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William Chris Boyer
Feb 14, 1847 - Jul 22, 1935
Hillside CemeteryMcClain County, Oklahoma
Rewritten from the Purcell Register of Jul 25, 1935 by Jo AguirreW. C. Boyer was born in New Marion,
Ind., on February 14, 1847 and died
Sunday, July 21,1935 at the age of 88.
Interment was held in the Hillside Cemetery in Purcell.
He enlisted in the Civil War in 1864 and
moved to Indian Territory in 1873.
He married Annie Clardy in Wamego,
Kansas on October 3, 1886. She was the
daughter of J. E. Clardy, prominent
lawyer and early day settler of Kansas
and to this union was born one son,
Frank Boyer.
For a number of years, Chris held a
government license to operate a trading
store in the old Kickapoo Nation near
the site of what is now Wellston,
Oklahoma. Later he moved to Pottawatomie
Country near Wanette where he engaged in
farming and ranching, having extensive
land holdings in that area. He moved to
Purcell before the opening of this
country and in 1895, he was appointed
Deputy United States Marshal . He served
in this position for four years...and
following his term, he served as U. S.
Jailer for several additional years.”
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