Charles W. Boyce, Sr., Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Boyce, Charles W., Sr., was born in Roxbury, Miss., on the 27th day of May,
1827, came to Alexandria, La., in the early '40's, was married to Bithiah
Turner, Feb. 25, 1851, and died Nov. 25, 1871.  He served in the Mexican
war of 1845 and ~846, and upon returning home engaged in newspaper business
in Alexandria, being editor and proprietor of the ''Red River American''
and the ''Constitutional,'' before and during the Civil war.  He was
opposed to secession, was a great admirer of Lincoln, and was always a
staunch republican.  He was a member of the state senate in 1865 and
carried the electoral vote of the state to Washington that year.  He served
as a member of police jury many years, of which he was president, before
and after the war; was engaged in the mercantile business in Pineville,
La., and also edited several papers in Alexandria.  Chas. W. Boyce Jr., was
born in Pineville, La., March 1, 1855, and after an elementary education,
started out for himself when about 14 years of age.  He worked in the
printing business for some 2 years, then accepted a position with G. W.
Bolton in the mercantile business, and remained with him over 30 years,
succeeding him in business in 1901.  In this he was very successful and
retired in 1911.  He was jury commissioner for many years, and director of
Rapides bank at Alexandria.  Mr. Boyce was never an aspirant for political
office.  He is now living in the home where he was born at Pineville
opposite Alexandria.  In 1880 he married Carrie H., daughter of A. G.
Scott, of Sussex county, Va., and Laura B. Houston, of Abbeville county, S.C.

Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 802.  Edited by Alc
e Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.