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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.

173. JOHN RILEY⁸ BOYDSTUN (JOHN GARDNER⁷, JOHN B.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 10 Jun 1834 in Tennessee, and died 15 Mar 1886 in Dallas, Dallas Co, TX. He married LUCINDA A. WILSON 06 Jul 1867 in Ellis Co, TX B/251. She was born Abt. 1848 in "Lucy" b. Missouri, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN RILEY BOYDSTUN:
In 1850, John Riley Boydstun was living with his grandmother, Nancy Ann Boydstun.

In 1859, James Berry Boydstun and John Riley Boydstun went by wagon train to Ft. Worth, Texas from Knox County, IL. Both joined the Confederate Army in Texas. He served in Co. B, 6th Texas Cavalry.

Children of JOHN BOYDSTUN and LUCINDA WILSON are:

	i.		SARAH A.⁹ BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1867, Ellis Co, TX; d. Unknown.
	ii.		JOHN B. BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1868, Ellis Co, TX; d. Unknown.
	iii.		MARY L. BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1871, Ellis Co, TX; d. Unknown.
	iv.		WILLIE BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1873; d. Abt. 1893, (age 20 years; birth unknown).

Notes for WILLIE BOYDSTUN:
Willie first appears in "Two Sons of James Boydstun Sr. and their Descendants" by Thora Ruth Green Moody. He and sister Fannie are both apparently buried at Mason Cemetery in Dallas.

	v.		FANNIE BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1875; d. Abt. 1877, (age 2 years; birth unknown).
	vi.		CHARLES R. BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1877, Ellis Co, TX; d. Unknown.

Notes for CHARLES R. BOYDSTUN:
A probable marriage for Charles R. Boydstun was found in Dallas County, Texas, Marriage Book P on page 235:

C.R. Boydstun to Miss Maude Simmons 12 May 1897

174. LOUISA JANE⁸ BOYDSTUN (JOHN GARDNER⁷, JOHN B.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 1835 in b KY; went to Walla Walla, WA 1853, and died 08 Aug 1894 in Sulphur Springs, Ventura Co, CA. She married ISAAC ROBERT HODGEN 27 Mar 1853 in Monmouth, Warren Co, IL, son of JAMES HODGEN and DIEDEMIA MCDONALD. He was born 08 Aug 1824 in Hodgenville, KY, and died 20 Oct 1913 in Harrington, WA.

Notes for ISAAC ROBERT HODGEN:
Isaac R. Hodgen was born in Kentucky in 1824. He moved to Illinois with his family, then later to Eugene Oregon with his father, and to Smith River, California.

He is found on the 1900 U.S. Census at Colusa County, CA. All children listed, James, Robert, Laura, George, and Jennette, were born in Oregon. The parents and their parents born in Kentucky.

Children of LOUISA BOYDSTUN and ISAAC HODGEN are:

	i.		ALICE DIEDEMIA⁹ HODGEN, b. 1854, near Eugene, OR; d. 1882, Almira, WA; m. J. G. WOLFE, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	ii.		OSCAR HODGEN, b. 1856; d. Unknown.
	iii.		JAMES HODGEN, b. 1860, Oregon; d. Unknown.
	iv.		RILEY HODGEN, b. 1860; d. Unknown.
	v.		ROBERT BAKER HODGEN, b. 1866, Oregon; d. Unknown; m. GRACE MILDRED CONNOR, Unknown; b. 1892, Oregon; d. Unknown.
	vi.		EMMA HODGEN, b. 1868; d. Unknown; m. CHRISTOPHER C. FELTS, Unknown; b. Abt. 1865, of Maxwell, CA; d. Unknown.
	vii.		JOHN HODGEN, b. 1869; d. Unknown.
	viii.		LAURA HODGEN, b. 1869, Oregon; d. Unknown.
	ix.		GEORGE BERNARD HODGEN, b. 08 Sep 1873, Oregon or Maxwell, CA; d. 24 Apr 1954, bd. Willows, CA; m. MARY CATHERINE MILLER, Unknown; b. 11 Jun 1880, Ohio; d. Unknown, Spokane, WA.
	x.		JENETTE HODGEN, b. 08 Sep 1873, Oregon or Maxwell, CA; d. Unknown.

175. MARY FRANCES⁸ BOYDSTUN (JOHN GARDNER⁷, JOHN B.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 17 Feb 1839 in Warren Co, KY, and died 17 Sep 1922 in Colfax, WA. She married CORNELIUS GOODING WHITE 1855 in Linn Co, OR, son of CORNELIUS D. WHITE. He was born Unknown, and died 1891 in Colfax, WA.

Notes for MARY FRANCES BOYDSTUN:
From "The Boydstun-Boydston Family" by Gladys Domonoske, p. 228

Mary Frances Boydstun crossed the plains to the Willamette Valley with her parents in 1853, being then only 14 years old. She married Cornelius Gooding White when she was just past 16 years old. He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852 in an emigrant train. They were married in Linn County, Oregon in 1855 and settled first in Umatilla County, Oregon, but later sold their place and bought 200 acres near Crescent City on the Smith River in California, which was stocked with cattle and hogs.

A heavy rain caused the river to flood and their log cabin was flooded knee deep so they went to the new barn for shelter and were there for 3 days and nights without food. Their cows and hogs were swept away into the sea, but an Indian came in a canoe and rescued them, throwing a paddle to Cornelius to grab so he could pull the canoe to the barn for them to get into it.

They lived at Smith River until 1862 and then moved back to Umatilla County, Oregon, where in 1870 they sold their ranch and took a squatter's claim on Butter Creek, about 15 miles from Pilot Rock, Oregon. A neighbor made a trip to the Palouse River country in Washington and came back with fine reports of the advantages there, so the White family made the trip also, to see for themselves. They liked so much they stayed and were among the pioneer families of Colfax, Washington. Cornelius White died in 1891 and Mary Frances died September 17, 1922.

Children of MARY BOYDSTUN and CORNELIUS WHITE are:

	i.		MYRTLE⁹ WHITE, b. 20 Mar 1880; d. 05 Jan 1959; m. AUGUST PAULSEN, 15 Sep 1902; b. Unknown, a miner, res WA; Kellog, ID; d. discovered Hercules mine @ Kellog & became a millionaire.
	ii.		ANNA WHITE, b. Unknown; m. .. CONNER, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	iii.		EDITH WHITE, b. Unknown; m. C. M. MOORE, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	iv.		EDWARD WHITE, b. Unknown.
	v.		EVA WHITE, b. Unknown.
	vi.		JOHN WHITE, b. Unknown.
	vii.		LULU WHITE, b. Unknown; m. .. RICHARDSON, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	viii.		W. E. WHITE, b. Unknown, a physician.

176. BENJAMIN SHIRLEY⁸ BOYDSTUN (JOHN GARDNER⁷, JOHN B.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 1841 in Knox Co, IL, and died Unknown. He married MAGGIE .. Unknown in Wife #3; had 2 daus by wives 1 & 2. She was born Abt. 1850, and died Unknown.

Children of BENJAMIN BOYDSTUN and MAGGIE .. are:

	i.		GEORGE⁹ BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown; m. ALICE .., Unknown; b. Unknown.
	ii.		EDGAR BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown.

177. TABITHA ELIZABETH⁸ BOYDSTUN (JOHN GARDNER⁷, JOHN B.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 1843 in Knox Co, IL, and died Unknown. She married JOHN BARTELL Unknown. He was born 1833 in of Roseburg, OR, and died Unknown.

Children of TABITHA BOYDSTUN and JOHN BARTELL are:

	i.		OWEN⁹ BARTELL, b. 1868; d. Unknown.
	ii.		IDA M. BARTELL, b. 1869; d. Unknown.
	iii.		ARTHUR BARTELL, b. 1870; d. Unknown.
	iv.		JOHN A. BARTELL, b. 1872; d. Unknown.
	v.		TALBOT BARTELL, b. 1874, Lived in Centralia, WA; d. Unknown.
	vi.		FRANKLIN BARTELL, b. 1875; d. Unknown.
	vii.		WILLIAM L. BARTELL, b. 1877; d. Unknown.
	viii.		GEORGE S. BARTELL, b. 1878; d. Unknown.
	ix.		JESSIE T. BARTELL, b. 1881; d. Unknown.
	x.		CHARLES S. BARTELL, b. 1885; d. Unknown.

178. MARTHA ANN⁸ BOYDSTUN (JOHN GARDNER⁷, JOHN B.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 1845 in Warren Co, IL, and died 1889 in Redding, CA. She married (1) JOHN MCCOY 1861 in Smith River, CA. He was born 1831 in b. Ohio; of Maxwell, CA, and died 1881 in Maxwell, Colusa Co, CA. She married (2) .. DAVIS Unknown. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for MARTHA ANN BOYDSTUN:
After Martha's death, her two youngest children went to live with Isaac Hodgen. The McCoys and Hodgens moved together 1866-1868 to Colusa County, CA.

Notes for JOHN MCCOY:
Found on 1880 Census, Colusa County, CA

Children of MARTHA BOYDSTUN and JOHN MCCOY are:

	i.		FRANCIS⁹ MCCOY, b. 1862, "Frank"; d. Bef. 1924.
	ii.		BELLINGSLY MCCOY, b. 1864, "Bee" b. 1864; d. Aft. 1924, res Butte, MT.
	iii.		MELINDA ELLEN MCCOY, b. 1865, Smith River, CA; d. 08 May 1959, Washington; m. JEFFERSON OCENITH MARSHEL, 1883; b. 1861, Polk Co, OR; d. 1924, Willows, CA.
	iv.		LEE MCCOY, b. 1867; d. 1879, unmarried.
	v.		SYLVESTER MCCOY, b. 11 Nov 1868, Winters, Yolo Co, CA; d. 19 Oct 1962, San Jose, CA; m. MARY CLARINDA POWERS, 28 Nov 1895, Fall River Mills, CA; b. 14 May 1872, Ball's Ferry, CA; d. 29 May 1962, San Jose, CA.
	vi.		EDGAR MCCOY, b. 1870; d. 1946; m. HATTIE JONES, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	vii.		ARTHUR GRABE MCCOY, b. 1872; d. 1929, unmarried.
	viii.		GRACE MCCOY, b. 1874; d. 1966; m. JOE LOWRY, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	ix.		GUY MCCOY, b. 1876, set fire to the house about 1881; d. 1936, unmarried.
	x.		JESSE MCCOY, b. 1878; d. 1959, Res Oroville, CA; m. SETH CRESS, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	xi.		MAUDE MCCOY, b. 1878; d. 1959, Res Medford, OR; m. GUS NEWBERRY, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. an attorney.

179. SARAH FRANCES⁸ BOYDSTUN (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN⁷, JOHN B.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 14 Jul 1839 in Adams Co, IL, and died 29 Oct 1871 in Rockwall, Kaufman Co, TX. She married PRESLEY EDWARD SMITH 16 Jan 1859 in Rockwall, Kaufman Co, TX, son of WILLIAM SMITH and MARY TOWNSEND. He was born 28 Dec 1837 in "Dock" b. Logan Co, KY, and died 04 May 1917 in Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, TX.

Notes for SARAH FRANCES BOYDSTUN:
Sarah was living with her aunt Mary Ann Boydstun Butler in Greenbush Township, Warren County, Illinois, in 1870.

Notes for PRESLEY EDWARD SMITH:
From notes of Presley Smith, November 1997:

Presley E. Smith is found on the 1850 Census of Madison County, MO. He was William Smith's neighbor in 1860 Census of Freestone County, TX. His death certificate (#13925) erroneously lists P. E. Smith as his father and correctly lists Mary Townsend as his mother. According to Logan County, KY marriage records, Mary Townsend married William H. Smith.

Freestone County, Texas Deed Book R, pages 371, 372, 378 and others, Presley Smith received most of the land that William Smith owned at his deat in the same county.

Mary Smith, wife of William, was living with Presley in the 1880 Census in Texas.

Members of the Church of Christ. Elder of the church at Uvedale.

Military Record: Private, Company D, 10th Texas Infantry in the Civil War. Taken prisoner at the Arkansas Pass battle and held at Camp Douglas in Chicago. Pensioner in Texas. Was a teamster during the war.

U. S. Census:
1850 - Madison County, MO
1860 - Freestone County, MO
1870 - Rockwall (then Kaufman) County, Texas
1880 - Callahan County, Texas
1900 - Uvalde County, Texas
1910 - Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas

Children of SARAH BOYDSTUN and PRESLEY SMITH are:

WILLIAM FRANKLIN⁹ SMITH, b. 05 Jan 1861, Freestone Co, TX; d. 20 Jul 1944, Ordway, Crowley Co, CO; m. LILA SPENCER, 18 Dec 1893, Pottawatomie Co, OK; b. 01 Dec 1873, Calhoun Co, GA; d. 19 Nov 1948, La Junta, Otero Co, CO.

Notes for WILLIAM FRANKLIN SMITH:
William F. Smith is mentioned in Presley Smith's obituary which was published in a Beaumont, Texas, newspaper. At that time, he lived in Colorado.

US Census:
1870 -
1880 -
1900 - Pottawatomie County, OK
1910 - Otero County, CO

William F. Smith is buried in block 7, lot 5 of the Hill Crest Cemetery in Rocky Ford, Colorado. Birth and death dates are from records of Ustick Donaldson's Funeral Home in Rocky Ford.

(Above sent by Presley Smith, November 1997)

Notes for LILA SPENCER:
Presley Smith spells this name variously Lela, Lila, Lilia.

ii.

MARY E. SMITH, b. 22 Jun 1866, Rockwall, Kaufman Co, TX; d. 23 Apr 1951, Houston, Harris Co, TX; m. JOHN CALVIN TABOR, Unknown; b. 28 Jan 1861, Grayson Co, TX; d. 04 Apr 1909, San Jacinto Co, TX.

Notes for MARY E. SMITH:
Presley Smith has found Texas Death Certificate #19047 for Mary E. Tabor.

He also cites her obituary from the Houston Chronicle (no date given):
Mrs. Mary E. Tabor, 84, of 313 W. Twentieth, died at her residence at 7:15 a.m. Monday. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Aileen Miler and Mrs. S. T. Walker both of Houston; Mrs. O. G. Chandler of Huntsville, Mrs. J. H. Morton of Dallas; two sons, C. E. Tabor of Houston; J. F. Tabor of Rosemeade, Cal.; three sisters, Mrs. J. C. White and Mrs. W. F. Foy of Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. R. T. Jones of Port Arthur; one brother, B. E. Smith of Uvalde, eight grandchildren.

(note: it is uncertain which of the daughters married James Morton and Sam T. Walker)

	iii.		MINNIE ISABEL SMITH, b. 20 Jun 1869, Kaufman Co, TX; d. 11 Aug 1959, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA; m. JESSE CLEARY WHITE, 22 Jun 1890, Baird/Clyde, Callahan Co, TX; b. 08 Sep 1854, Grimes Co, TX; d. 24 Sep 1926, Glendale, Los Angeles Co, CA.
	iv.		FRANCES AGNES SMITH, b. 28 Oct 1871, Kaufman Co, TX; d. 14 Feb 1955, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA; m. WALTER FRANKLIN FOY, 25 Oct 1891, Baird, Callahan Co, TX; b. 13 Jan 1869, Elysian Fields, Harrison Co, TX; d. 03 Jun 1953, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA.

Notes for FRANCES AGNES SMITH:
According to Presley Smith, Frances S. Foy's obituary appeared in:
Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb 1955, Part 2, page 7, column 4

Notes for WALTER FRANKLIN FOY:
According to Presley Smith, Walter Foy's obituary appeared in:
Los Angeles Times - 5 Jun 1953, Part 2, page 9
New York Times - 5 Jun 1953, page 27, col. 3

Walter Foy owned drug stores in Dallas and in California. He moved his family to Los Angeles in about 1923.

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