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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.


247. JAMES TERREL8 BOYDSTUN (JAMES D.7, BENJAMIN G.6, JAMES5, DAVID4 BOYDSTON, WILLIAM3 BOYLSTON, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 18 Jan 1845 in Twin to Benjamin Isaac - b. Knox Co, IL, and died 18 Feb 1923 in Knox Co, IL. He married MARTHA C. KARR 09 Aug 1871 in Knox Co, IL. She was born 30 Nov 1855, and died 10 Jan 1943 in Knox Co, IL.

Notes for JAMES TERREL BOYDSTUN:
Obituary of Terrell Boydstun:

Song by James Ground and others; mentions parents, date of birth, date of death, date of marriage, wife, children.
     
Children of JAMES BOYDSTUN and MARTHA KARR are:
  i.   JAMES B.9 BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1872, Illinois; d. Bef. 1923, said to have died in 1923 obit of his father; m. BELLE EDWARDS, Unknown, no children; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  ii.   JENNIE N. BOYDSTUN, b. 14 Sep 1874; d. 03 Feb 1913, said to have died in 1923 obit of her father; m. JOHN COLE DICKERSON, 07 Nov 1894, (several children); md. Knox Co, IL; b. 24 Oct 1869, Indian Point, Knox Co, IL; d. 04 Aug 1937, Avon, IL.
  iii.   ELTA BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1878; d. Aft. 1923, Res Sunnyvale, CA 1923; m. KIRK JOHNSON, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  iv.   LOY BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1880; d. Aft. 1923, Res Soquel, CA 1923; m. FLORENCE .., Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  v.   ETNA BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1885; d. Aft. 1923, Res Galesburg, IL 1923; m. ROY JOHNSON, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  vi.   EDNA L. BOYDSTUN, b. 19 Mar 1891; d. 19 Mar 1891, Knox Co, IL.


248. WILLIAM SAMUEL8 BOYDSTUN (JAMES D.7, BENJAMIN G.6, JAMES5, DAVID4 BOYDSTON, WILLIAM3 BOYLSTON, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 07 Feb 1847 in Abingdon, Knox Co, IL, and died 06 Feb 1913 in Shenandoah, Page Co, IA. He married ELOINE FRANCES HOWARD 20 Jun 1868 in Monmouth, Warren Co, IL, daughter of GEORGE HOWARD and MARY WHITTEN. She was born 11 Aug 1852 in Abingdon, Knox Co, IL, and died 11 Oct 1924 in (Shenandoah, Page Co, IA?).

Notes for WILLIAM SAMUEL BOYDSTUN:
The death location comes from World Family Tree Vol. 13, Pedigree #3039.
     
Children of WILLIAM BOYDSTUN and ELOINE HOWARD are:
  i.   CLARENCE EDGAR9 BOYDSTUN, b. 15 May 1869, Illinois; d. 17 Feb 1917; m. (1) LOUISE WHITING, Unknown, no children; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (2) EMMA LEWIS, Unknown, no children; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  ii.   IDA ANN BOYDSTUN, b. 14 Feb 1871, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL; d. 01 Jun 1931, Shenandoah, Page Co, IA; m. EDWARD SAMUEL WELCH, 24 Dec 1891, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL; Rev. J. L. Crawford; b. 08 Feb 1869; d. Unknown.
  Notes for EDWARD SAMUEL WELCH:
Welch and Allied Families

Author: Gustine Courson Weaver
Call Number: CS71.W422x

4. Ebenezer Erskine Hillis Welch, b. Aug. 24, 1835, d.
Oct. 20, 1886 at Shenandoah, Iowa. Buried in Rose
Hill Cemetery. Md. Jan. 8, 1865, Keziah Elizabeth
Yowell at Williamsville, Ill., by Rev. Goodpasture.
She was born Nov. 18, 1835, d. Aug. 24, 1926. Mov-Kansas,
in spring of 1879, to Miami Co., Kansas,
of 1881, then to Shenandoah, Iowa, in spring of 1882.
Their descendants follow:
VIII. Ebenezer Erskine Hillis Welch, son of Samuel Green
Welch and wife Polly (Mary) Hillis, born August 24,
1835, died Oct. 20, 1886. Wife Keziah Elizabeth
Yowell (See Chapter on Yowell), born Nov. 18,
1835, in Putnam Co., Indiana, died August 24, 1926,
at Shenandoah, Iowa; married Jan. 8, 1865. Ebenezer
Erskine Welch was a private in Company I, 1st Ill.
Regiment of Vol. July 1861.
Keziah Elizabeth Yowell was the third child of James
and Emily Yowell of Lincoln Co., Kentucky, near Hustonville.
They moved to Putnam Co., Indiana, then
to Sangamon Co., Ill., in 1857. Seven children:
(1) John Owen Welch, born Nov. 10, 1865. Married
Oct. 11, 1889 to Mollie Bouchillon. Born
April 7, 1875, daughter of Isaac Newton
Bouchillon and Caroline Jane Gilder.
Children:
1. Carrie May, born Sept. 16, 1900. Married
June 6, 1925, William Bianconi,
born Sept. 16, 1900. Son of John Bianconi
and Nora Crom. Children as follows:
1. Betty May, born April 26, 1926.
2. John William, born March 4, 1927.
2. Albert Newton, born Jan. 12, 1903. Married
Edith French, April 9, 1927. Daughter
of Warren Fred French and Beatrice
Lillian Bennett. Children:
1. Phyllis Jane Welch, born Feb. 6,
1928.
2. Wallace Edward, born July 24,
1929.
3. Myrtle Edith, born Sept. 30, 1906. Married
June 21, 1930 to Wm. Edward
Decker, born July 4, 1903. Son of Wm.
Edward Decker and Georgiana Ludesher.
4. Carl Owen, born Oct. 4, 1907. Married
Nov. 6, 1930. Ailene Grau Fletcher,
born Nov. 14, 1912. Daughter of Layfayette
Fletcher and Maggie Bell Van
Trump.
Second child of Ebenezer Erskine Welch and
Keziah Yowell.
(2) James Clarence, born Feb. 10, 1867. Married Nov.
17, 1888 to Lena Leota Mason. Daughter of Harriet
Jane Weekley and Samuel Burris Mason, born March
22, 1847, son of Isaac Mason, who was a Revolutionary
Soldier, Private, Johnstown, N. Y. Volunteered
May 1, 1781.
Children:
1. Mildred Esteline, born May 2, 1892, died December
29, 1920. Married to James Raymond
Haley, born April 4, 1889, died Aug. 7, 1929,
at Shenandoah, Iowa.
Children:
1. Mayrilla Fern, born March 5, 1915.
2. Helen Elizabeth, born June 21, 1918.
3. James Raymond, Jr., born Dec. 28, 1920.
2. Bess Marie, born April 25, 1897; died Dec.
26, 1923. Married John Bennett, April 26,
1919 at Clarinda, Iowa.
3. Homer Mason, born Feb. 15, 1899. Married
Marion Aylene Ferguson of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, June 10, 1926.
(J. C. Welch is prop. of the Welch Nurseries of
Shenandoah, Iowa.)
(Third child of Ebenezer Erskine Welch and wife
Keziah Yowell.)
(3) Edward Samuel Welch, born Feb. 8, 1869. Married
Dec. 24, 1891 to Ida Ann Boydstun, born Feb. 14,
1781 (Rev. J. L. Crawford, Abingdon, Ill., performed
the ceremony); died June 1, 1931. Mrs. Welch's
lineage is given in full in two splendid volumes which
have been published heretofore called The Boydstun
Family, her Father's lineage in full, and the Howard
Lineage being her Mother's full lineage. Books written
by the author of this volume.
Two Children:
(1) Gertrude Frances Welch, born Sept. 14, 1892;
married Earl Ernest May, born March 21,
1888, on June 8, 1916; the son of Richard
May and Rosa Ernest.
Two Children:
1. Frances Lenore, born April 28, 1917.
2. Edward Welch, born July 28, 1919.
(2) Wayne Nye Welch, born Jan. 29, 1906.
(Adopted 1908.)
(Fourth child of Ebenezer Erskine Welch and
Keziah Yowell.)
(4) George Leon, born Nov. 24, 1870, died Jan. 8, 1927;
married May 1, 1895, Mary Herbert Adair, born Apr.
15, 1876, daughter of Kathryn McKay Ledingham and
William Nelson Adair.
Children:
(1) Grace Margaret, born June 21, 1897; married
Dec. 10, 1919, Elmer V. B. Scott, born May 22,
1885, son of V. H. Scott, born March 20, 1853,
died Dec. 3, 1902, and Alice C. Mack, born
Sept. 28, 1852, died Dec. 14, 1917.
Children:
1. Betty May, born May 12, 1923.
(2) Eugene Hillis, born Aug. 2, 1902; married
Aug. 1, 1921, Ethel G. King, born March 3,
1901, daughter of J. E. King, born November
19, 1880, and Nettie McBee, born April 9,
1881.
(3) George Leon, born Jan. 14, 1906.
(4) Agnes, born March 17, 1907; married Jan. 12,
1928, to G. A. Gritzmacher, born July 9, 1906,
son of B. J. F. Gritzmacher, born March 17,
1873 and Florence L. Elliott, (???), 1882.
(Fifth child of Ebenezer Erskine Welch and
Keziah Yowell.)
5. Frank William Welch, born Oct. 26, 1873, Shenandoah,
Iowa, Fremont Co.,; married September 11,
1895, Mary Belle Steele, Mound City, Mo., born Jan.
16, 1877, daughter of John Harrison Steele, born Dec.
17, 1848, died April 2, 1919, and Elizabeth Smith,
born Jan. 23, 1852; married May 1, 1870.
Children:
(1) Harold Steele, born Dec. 29, 1896, Shenandoah,
Iowa, Fremont Co.; married June 12,
1919, Alice Buntz, born Oct. 8, 1897, Shenandoah,
Iowa, daughter of Clemmia Jane Mawkinney,
born Nov. 29, 1861, Northboro, Iowa,
and Everett Joseph Buntz, born Feb. 5, 1849;
died Sept. 6th, 1909, Shenandoah, Iowa. (Married
Feb. 8, 1882.)
Children:
1. Phyllis Jane, born Aug. 30, 1920, Shenandoah,
Iowa.
2. William Richard (Billy), born June 4,
1926.
(Sixth child of Ebenezer Erskine Welch and
Keziah Yowell.)
6. Mary Emily, born August 13, 1874; married August
24, 1896 to Edward Malone, born Nov. 3, 1874, son of
Alexander Malone and Susan George.
Children:
(1) Earl Alexander, born Jan. 31, 1897; married
Louise (???), Sept. 1, 1929.
(2) Harold, born April 2, 1898, died Sept. 17,
1898.
(3) Walter Welch, born May 30, 1899; married
Missel Bailey, born March 17, 1902, at Shenandoah,
Iowa, Aug. 22, 1926.
(4) Florence Elizabeth, born Feb. 15, 1901; married
John D. Rutherford, Feb. 15, 1921.
Children:
1. Toxey Edwards, Oct. 31, 1923.
2. Robert England, June 9, 1925.
(5) Opal Lucile, born Aug. 24, 1903; married Wm.
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D. Nichols, Oct. 2, 1924:
Child:
1. Wm. Dewey, June 8, 1926.
(6) Marjorie Ella, born Aug. 10, 1905.
(7) Gordon Hillis, born Nov. 1, 1908.
(8) Maryedna Ida, born Aug. 17, 1915.
(Seventh child of Ebenezer Erskine Welch and
Keziah Yowell.)
7. Frederick Erskine Welch, born June 22, 1880; died
Nov. 12, 1920; married Sept. 12, 1905 to Dora Ella
Dodd, born Dec. 24, 1878, daughter of Thomas Henry
Dodd and Mary Elizabeth Coleman.
Children:
(1) Edith Viola, born Aug. 22, 1906.
(2) Vivian Elberta, born December 22, 1907; married
Owen Blackwell, Jan. 11, 1929, son of
Roscoe Owen Blackwell and Mabel Chastain.
Children:
1. Jacquelyn Elaine, born Oct. 8, 1929.
2. Carolyn Elizabeth, born April 19, 1931.
(3) Agnes Elizabeth, born May 15, 1909.
(4) Fern Louise, born Feb. 28, 1911; married
Dec. 24, 1930 to Tommie Brewer, son of Henderson
Brewer and Ruby McCloud.
(5) Gladys May, born Jan. 27, 1914.
(6) Edward Henry, born March 12, 1916.
(7) Clarence Hillis, born May 27, 1918.
(8) Ida Dodd, born Dec. 18, 1920.
(Contributed by Alpha Welch Carter, St. John, Kansas)
(Fifth Child of Samuel Green Welch and
Polly Mary Hillis)

  iii.   ELBERT HUGH BOYDSTUN, b. 12 Feb 1876; d. 08 Jun 1877.
  iv.   CHARLES TERRELL BOYDSTUN, b. 07 Jul 1879; d. Unknown; m. BESSIE HAYES, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  v.   EDITH LEONA BOYDSTUN, b. 31 Jan 1883; d. 28 May 1909; m. HERMAN DOWNER, Unknown, no children; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  vi.   ELTA OLIVE BOYDSTUN, b. 01 Aug 1887, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL; d. Aft. 1959, DAR National #248754; m. CLIFFORD H. YOUNG, 24 Dec 1912, Shenandoah, Page Co, IA; b. 22 Apr 1887, Prairie City, IL; d. Aft. 1959.
  vii.   HAZEL HOWARD BOYDSTUN, b. 22 Feb 1893; d. 08 Aug 1893.

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