Sketch of Matthew R. Boyse, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Matthew R. Boyse was born in Wexford Co., Ireland, in 1788. In 1814 he married Ann Cullin, and in 1825 they emigrated to the United States. They settled first in Wheeling, VA., but came to St. Louis, MO., in 1827. In 1837 they removed to St. Charles, but returned to St. Louis in 1843, where they resided the rest of their lives. Mr. Boyse died December 25, 1864, and his widow died in 1874, aged 79 years. They had fifteen children, of whom the following lived to be grown: Mary, Ellen, John, Clement, Martin, Ann, Matthew, Jane and William. Mary married Samuel Maxwell, of St. Louis, and died in 1872. Ellen married Daniel Emerson, of Dog Prairie, St. Charles County. John married Mrs. McKinney, whose maiden name was Celeste Cornoyer, and died in 1868. Clement married Martha A. Drury. Martin married Johanna Casey, of Washington County. Ann married Michael McGuire, of St. Louis. Matthew married Ellen Murphy, of St. Louis, and died in 1857. Jane married John O'Brien, of Lincoln County. William married Susan E. Drury. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================