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William Marcus "Bill" Boyles was born Feb. 22, 1887 in/near Eleazer, Troy, Montgomery Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Dr. Augustus Clingman "A.C." Boyles (1867-1936) & Anna Eliza "Annie" Coggin (1864-1914), the 3rd of their four known children, all boys.
Bill's father, AC, a graduate of Baltimore University's School of Medicine, was a medical doctor. He was the son of Rev. Marcus Wrightman "M.W." Boyles (1842-1892), a veteran of the Civil War and a Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) preacher, and Susan A. (Alice ?) Wood (1846-1895). Bill's paternal grandfather, Marcus, died as a result of the world-wide flu epidemic of 1889-92. He was only 49. His wife died just three years later. They are buried in the Lexington City Cemetery in Lexington, Davidson Co., NC.
Bill's paternal great-grandparents were Rev. Josiah Adolphus "Joseph" Boyles (1816-1894) and Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Yount (1819-1905). His GG-grandparents were Rev. John Boyles II (1770-1843) and Margaret Whitaker (1765-1849). Both Josiah and John were also Methodist Episcopal (ME) preachers. John was the grandson of William Boyles (1720-1818), who had immigrated from Ireland to Norfolk, Virginia about 1839 with his younger brother, Charles Boyles (1722-1813). The two brothers had worked as deck hands to pay for their passage to America.
Bill's mother, Annie, was the daughter of Burrell Titus Coggin Jr. (1836-1873) and Cirona Harris (1836-1873). Annie and her husband, AC, are buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina. Bill's mother, Annie, was a patient at the Dorothy Dix Mental Hospital being treated for severe depression at the time of her death
Bill, who never married, was a WWI veteran. He enlisted in the US Army on May 15, 1918 at the age of 20 and served his country until his honorable discharge on May 14, 1922. In 1935, he was accepted in to the Veterans Work Program and assigned to Camp #1 in Windley Key, Monroe Co., Florida.
On Sept. 2, 1935 (Labor Day) Bill and 258 other veterans, had been working on a federal road project in the upper Florida Keys area when a massive hurricane hit the area on Labor Day. Bill and all the other veterans, as well as a number of civilians (150+), lost their lives in what was called "The Storm of the Century". A delayed train evacuation by the government is thought by many to have led to their deaths.
Most of the bodies recovered (some were lost to the ocean) were unidentifiable and consequently were cremated. Evidence seems to indicate that Bill's body was one of those that was found and soon cremated. He was just 38.
The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Memorial, located in Islamorada, Monroe Co., Florida, was created in 1937 to remember those who lost their lives in that terrible storm. The cremated remains of over 300 victims lies just beneath it.
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The information contained in this memorial for William Marcus "Bill" Boyles, his family members and ancestors, is thought o be correct. This memorial is revised/corrected, however, as new information becomes available.
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William Marcus "Bill" Boyles was born Feb. 22, 1887 in/near Eleazer, Troy, Montgomery Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Dr. Augustus Clingman "A.C." Boyles (1867-1936) & Anna Eliza "Annie" Coggin (1864-1914), the 3rd of their four known children, all boys.
Bill's father, AC, a graduate of Baltimore University's School of Medicine, was a medical doctor. He was the son of Rev. Marcus Wrightman "M.W." Boyles (1842-1892), a veteran of the Civil War and a Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) preacher, and Susan A. (Alice ?) Wood (1846-1895). Bill's paternal grandfather, Marcus, died as a result of the world-wide flu epidemic of 1889-92. He was only 49. His wife died just three years later. They are buried in the Lexington City Cemetery in Lexington, Davidson Co., NC.
Bill's paternal great-grandparents were Rev. Josiah Adolphus "Joseph" Boyles (1816-1894) and Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Yount (1819-1905). His GG-grandparents were Rev. John Boyles II (1770-1843) and Margaret Whitaker (1765-1849). Both Josiah and John were also Methodist Episcopal (ME) preachers. John was the grandson of William Boyles (1720-1818), who had immigrated from Ireland to Norfolk, Virginia about 1839 with his younger brother, Charles Boyles (1722-1813). The two brothers had worked as deck hands to pay for their passage to America.
Bill's mother, Annie, was the daughter of Burrell Titus Coggin Jr. (1836-1873) and Cirona Harris (1836-1873). Annie and her husband, AC, are buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina. Bill's mother, Annie, was a patient at the Dorothy Dix Mental Hospital being treated for severe depression at the time of her death
Bill, who never married, was a WWI veteran. He enlisted in the US Army on May 15, 1918 at the age of 20 and served his country until his honorable discharge on May 14, 1922. In 1935, he was accepted in to the Veterans Work Program and assigned to Camp #1 in Windley Key, Monroe Co., Florida.
On Sept. 2, 1935 (Labor Day) Bill and 258 other veterans, had been working on a federal road project in the upper Florida Keys area when a massive hurricane hit the area on Labor Day. Bill and all the other veterans, as well as a number of civilians (150+), lost their lives in what was called "The Storm of the Century". A delayed train evacuation by the government is thought by many to have led to their deaths.
Most of the bodies recovered (some were lost to the ocean) were unidentifiable and consequently were cremated. Evidence seems to indicate that Bill's body was one of those that was found and soon cremated. He was just 38.
The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Memorial, located in Islamorada, Monroe Co., Florida, was created in 1937 to remember those who lost their lives in that terrible storm. The cremated remains of over 300 victims lies just beneath it.
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The information contained in this memorial for William Marcus "Bill" Boyles, his family members and ancestors, is thought o be correct. This memorial is revised/corrected, however, as new information becomes available.
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William Marcus "Bill" Boyles was born Feb. 22, 1887 in/near Eleazer, Troy, Montgomery Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Dr. Augustus Clingman "A.C." Boyles (1867-1936) & Anna Eliza "Annie" Coggin (1864-1914), the 3rd of their four known children, all boys.
Bill's father, AC, a graduate of Baltimore University's School of Medicine, was a medical doctor. He was the son of Rev. Marcus Wrightman "M.W." Boyles (1842-1892), a veteran of the Civil War and a Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) preacher, and Susan A. (Alice ?) Wood (1846-1895). Bill's paternal grandfather, Marcus, died as a result of the world-wide flu epidemic of 1889-92. He was only 49. His wife died just three years later. They are buried in the Lexington City Cemetery in Lexington, Davidson Co., NC.
Bill's paternal great-grandparents were Rev. Josiah Adolphus "Joseph" Boyles (1816-1894) and Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Yount (1819-1905). His GG-grandparents were Rev. John Boyles II (1770-1843) and Margaret Whitaker (1765-1849). Both Josiah and John were also Methodist Episcopal (ME) preachers. John was the grandson of William Boyles (1720-1818), who had immigrated from Ireland to Norfolk, Virginia about 1839 with his younger brother, Charles Boyles (1722-1813). The two brothers had worked as deck hands to pay for their passage to America.
Bill's mother, Annie, was the daughter of Burrell Titus Coggin Jr. (1836-1873) and Cirona Harris (1836-1873). Annie and her husband, AC, are buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina. Bill's mother, Annie, was a patient at the Dorothy Dix Mental Hospital being treated for severe depression at the time of her death
Bill, who never married, was a WWI veteran. He enlisted in the US Army on May 15, 1918 at the age of 20 and served his country until his honorable discharge on May 14, 1922. In 1935, he was accepted in to the Veterans Work Program and assigned to Camp #1 in Windley Key, Monroe Co., Florida.
On Sept. 2, 1935 (Labor Day) Bill and 258 other veterans, had been working on a federal road project in the upper Florida Keys area when a massive hurricane hit the area on Labor Day. Bill and all the other veterans, as well as a number of civilians (150+), lost their lives in what was called "The Storm of the Century". A delayed train evacuation by the government is thought by many to have led to their deaths.
Most of the bodies recovered (some were lost to the ocean) were unidentifiable and consequently were cremated. Evidence seems to indicate that Bill's body was one of those that was found and soon cremated. He was just 38.
The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Memorial, located in Islamorada, Monroe Co., Florida, was created in 1937 to remember those who lost their lives in that terrible storm. The cremated remains of over 300 victims lies just beneath it.
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The information contained in this memorial for William Marcus "Bill" Boyles, his family members and ancestors, is thought o be correct. This memorial is revised/corrected, however, as new information becomes available.
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William Marcus "Bill" Boyles was born Feb. 22, 1887 in/near Eleazer, Troy, Montgomery Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Dr. Augustus Clingman "A.C." Boyles (1867-1936) & Anna Eliza "Annie" Coggin (1864-1914), the 3rd of their four known children, all boys.
Bill's father, AC, a graduate of Baltimore University's School of Medicine, was a medical doctor. He was the son of Rev. Marcus Wrightman "M.W." Boyles (1842-1892), a veteran of the Civil War and a Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) preacher, and Susan A. (Alice ?) Wood (1846-1895). Bill's paternal grandfather, Marcus, died as a result of the world-wide flu epidemic of 1889-92. He was only 49. His wife died just three years later. They are buried in the Lexington City Cemetery in Lexington, Davidson Co., NC.
Bill's paternal great-grandparents were Rev. Josiah Adolphus "Joseph" Boyles (1816-1894) and Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Yount (1819-1905). His GG-grandparents were Rev. John Boyles II (1770-1843) and Margaret Whitaker (1765-1849). Both Josiah and John were also Methodist Episcopal (ME) preachers. John was the grandson of William Boyles (1720-1818), who had immigrated from Ireland to Norfolk, Virginia about 1839 with his younger brother, Charles Boyles (1722-1813). The two brothers had worked as deck hands to pay for their passage to America.
Bill's mother, Annie, was the daughter of Burrell Titus Coggin Jr. (1836-1873) and Cirona Harris (1836-1873). Annie and her husband, AC, are buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina. Bill's mother, Annie, was a patient at the Dorothy Dix Mental Hospital being treated for severe depression at the time of her death
Bill, who never married, was a WWI veteran. He enlisted in the US Army on May 15, 1918 at the age of 20 and served his country until his honorable discharge on May 14, 1922. In 1935, he was accepted in to the Veterans Work Program and assigned to Camp #1 in Windley Key, Monroe Co., Florida.
On Sept. 2, 1935 (Labor Day) Bill and 258 other veterans, had been working on a federal road project in the upper Florida Keys area when a massive hurricane hit the area on Labor Day. Bill and all the other veterans, as well as a number of civilians (150+), lost their lives in what was called "The Storm of the Century". A delayed train evacuation by the government is thought by many to have led to their deaths.
Most of the bodies recovered (some were lost to the ocean) were unidentifiable and consequently were cremated. Evidence seems to indicate that Bill's body was one of those that was found and soon cremated. He was just 38.
The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Memorial, located in Islamorada, Monroe Co., Florida, was created in 1937 to remember those who lost their lives in that terrible storm. The cremated remains of over 300 victims lies just beneath it.
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The information contained in this memorial for William Marcus "Bill" Boyles, his family members and ancestors, is thought o be correct. This memorial is revised/corrected, however, as new information becomes available.
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