with her husband William Stark (of Kentucky), and their one year-old son, John. No date of death or place of burial.

1. Florence Jennie Boyer - born 11 Mar 1851 in Charlestown; married R.A. Arnold; died in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas on 21 Oct 1931, Death certificate indicates she was a widow and resident of Ft. Worth, Texas at the time of her death.
2. Sarah "Sallie" Boyer - born about 1853; married William D. Stark of Kentucky on 30 Apr 1876 in Clark Co., Indiana; had at least one son, John C. Stark born about 1879.
3. Edgar Boyer - born about 1855 in Indiana.
4. John Thomas Boyer - born about 1858 in Indiana.
5. Cordelia Boyer - born about 1860 in Clark Co., Indiana.

A blacksmith, Andrew was listed in the 1850 census, in the township of Charlestown, and at this time had only one child, Laura A., who was just one year of age. 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. 

They continued to reside in Charlestown where they were listed in 1860 and 1870, but sometime after appears to have moved to Marion Co., Indiana and were living in Indianapolis as they were both buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. Andrew died on 28 Apr 1893 and his wife Mary Ann, on 05 Jul 1896.

Additional Notes Regarding Mary Ann Robertson: 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.

1. Laura A. Boyer - born 17 Nov 1848 in Clark Co., Indiana; married Wesley Shugart in Marion Co., Indiana on 31 Dec 1868.
2. James A. Boyer - born 10 Nov 1851 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Hannah Herbert Pye in Indianapolis, Indiana on 23 Apr 1884. Hannah was the daughter of Rev. John K. Pye, a Methodist pastor, and Margaret "Maggie" Craig.
3. Emma Aeline Boyer - born 13 Jan 1855 in Indiana; married Charles H. Williams on 03 Feb 1881 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
4. Robert O. Boyer - born 04 Sep 1857 in Clark Co., Indiana; married Blanche Smith in Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Indiana on 07 Aug 1886. Blanche was born about 1859 and was the daughter of Benajmin Smith and Louisa (Young).

The family was enumerated in the 1870 and 1880 census residing in Vincennes, Knox Co., Indiana where Eli was a practicing physician and their son Leonidas was listed as studying medicine. He died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa in 1896 but is said to have been buried in Vincennes. In 1900 Sara was listed in her daughter Emma's household as widowed, born Feb 1833, and the mother of five children, three living. She died in Council Bluffs on 26 Sep 1905 - their place of burial is not known.

1. Adelia F. Boyer - born 23 Dec 1855 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN; married John D. Wright; died in Tipton, Indiana in 1930.
2. Leonidas Boyer - born 03 Feb 1857 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN; was studying medicine in 1880, but died 25 Oct 1889 in Vincennes.
3. Emma Kate Boyer - born 23 Jul 1860 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN; married George Joslin and was the mother of William Clay and Harry. She died in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa on 10 Jun 1922. It should be noted that the home of George and Emma located at 245 Lafayette Ave. and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 2006 as a "Gable-front-and-wing" home. The property history was listed as follows: "In 1912, this became the residence of Thomas J. Bristow, a traveling agent (salesman) and his wife, Lottie .. By 1922 it was the home of George T. and Emma Joslin. George, a conductor for the CRI & P Railway, were still living here in 1928, when William C. and Helen Joslin are also listed as residents. W.C. Joslin was a clerk."
4. William A. Boyer - born 23 Jan 1862 in Greenville, Floyd Co., Indiana; married Mary Honor Dodge; died 15 May 1926 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.

1. John Philip Beswick - born about 1860; married Effie and may have died before 1910.
2. Margaret Jane Beswick - born about 1861; married Nimrod W. Brackett in Clark Co., Indiana on 24 Oct 1895. Parents of at least Mary E., Letitia and John A. Brackett. Residing in Pleasant, Johnson Co., Indiana in 1910.
3. Lou M. Beswick - born Apr 1865 in Indiana; married Lambert F. Fouts, son of Thomas D. and Sidney Fisher, on 01 Sep 1898. He was born in Indiana on 14 Mar 1850 and died on 28 mar 1928 in Lancaster, Dallas Co., TX. Lou died at Trinity Mills, Dallas Co., Texas on 19 Sep 1926. She was the mother of Thomas H. Fouts and Kepler Pearcy Fouts. Lambert, Lou and Kepler were buried in Furneaux Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas. (Link to the family headstones at Furneaux Cemetery - Find A Grave)
4. George M. Beswick - born 1868 and died 25 Jan 1891; buried at Charlestown Cemetery.

His wife Kate died on 08 Feb 1872, and in 1880 he was residing in Pleasant, Butler Co., Kansas with his two sons. He died 27 Jan 1882 and he and Kate were both buried in Charlestown Cemetery.

1. Willis E. Boyer - born 09 Sep 1854 in Clark Co., Indiana; married Alice and resided in Andover, Kansas.
2. Eva Boyer - born about 1857 in Clark Co., Indiana.
3. James Havery Boyer - born about 1862 in Clark Co., Indiana; resided in Witchita, Kansas.
4. Paul W. Boyer - born about 1872 in Indiana; resided in Kansas.

It appears that her husband then married Ella Shelby five years later on 24 Jun 1870, and had two children Frank, born in 1872; and Ella born in 1873. He died 23 Aug 1906 and was also buried in Charlestown Cemetery.

1. Mary Charlotte "Lottie" Runyan - born about 1856 in Indiana.
2. Thomas Runyan - born 23 Oct 1859 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana; married Bonnie C. (Wilburn). Death certificate lists him as a rancher who had been in El Paso two months and died after a two month illness. His normal address was Hope, Edy Co., NM. he died in El Paso on 11 Mar 1946. They were the parents of at least one son, James Bryan Runyan who was born in 1900.
3. David William Runyan - born 12 Sep 1861; married Elsa Beckett; died 02 Apr 1906 (Brief Biographical Sketch)
4. James Isaac Runyan - born about 1863; married Mary Florence Quinlan and was enumerated in the 1910 and 1920 residing in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri where he was listed as a brand inspector.
5. Margaret T. Runyan - born 21 Dec 1864; died 29 May 1865 and buried in Charlestown Cemetery.

1. Henry B. Longdon - born 30 Sep 1860 in Vevay, Switzerland Co., Indiana; married May Louise Johnson who was born 22 Aug 1860.
2. Mattie B. Longdon - born about 1864 in Indiana.
3. Albert C. Londong - born about 1866 in Indiana.
4. B.A. Londong - son, born in Indiana.

Frank was the proprietor of one of the leading livery and feed barns in Jeffersonville, his business being located at 120 Maple street. In the 1870 census in Jeffersonville Township he was listed in such business as a livery stable keeper. In 1880 Frank and Florence were listed with their four sons and one daughter. In 1900, Florence was listed as the mother of nine children, six living, though if so, only eight children have been indentified. In 1910 they continued to reside in Jeffersonville, and according to other family records, Frank died there on 12 Nov 1913. Listed as a widow residing in Jeffersonville Twp. in the residence of Dr. Andrew Reed, Indiana marriage records indicate she married Charles A. Henderson in Indianapolis, Indiana on 19 Mar 1917. The marriage record lists him as having been born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1861 and the son of William Henderson and Anna Brown.

1. Rufus Albert Gilbert - born in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., IN on 12 Sep 1870; married Ida Hicks on 18 Oct 1892, she having been born Jun 1870 and of Henderson Co., Kentucky. They were the parents of at least John Warren, Richard D., and Florence A. Gilbert and were residing in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky in 1900.
2. Charlotte "Lottie" Temple Gilbert - born in Clark Co., IN on 08 Nov 1871; married Edward G. Holmes in Clark Co., Indiana on 08 Oct 1895 and were the parents of Lawrence G. and Pauline E. Holmes. In 1900 they resided at Indianapolis.
3. Paul James Gilbert - born in Clark Co., Indiana on 02 Oct 1873. He was a graduate of De Paw University and a singing evangelist with Dr. Chapman. In 1900 he was listed as an Evangelist living in the first household in Two Harbors, Lake Co., Minnesota. He married Etta Fox of Manchester, Iowa and had at least two children: Norton H. and Lois Helen Gilbert. He died in 1950 and was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Glen Ellyn, DuPage Co., Illinois along with his wife and Noton.. (See headstones at Find A Grave)
4. Warren Gilbert - born about 1875 in Clark Co., Indiana; enumerated in the 1880 census.
5. William Boyer Gilbert - born in Clark Co., Indiana on 21 Sep 1877; was a clerk in Indianapolis and according to his headstone was a Private in the U.S. Army during the Spanish American War. He died 24 Apr 1970 and was laid to rest at Walnurt Ridge Cemetery in Clark Co., Indiana.
6. Anna Adelia Gilbert - born 19 Jan 1882, and according to American Boyers, was a graduate of Chautauqua, NY.
7. Laura A. Gilbert - born about Jan 1884; enumerated in the 1910 census residing in Jeffersonville.
8. Howard Wesley Gilbert - born 23 Aug 1890 in Indiana; listed in the 1900 census residing in Jeffersonville.

By 1900, the last of their eight children was not quite six years of age. William's obituary indicates he had been a Town Marshall at Charlestown. His wife died on 02 Nov 1922, and William on 08 Apr 1938. They were both laid to rest at Charlestown Cemetery.

1. Otis W. Boyer - born 15 Nov 1875 in Wellington, Lafayette Co., Missouri; married 25 Jun 1927 in Vigo Co., IN, Belle Blesoe, daughter of Wilson Brush and Barbara Roger (marriage certificate indicates Otis to be her 2nd husband); married (2) Minnie M. Thacker in Marion Co., Indiana on 15 Nov 1896.
2. David Frank Boyer - born 10 Mar 1877 in Kansas but later resided in Indianapolis and was a telegraph operator. He married Hattie "Kate" Kleber in Clark Co., Indiana on 07 Feb 1902 and were the parents of at least Irvin D., Ellsworth W., Wanetta, and Madeline Boyer.
3. Royal Byron Boyer - born 14 Feb 1880 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana and was a rural mail carrier there. He married Flora A. Stockdell on 25 Nov 1908, she having been born 15 Apr 1882 in Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Indiana and was the daughter of C.C. Stockdell and Anna Trulock.
4. Harry Warren Boyer - born 23 Jan 1883 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shehan on 01 May 1906 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Lizzie was the daughter of Charles G. Shehan (1864-1924) of Kentucky and Jennie Lippy, a native of Ireland. She was born in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky on 03 Dec 1885. According to his obituary, Harry was a retired painter and a member of Willis Stewart Masonic Lodge. He died on 25 Oct 1962, and Lizzie the year following on 24 Jul 1963. Both were buried at Resthaven Memorial Park in Louisville.
5. Florence M. Boyer - born 11 Nov 1874 in Charlestown and later became a teacher; married Frederick R. Davies on 19 Apr 1940 in Clark Co., Indiana. According to their marriage record, he was born in England 11 Oct 1874 and was the son of Robert Davies and Ann Keylock.
6. Lena S. Boyer - born 10 Feb 1889 in Charlestown, Clark Co., IN; married Cecil J. Sharp on 06 Sep 1915, he having been born in Charlestown on 02 Oct 1886.
7. Molly Leona Boyer - born 11 Jun 1891 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Douglas Eugene Cain in Clark Co., Indiana on 28 Jun 1916. According to their marriage record he was born 18 Nov 1894 and died Mar 1974 in Lafayette, Floyd Co., Indiana. Molly died in Indianapolis in Oct 1973 and was the mother of at least Helen and William. She and Douglas were laid to rest at Charlestown Cemetery.
8. Wilbur H. Boyer - born 01 Oct 1894 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana

They were enumerated in Boise in 1900, but for many years had been a resident of Holton, Kansas before moving West and living in Cladwell and Boise, Idaho. According to his obituary, he died at his home in Boise on 16 Jan 1906 and was survived by wife, son and two daughters. He was laid to rest at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise. His widow died 20 Jun 1930 in Caldwell, Canyon Co., Idaho and is believe to have been buried at Canyon Hill Cemetery in Caldwell, Idaho.

1. Katie E. Wilson - born Jul 1876 in Kansas.
2. William H. Wilson - born Jul 1879 in Kansas.
3. Lucy Nell Wilson - born Feb 1889 in Kasas.

1. May Long - born about 1859 in Clark Co., Indiana.
2. John Long - born about 1862 in Clark Co., Indiana.
3. Edward B. Long - born Dec 1866 in Indiana. He married Lucy V. Koons, daughter of Isaac M. and Hester (Hazzard), on 18 Jan 1894 in Clark Co., Indiana. Lucy was born in Utica, Clark Co., IN on 18 Sep 1871 and died 1940. Edward died in 1948. They were the parents of John Marshall Long who was born 29 Jun 1901 and married Lula Loretta Diebel, but Lucy's obituary lists him as Thomas Marshall Long of Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

1. Blanche Boyer - born 16 Feb 1870 in Indiana; died 05 Aug 1918 and laid to rest at Charlestown Cemetery.
2. Sarah "Sadie" Dewey Boyer - born 31 Oct 1871 in Lexington, Scott Co., IN; married Buford W. Tyler in Clark Co., IN on 25 Jun 1902. In 1910 they resided in Franklin Twp., Johnson Co., Indiana and in 1920 in Harrison Twp., Vigo Co. Indiana. She died in San Diego on 14 Jan 1965. Buford was born 31 Mar 1870 in Indiana and died 15 Jun 1949 in San Diego. They wre the parents of at least Buford W., Katherin D. and Mary C. Tyler.
3. Otto Dewey - born 28 Feb 1873 in Indiana; died 1899 and was laid to rest at Charlestown Cemetery.
4. Alice S. Boyer - born Jan 1875. The 1900 indicates she was born in Iowa and the 1910 in Indiana.
5. John Strange Boyer - born 16 Mar 1876 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Della M. Schalk on 25 Jun 1908. Della was the daughter of Charles and Claretta (Stierheim) and was born 11 Sep 1877. They wre the parents of Dortha M. Boyer.

1. Guy Ferdinand Boyer - born 11 Nov 1876 in Charlestown, Clark Co., IN; married Addie M. Swanson and were the parents of Lois Cleo born 1908; Guy Raymond born about 1912; and Dorothy Monzel born about 1917. Family resided in Sloan, Woodbury Co., Iowa in 1930.
2. Herbert H. Boyer - born 13 Jun 1879 in Indiana; married Mary Esthina McDonald; had Mildred Norma and Herberth Theodore and and one other child born in 1903 who was born in Sloan, IA.
3. Earl F. Boyer - born 18 Sep 1884 in Iowa; married Lola Bebb; died 20 Mar 1920.
4. Alva D. Boyer - born about 1885 (1900 census indicates Dec 1884).
5. Norra Boyer - born 14 Mar 1889 in Sloan, Woodbury, Iowa; married Walter B. Eagon; died 10 May 1911.
6. Lois Boyer - born 18 Jan 1896 in Iowa; married Julian Peak Ross in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana on 29 Oct 1919 and were the parents of at least Julian P. and Margaret L. Ross.
7. Ono Carl Boyer - born 21 Jan 1896 in Sloan, Woodbury Co., IA; married Olive Mary Dobbertein and were the parents of at least Ono Carl and Peggy Boyer.
8. Grant D. Boyer - born 22 Feb 1896 in Sloan, Woodbury Co., IA; died 14 Dec 1917 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.

1. Nina Maud Boyer - born 29 Jul 1897 in Charlestown; married Floyd E. James 28 Apr 1919 in Clark Co., Indiana.
2. Jacob Maurice Boyer - born 25 Aug 1910 in Clark Co., Indiana.

He married Idella Scott in Clark Co., Indiana on 09 May 1888. The daughter of Caleb and Sarah Scott, also of Clark County, she was born 09 Sep 1867 and was a member of the Methodist Church.

They are believed to have been buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. (Brief biographical sketch)

1. Ralph Boyer - born 19 Mar 1889 in Indiana.
2. Lewis Boyer - born 11 Aug 1891 in Indiana.

In 1900 Edna and Frank were enumerated in the 1900 census residing in Charlestown with their five children. They appear to have resided here the remainder of their lives and were both buried in Charlestown Cemetery.

1. Harold McCulloch - born 14 Jul 1887 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Nita Cole 17 Nov 1914 in Clark Co., Indiana. Nita was the daughter of Jason or James Lee Cole & Ella S. Barnett and was born in Charlestown on 31 Aug 1888.
2. Henry Thadeus McCulloch - born Aug 1890 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Ella Young in Clark Co., Indiana on 03 Dec 1896 and were the parents of at least Harold, born 27 Jul 1900.
3. John McCulloch - born June 1893 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana.
4. Louise McCulloch - born 10 Jun 1895 in Clark Co., Indiana; married Carleton Francis Glick in that county on 09 Jan 1934. Carleton was born 18 Dec 1885 in Bartholomew, Indiana and was the son of Uriah F. Glick and Louise S. Fogle.
5. William B. McCulloch - born 22 Nov 1897 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana; married Eunice J. Giltner in that county on 20 Jun 1929. Eunice was the daughter of O.T. Gilnter and Flora Amick and was born 26 Aug 1901 in Clark Co., Indiana. She died 27 Dec 1995 and William on 31 May 1964 - both are buried in Charlestown Cemetery.

1. Mary Margaret Boyer - born Apr 1885; married Alonzo McCreery in Marion Co., IN on 27 Feb 1907, he the son of Jesse and Etha (Harvey).
2. Ruth H. Boyer - born Feb 1887 in Indiana; died 1967 and laid to rest at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
3. John Pye Boyer - born Mar 1889 in Indiana; died 1914 and laid to rest at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
4. Herbert James Boyer - born 15 Dec 1890 in Indiana; married Ruth E. Palmer on 27 Nov 1917 in Wayne Co., IN, she the daughter of Elbridge M. Palmer and Harriet C. (Condo).
5. Robert W. Boyer - born Apr 1894 in Indiana; buried 10 Jul 1940 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

1. Lottie Frances Williams - born 03 Nov 1881 in Indiana; married William H. Matthews.
2. Nellie Boyer Williams - born 25 Jan 1891 in Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana.

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