BOYCE, Charles W., Sr., Roxbury, Miss., then Rapides Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. 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.