FAMILIES OF ST. CHARLES COUNTY written 1876 (Missouri) BOYSE - 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 Dec. 25, 1864, and his widow died in 1874, aged 79 years. They had 15 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 Co. This was on the MO-Audrain list. Alot of settlers went back and forth between Audrain and St. Charles County in the early part of the 1800s. Chris Doehring St. Louis, MO