USMA Class of 1822. Cullum No. 305.
He was the son of Roger Boyce and Hannah Day Boyce.
On February 19, 1829 as William M. Boyce, he married Mary McEuen at St.James Episcopal Church at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The following is from cemetery records:
Remains removed from an unidentified location on November 8, 1855.
Cullum's Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy Class of 1822
Appointed from Pennsylvania.
Military History: Cadet at the Military Academy September 7, 1818 to July 1, 1822 when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieutenant, 2d Infantry July 1, 1822. Served on Topographical duty July 8, 1822 to May 29, 1828; as First Lieutenant, 1st Infantry June 30, 1825. Aide-de‑Camp to Major General Macomb May 29, 1828, to May 7, 1829; on Topographical duty May 7, 1829 to May 9, 1833; on frontier duty Captain, 1st Infantry October 25, 1835 at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin 1833‑1834; on Recruiting service 1834‑1836 and in Creek Nation 1836. Resigned November 14, 1836.
Civil History: Assistant in the Geodetic Survey of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, April 19, 1837 to August 29, 1855, when in the Burlington catastrophe on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, New Jersey, he [and his daughter Emily] was killed August 29, 1855, aged 54. Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
He was the son of Roger Boyce and Hannah Day Boyce.
On February 19, 1829 as William M. Boyce, he married Mary McEuen at St.James Episcopal Church at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The following is from cemetery records:
Remains removed from an unidentified location on November 8, 1855.
Cullum's Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy Class of 1822
Appointed from Pennsylvania.
Military History: Cadet at the Military Academy September 7, 1818 to July 1, 1822 when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieutenant, 2d Infantry July 1, 1822. Served on Topographical duty July 8, 1822 to May 29, 1828; as First Lieutenant, 1st Infantry June 30, 1825. Aide-de‑Camp to Major General Macomb May 29, 1828, to May 7, 1829; on Topographical duty May 7, 1829 to May 9, 1833; on frontier duty Captain, 1st Infantry October 25, 1835 at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin 1833‑1834; on Recruiting service 1834‑1836 and in Creek Nation 1836. Resigned November 14, 1836.
Civil History: Assistant in the Geodetic Survey of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, April 19, 1837 to August 29, 1855, when in the Burlington catastrophe on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, New Jersey, he [and his daughter Emily] was killed August 29, 1855, aged 54. Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
USMA Class of 1822. Cullum No. 305.
He was the son of Roger Boyce and Hannah Day Boyce.
On February 19, 1829 as William M. Boyce, he married Mary McEuen at St.James Episcopal Church at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The following is from cemetery records:
Remains removed from an unidentified location on November 8, 1855.
Cullum's Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy Class of 1822
Appointed from Pennsylvania.
Military History: Cadet at the Military Academy September 7, 1818 to July 1, 1822 when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieutenant, 2d Infantry July 1, 1822. Served on Topographical duty July 8, 1822 to May 29, 1828; as First Lieutenant, 1st Infantry June 30, 1825. Aide-de‑Camp to Major General Macomb May 29, 1828, to May 7, 1829; on Topographical duty May 7, 1829 to May 9, 1833; on frontier duty Captain, 1st Infantry October 25, 1835 at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin 1833‑1834; on Recruiting service 1834‑1836 and in Creek Nation 1836. Resigned November 14, 1836.
Civil History: Assistant in the Geodetic Survey of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, April 19, 1837 to August 29, 1855, when in the Burlington catastrophe on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, New Jersey, he [and his daughter Emily] was killed August 29, 1855, aged 54. Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
He was the son of Roger Boyce and Hannah Day Boyce.
On February 19, 1829 as William M. Boyce, he married Mary McEuen at St.James Episcopal Church at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The following is from cemetery records:
Remains removed from an unidentified location on November 8, 1855.
Cullum's Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy Class of 1822
Appointed from Pennsylvania.
Military History: Cadet at the Military Academy September 7, 1818 to July 1, 1822 when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieutenant, 2d Infantry July 1, 1822. Served on Topographical duty July 8, 1822 to May 29, 1828; as First Lieutenant, 1st Infantry June 30, 1825. Aide-de‑Camp to Major General Macomb May 29, 1828, to May 7, 1829; on Topographical duty May 7, 1829 to May 9, 1833; on frontier duty Captain, 1st Infantry October 25, 1835 at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin 1833‑1834; on Recruiting service 1834‑1836 and in Creek Nation 1836. Resigned November 14, 1836.
Civil History: Assistant in the Geodetic Survey of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, April 19, 1837 to August 29, 1855, when in the Burlington catastrophe on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, New Jersey, he [and his daughter Emily] was killed August 29, 1855, aged 54. Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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