Lula M. Jones

Female 1892 - 1946  (53 years)


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  • Name Lula M. Jones 
    Born 28 Jan 1892  Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Residence 17 Apr 1940  Hinton-Webber Rd, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lula Boyle 1940 Census, Harrison County, Kentucky
    Lula Boyle 1940 Census, Harrison County, Kentucky
    Died 1946  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I1265  Schimka Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2012 

    Family 1 Willie Switzer 
    Married 28 Jan 1909  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Divorced 27 jun1930  Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Fred Switzer,   b. 11 Jan 1910, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1981, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Sylvia Switzer, (Tentative),   b. Abt 1912, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Melvin Switzer,   b. 21 Jun 1917, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2012 
    Family ID F554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Francis Boyle,   b. 11 Jan 1862, 177 Eddy, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Oct 1945, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 07 Feb 1935  Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    John Francis Boyle and Lula Switzer (nee Jones) Marriage Bond
    John Francis Boyle and Lula Switzer (nee Jones) Marriage Bond
    Divorced 19 Apr 1937  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • I have no record of this divorce and I believe the date probably came directly from my grandfather in the early 1990s or from his family bible. A divorce may not have occured but rather a separation. At the time of John Francis Boyle's death, he was living in the home of one of his daughters.
    Notes 
    • According to Howard, his father married Lula Switzer in either Cynthiana in Harrison County, KY or Corinth in Grant County, KY. The Grant County Clerk did not locate any record of this marriage when I sent a request. [5]
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2023 
    Family ID F555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jan 1892 - Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Jan 1909 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 07 Feb 1935 - Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorced - 19 Apr 1937 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 17 Apr 1940 - Hinton-Webber Rd, Harrison County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1946 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorced - 27 jun1930 - Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lula M. Jones was married first to Willie Switzer on January 28, 1909 and they were divorced in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky on June 27, 1930. Lula married John Francis Boyle on February 7, 1935; she was 43 years old and John was 73 years of age. My grandfather, Howard Francis Boyle, told me that he and his siblings were not happy about the marriage and it was believed that Lula married John for his pension. There were problems almost immediately that seemed to be, in part, caused by one of Lula's sons by her first marriage. However, John had a history of leaving home at his whim and he would travel all over the East Coast of the United States. I would not be surprised if he had visted every state in the East and he was most definitely in most of them, as records show. In some cases, he traveled because the pension board ordered him to get an examination but on many other occassions he seemed to leave of his own accord. John spent many years, over multiple instances, at the Central Branch National Soldiers' Home near Dayton, Ohio in the late 1890s through about 1917.
      Soon after the marriage, Lula began to suffer from what was described as the final stages of Tuberculosis. She and John were already having problems and about the time that Lula's illness became severe, John left. Lula sought, and was successful in obtaining a portion of John's monthly pension, which amounted to about $18. John bitterly contested this action and both sides supplied many affidavits to support the character of each and the reasons for separation. Lula's son was mentioned as a major contributor and John was blamed for leaving Lula on her death bed. Lula even supplied a love letter to the pension board, purportedly written by John before their marriage in which John declares his love for Lula and stating something along the lines that he only remains in Hinton because of her. The letter was signed "Johnny" which makes me a little suspect since there are so many documents with his name and signature and he always signed John F Boyle. Of course, the letter has to be taken in context.
      John spent the last years of his life in the care of his daughters, Katherine Boyle-Ingram and Eula Boyle-Cooke. John Francis Boyle, Maude Belle Thompson (2nd Wife) and Lula M. Jones (3rd Wife) are all buried at Raven Creek Cemetery in Harrison County, Kentucky.

  • Sources 
    1. [S842] Pension File of John Francis Boyle, Veterans Administration, C2541-659.

    2. [S1147] 1940 U.S. Census, Department of Commerce and Labor - Bureau of the Census.

    3. [S846] Raven Creek Cemetery, Gravestone inscription.

    4. [S1102] Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954.
      "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-B3SS-W?cc=1804888 : 17 May 2018), > image 1 of 1; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky.

    5. [S688] Howard Francis Boyle.