J. W. Boyce Biography


	This biography appears on page 1900 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	J. W. BOYCE, senior member of the firm of Boyce & Warren, which 
controls an excellent and important legal business at Sioux Falls, was 
born in the town of Oregon, Dane county, Wisconsin. He remained on the 
homestead farm until he had attained the age of fifteen years, having 
in the meanwhile attended the public schools of the locality, and then 
his parents removed to Madison, the capital of the state, where he 
completed a course in the high school and then entered the 'University 
of Wisconsin, where he completed courses in both the literary and law 
departments. He then came to Sioux Falls and engaged in the practice of 
his profession, entering into partnership with his brother, the late F. 
L. Boyce, under the firm name of Boyce & Boyce. In order to still 
farther fortify himself for the broader work of his profession he 
entered the law school of Boston University, being graduated with high 
honors. He then returned to Sioux Falls, where he continued in 
practice.