Wilbur L. Boyce and Jennie Abernathy were married on April 28, 1896 at Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. The marriage record shows that he was 23 years old, born in Helena, Montana, the son of James R. Boyce and Bettie Fant.
He enlisted at Butte on May 10, 1898 in Company L, 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered out as a Sergeant on September 8, 1898 at Camp Thomas, Georgia.
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'Daily Inter Mountain,' Butte, MT
15 June 1899, Image 8:
WILBUR BOYCE'S FUNERAL.
The inquest on the remains of Wilbur Boyce, who died yesterday from an overdose of morphine, probably taken with suicidal intent, will be held at Richard's undertaking rooms tonight, and it is quite probable that some testimony will be adduced at the inquest tending to explain the motives that led up to the rash deed. To a friend whom Boyce had known since boyhood he confided his intention of taking his life, but as the young man was considered somewhat erratic by his associates no attention was paid to the threat, as his friend did not dream that he seriously considered making an end of himself. This was on Miner's Union day and Boyce was considerably under the influence of liquor at the time. It was learned today that Boyce's wife is with her father and sister in St. Joe, Missouri. The statement that she is in Seattle is a mistake. The remains of the unfortunate young man are at the residence of his uncle, J. H. Curtis, at No. 334 South Washington street, and at which place the funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rough Riders, of which the deceased was a member, will probably turn out in a body to do honor to the memory of their late comrade.
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He enlisted at Butte on May 10, 1898 in Company L, 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered out as a Sergeant on September 8, 1898 at Camp Thomas, Georgia.
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'Daily Inter Mountain,' Butte, MT
15 June 1899, Image 8:
WILBUR BOYCE'S FUNERAL.
The inquest on the remains of Wilbur Boyce, who died yesterday from an overdose of morphine, probably taken with suicidal intent, will be held at Richard's undertaking rooms tonight, and it is quite probable that some testimony will be adduced at the inquest tending to explain the motives that led up to the rash deed. To a friend whom Boyce had known since boyhood he confided his intention of taking his life, but as the young man was considered somewhat erratic by his associates no attention was paid to the threat, as his friend did not dream that he seriously considered making an end of himself. This was on Miner's Union day and Boyce was considerably under the influence of liquor at the time. It was learned today that Boyce's wife is with her father and sister in St. Joe, Missouri. The statement that she is in Seattle is a mistake. The remains of the unfortunate young man are at the residence of his uncle, J. H. Curtis, at No. 334 South Washington street, and at which place the funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rough Riders, of which the deceased was a member, will probably turn out in a body to do honor to the memory of their late comrade.
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Wilbur L. Boyce and Jennie Abernathy were married on April 28, 1896 at Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. The marriage record shows that he was 23 years old, born in Helena, Montana, the son of James R. Boyce and Bettie Fant.
He enlisted at Butte on May 10, 1898 in Company L, 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered out as a Sergeant on September 8, 1898 at Camp Thomas, Georgia.
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'Daily Inter Mountain,' Butte, MT
15 June 1899, Image 8:
WILBUR BOYCE'S FUNERAL.
The inquest on the remains of Wilbur Boyce, who died yesterday from an overdose of morphine, probably taken with suicidal intent, will be held at Richard's undertaking rooms tonight, and it is quite probable that some testimony will be adduced at the inquest tending to explain the motives that led up to the rash deed. To a friend whom Boyce had known since boyhood he confided his intention of taking his life, but as the young man was considered somewhat erratic by his associates no attention was paid to the threat, as his friend did not dream that he seriously considered making an end of himself. This was on Miner's Union day and Boyce was considerably under the influence of liquor at the time. It was learned today that Boyce's wife is with her father and sister in St. Joe, Missouri. The statement that she is in Seattle is a mistake. The remains of the unfortunate young man are at the residence of his uncle, J. H. Curtis, at No. 334 South Washington street, and at which place the funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rough Riders, of which the deceased was a member, will probably turn out in a body to do honor to the memory of their late comrade.
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He enlisted at Butte on May 10, 1898 in Company L, 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered out as a Sergeant on September 8, 1898 at Camp Thomas, Georgia.
~~
'Daily Inter Mountain,' Butte, MT
15 June 1899, Image 8:
WILBUR BOYCE'S FUNERAL.
The inquest on the remains of Wilbur Boyce, who died yesterday from an overdose of morphine, probably taken with suicidal intent, will be held at Richard's undertaking rooms tonight, and it is quite probable that some testimony will be adduced at the inquest tending to explain the motives that led up to the rash deed. To a friend whom Boyce had known since boyhood he confided his intention of taking his life, but as the young man was considered somewhat erratic by his associates no attention was paid to the threat, as his friend did not dream that he seriously considered making an end of himself. This was on Miner's Union day and Boyce was considerably under the influence of liquor at the time. It was learned today that Boyce's wife is with her father and sister in St. Joe, Missouri. The statement that she is in Seattle is a mistake. The remains of the unfortunate young man are at the residence of his uncle, J. H. Curtis, at No. 334 South Washington street, and at which place the funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rough Riders, of which the deceased was a member, will probably turn out in a body to do honor to the memory of their late comrade.
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