Other Events:

• DCAUSE: The cause is stated in John Francis Boyle's pension from the Spanish American War - specifically, in the deposition taken from James Boyle, younger brother of John Boyle and Uncle of John Francis Boyle (the Spanish American War pensioner).
• Military Service (Specific): Civil War (Union) Company C, 2nd Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry
• Residence: 5 Sep 1850, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1858, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1 Jun 1860, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 14 Jun 1860, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; 1st Ward
• Residence: 1861, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; City directory listing. Occupation: Lather
• Residence: 1 Jun 1861, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Known Presence: Jun 1861 - 16 Jul 1861, Camp Sprague, Washington, D.C.; At Camp
• Known Presence: 16 Jul 1861 - 21 Jul 1861; Advance on Manasses, Virginia
• Known Presence: 21 Jul 1861; Battle of Bull Run
• Known Presence: 22 Jul 1861 - Mar 1862, Camp Sprague and Brightwood, Washington, D.C.; Defense of Washington
• Known Presence: 11 Mar 1862 - 15 Mar 1862; March to Prospect Hill, Va.
• Known Presence: 26 Mar 1862, Alexandria, Virginia; Embarked for the peninsula
• Known Presence: 05 Apr 1862 - 04 May 1862, Yorktown, York County, Virginia; Siege of Yorktown (1862)
• Known Presence: 05 May 1862, Williamsburg, Virginia; Battle of Williamsburg
• Known Presence: 09 May 1862, Slatersville and New Kent, Virginia; Skirmishes
• Known Presence: 31 May 1862 - 01 Jun 1862, Henrico County, Virginia; Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
• Residence: 1 Jun 1862, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Known Presence: 25 Jun 1862, Henrico County, Virginia; Battle of Oak Grove
• Known Presence: 29 Jun 1862, Henrico County, Virginia; James River Road near Fair Oaks
• Known Presence: 30 Jun 1862, Henrico County, Virginia; Battle of White Oak Swamp
• Known Presence: 01 Jul 1862, Henrico County, Virginia; Battle of Malvern Hill
• Known Presence: 02 Jul 1862 - 15 Aug 1862, Charles City County, Virginia; At Harrison's Landing
• Known Presence: 15 Aug 1862 - 01 Sep 1862, Alexandria, Virginia; March to Alexandria
• Known Presence: 03 Sep 1862 - 18 Sep 1862, Maryland; March into Maryland
• Known Presence: 23 Sep 1862 - 20 Oct 1862, Downsville, Washington County, Maryland; At Downsville
• Known Presence: 20 Oct 1862 - 18 Nov 1862, Stafford County, Virginia; Movement to Stafford Court House
• Known Presence: 05 Dec 1862, Belle Plain, Virginia; March to Belle Plain
• Known Presence: 12 Dec 1862 - 15 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Battle of Fredericksburg
• Known Presence: 20 Jan 1863 - 24 Jan 1863, Virginia; Mud March
• Known Presence: 29 Apr 1863 - 02 May 1863, Virginia; Operations about Franklin's Crossing
• Known Presence: 03 May 1863, Marye's Heights, Virginia; Second Battle of Fredericksburg
• Known Presence: 04 May 1863, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Banks' Ford
• Known Presence: 03 May 1863 - 04 May 1863, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Salem Heights
• Known Presence: 27 Apr 1863 - 06 May 1863; Chancellorsville Campaign
• Residence: Jun 1863, 75 Randall St, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; John's Residence as reported on U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. However, at this time, John was already in the service and this information must have been obtained by the enumerator asking neighbors or other family members.
• Known Presence: 05 Jun 1863 - 13 Jun 1863, Virginia; Battle of Deep Run Ravine or Franklin's Crossing
• Known Presence: 2 Jul-4 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania; Battle of Gettysburg
• Known Presence: 10 Jul 1863 - 13 Jul 1863, Funkstown, Washington County, Maryland; Battle of Funkstown
• Known Presence: Aug 1863 - Sep 1863, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia; At Warrenton
• Known Presence: 09 Oct 1863 - 22 Oct 1863, Virginia; Bristoe Campaign
• Known Presence: 07 Nov 1863, Rappahannock Station (Now Remington), Fauquier County, Virginia
• Known Presence: 07 Nove 1863 - 08 Nov 1863, Virginia; Advance to line of the Rappahannock
• Known Presence: 26 Nov 1863 - 02 Dec 1863, Orange County, Virginia; Mine Run Campaign
• Known Presence: Dec 1863 - May 1864, Brandy Station, Culpeper, Virginia; At Brandy Station
• Occupation: 05 Jun 1861 - 17 Jun 1864; Union Soldier, Company C, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry
• Occupation: Aft 17 Jun 1864, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; Carpenter
• Residence: 22 Jul 1870, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1 Jun 1875, 60 Clinton Street, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; 1875 State Census
• Residence: 04 Jun 1880, 60 Clinton Street, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 01 Jun 1885, Ward 9, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: Jun 1890, 242 Willard Ave., Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1891, 242 Willard Ave., Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; City directory listing. Occupation: Laborer
• Residence: 25 Feb 1891, 142 Willard Ave., Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Notes:

* * * Important * * * 1850 Census in Rhode Island (the family is listed under the name "Ball") John's birth place is given as New Jersey as is his next older brother, Patrick. Marriage Record of John and Bridget says Whitehall, PA.

1860 Census in Rhode Island - Head of Household is Andrew Boyle and also in the home is Andrew's mother, Rosanna and the rest of her children with the exception of Patrick. In this census year, Andres and John both list New Jersey as their place of birth.

John Boyle served in Company C of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry beginning just days after his marriage in 1861 until mustering out 17 June 1863. John filed for a pension later in life but died before it was approved. His wife, Bridget, took up the plea for her husband's pension and she was awarded his pension in 1892 after relatives and family friends signed affidavits in her favor as well as providing proof of her marriage in the form of a certified death certificate and a certified marriage certificate. These documents are included in the pension file. John's service included such famous battles as the Battle of Bull Run where it is said that the 2nd Rhode Island was among the few units to have made a relatively organized retreat back to the safety of Washington D.C. and Gettysburg where the 2nd Rhode Island were among the reserve units.

Researchers please note: Documentation that I am looking for is a birth record or christening if one exists. I have identified John's faith at the time of his marriage as Roman Catholic. The pastor who performed the marriage in Providence, RI was Patrick Lambe, R.C. Pastor. According to John's death certificate, he was born in Whitehall, PA.

RESEARCH: John and Bridget may have lived in New Bedford, MA in 1890. There is a John Boyle and Bridget Boyle that show up in an Ancestry.Com city directory database in that year.

Birth:
The place of John's birth varies by record during his lifetime.

1850: On this census enumeration John's place of birth is given as New Jersey.
1860: U.S. Census, birth place, New Jersey.
1861: Marriage Certificate, birth place, Pennsylvania.
1863: Civil War Draft Registration his place of birth is Pennsylvania.
1870: U.S. Census, birth place, Rhode Island.
1875: Rhode Island State Census, birth place, Pennsylvania.
1880: U.S. Census, birth place, Pennsylvania.
1885: Rhode Island State Census, birth place, Pennsylvania.
1891: Death Certificate, birth place, Whitehall, Pennsylvania.




Residence:
Occupation: Carpenter

John Bridget Branigan 02 Jun 1861Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Bridget (daughter of John Branigan and Margaret) about 1841 Ireland; 26 Apr 1897Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military Service (Specific): Spanish-American War Company M, 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Volunteer Infantry
• Residence: 22 Jul 1870, Ward 9, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1 Jun 1875, 60 Clinton Street, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 04 Jun 1880, 60 Clinton Street, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 01 Jun 1885, Ward 9, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1891, 242 Willard Ave., Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; City Directory Listing Occupation: Jeweler
• Residence: 4 Feb 1895, Lawrenceville, Mercer County, New Jersey; Stated residence at the time of his first marriage.
• Residence: 17 Aug 1896, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Employed as a waitor at Stamford Hall Sanitorium
• Military Service: 11 Jun 1898, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina; Enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War.
• Military Service: 29 Aug 1898, St Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia; Discharged from Service
• Known Presence: 06 Feb 1899, Massachusetts; Filed for pension
• Military Pension: 06 Feb 1899; Pension Application File Number: C2541-659 (Spanish American War)
• Military Pension: 06 Feb 1899; Pension Application Number: 1,218,640 (Spanish American War)
• Military Pension: 06 Feb 1899; Pension Certificate Number: 1,039,467 (Spanish American War)
• Residence: 31 Jan 1900, New York, New York; 170 Bleecker Street
• Known Presence: 09 Feb 1900, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; At Stamford Hall Sanitorium
• Residence: 14 Apr 1900, Westchester County, NY; Globe Avenue
• Residence: 16 Jun 1900, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Central Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 08 Aug 1900, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 09 Oct 1900, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 22 May 1901, South Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Residence: 23 Aug 1901, Albany, Greene County, Tennessee
• Residence: 13 Sep 1901, Waynetown, Montgomery County, Indiana
• Known Presence: 31 Oct 1901, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 09 Dec 1901, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; National Home for Disabled Veterans
• Known Presence: 28 Aug 1903, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 28 Mar 1910, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 26 Apr 1910, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Known Presence: 30 Dec 1913, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 02 Feb 1914, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 18 Aug 1916, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Miscellaneous: 22 Aug 1916, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Letter from the Central Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliers concerning her husband.
• Known Presence: 13 Dec 1917, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 24 Apr 1930, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1 May 1940, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Residence: 07 Oct 1945, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky; Residence at the time of his death.

Notes:

John Francis Boyle is buried in the Ravencreek Cemetery, formerly called Kinman Cemetery. Ravencreek Cemetery is located on the Hinton-Webber Road near the small town of Hinton which is located in Harrison County, Kentucky.
John spoke of an uncle living in Baltimore, Maryland who owned an Oldsmobile Dealership. This was around the 1920's or 1930's (Howard Francis Boyle).
Sometime after his son Howard Francis was born, John began his drinking spells and would from time to time, disappear to places unknown. Family speculation is that John would go up around New York. This is interesting since he put down New York City as his place of birth when he signed up for the Spanish War. According to Howard, his father would contact Maude from the Dayton Ohio Soldiers' Home, where he would go to "sober up," and she would send him money to come home.
Further research has proven that John was frequently away from his home, but in many cases he was summoned to appear at soldiers' homes in various places such as Dayton, Ohio and Johnson City, Tennessee. Some of his absences from the family might have been related to these summons orders. The reason for the summons were for follow up examinations during his lengthy battle to approve his pension based upon his service during the 1898 Spanish-American War (War with Spain).

In 2011, fifteen years or so after writing the comments above, I went back to the large pension file of John Francis Boyle to see if I could locate him in the 1900s. Of all the census years available, 1900 was the only year I was never able to locate him. His pension file is rather large, two inches thick of legal size pages and all of them printed on both sides. I began combing through the pension looking for any documents around the 1900 time period that also listed a place. In doing this, I quickly located him in a soldiers home in Jefferson, Ohio both on the 1900 Census and I found some images of a register from the soldier's home as well. John checked into the home multiple times between 1900 and 1917. Every record of him checking in is accompanied with a reason for discharge from the soldier's home. Except for the last entry, discharged at his own request, he is discharged by reason of A.W.O.L. (absent without leave). It would seem that John was something of a free spirit but for someone who was purportedly very secretive, he left behind a huge paper trail. I'm sure there are many documents out there still, waiting to be found.


Residence:
Occupation: Jewler

Residence:
Occupation: Jewler

Military Service:
Occupation: Clerk (at enlistment)

Military Service:
Honorably discharged by Major J. K. Stockard, Chief Surgeon 2nd N.C. Infantry U.S.V. due to Pulmonary Hemorrhage.

From his service record, not yet scanned.

Military Pension:
This pension file is huge; literally hundreds of pages of legal-size documents printed on both sides. It is not feasable to post the entire document. A few of the highly relevant documents will be posted as they are scanned.

Residence:
John definitely spent time in the Soldiers Home in Ohio but he may have spent time in as many as three other Soldiers Homes between the years 1900-1917. I have found records of admission for John in four separate homes but many of the dates overlap exactly and the documents do not differentiate the home for which the admission and discharge dates apply. Without additional information, the exact home he was at during the recorded dates cannot be known with certainty. All of the documents will be attached on this first entry for his admissions to the Soldiers Homes.

Occupation: Inmate (Patient at Soldiers Home)

Residence:
Occupation: Mail Carrier

Residence:
Occupation: Railroad Laborer

Residence:
Occupation: Laborer "Steam Railroad"

Residence:
Occupation: Unable to work

John Sarah Jane Boyle 04 Feb 1895Church of St Stephen, 151 East 28th St, New York, NY. Sarah (daughter of William Boyle and Sarah Jane Gray) about 1868; Apr 1899New York, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John Maude Belle Thompson 23 Nov 1904Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky. Maude (daughter of Robert T. Thompson and Nancy Katherine Skinner) 21 Sep 1878 Scott County, Kentucky; 05 Oct 1933Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky; 8 Oct 1933Raven Creek Cemetery, Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John Lula M. Jones 07 Feb 1935Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky, and 19 Apr 1937 Kentucky. Lula 28 Jan 1892 Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky; 1946Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 26 Apr 1910, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 23 Apr 1930, 348 Carneal Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1935, 36 Euclid Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Residence: 11 Apr 1940, 36 Euclid Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky

Family/Spouse: Richard Cooke. Richard 10 Jun 1904; 02 Jan 1969Kenton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 26 Apr 1910, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 23 Apr 1930, 348 Carneal Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1938, 548 Church Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1959, 121 West 33rd Street, Covington, Kentucky

Notes:

[Schimka.ged]

1 _FA1
2 PLAC Social Security #406-50-0756

Family/Spouse: Reverend Leland Ingram. Leland 21 Jun 1908 Kentucky, [Connersville check Spelling]; 27 Feb 2001Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 26 Apr 1910, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky

Other Events:

• Address: Address through the c1999; Address:
  1470 Heather Ridge Blvd.
  Dunedin, FL
• SSN issued: Ohio
• Phone: 813-734-0507
• Military Service (Specific): World War II United States Navy
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky; Hinton, Kentucky area.
• Residence: 24 Apr 1930, Kinman, Harrison County, Kentucky; Hinton, Kentucky area.
• Education: 1932, Renaker High School, Harrison County, Kentucky; High School Graduate
• Residence: 1 May 1940, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

Notes:

Below are some brief stories my grandfather told me of growing up around Hinton, Kentucky.

When Howard was growing up, there were no theaters in the area, no radiosand the television had not yet been invented. For entertainment, people would walk to the homes of friends and relatives to play Rook, Checkers, and Dominoes. On Saturdays everyone would go to Hinton, KY to socialize. Some of the boys would connect one end of a wire to the coils of the Ford Automobiles and the other end to any metal part on another car. When someone got into the second car, they would get a shock. His Parents bought thier first car in 1929, a 1925 Model T Ford. They also bought a radio around the same time, an Atwater Kent, in Williamstown, Kentucky. Howard remembers listening to Jack Dempsy fights over the radio. After World War II, some saloons bought TV's and people would come in and watch while they had a drink. Howard graduated from Renaker High School which was located outside of Cynthiana, KY. His High School Prom was held in the Masonic Lodge in Corinth, KY.

Howard and Della where married and divorced twice. The first marriage took place in 1936 and the second in 1949. Some time after the 1949 divorce, Howard and Della's four daughters, who were being cared for in a private home by a third party, were turned over and became Wards of the Court. The private home was in Park Hills which is in Kenton County, Kentucky. The girls were then sent to an orphanage called The Covington Protestant Children's Home for six years. The orphanage was founded in 1882 and still exists today under the name, Children's Home of Northern Kentucky. Howard married Ruby Jean Barkeloo in 1953 and eventually they were able to gain custody of the girls at which time they were adopted by Jean, as everyone called her.

Military Service (Specific):
Name: Howard Boyle
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1912
Death Date: 1 Feb 2001
Cause of Death: Natural
Branch 1: N
Enlistment Date 1: 25 Mar 1944
Release Date 1: 21 Feb 1945

Howard Della Virginia Smith 22 Oct 1936Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, and 5 Jun 1951 Kenton County, Kentucky. Della (daughter of James Franklin Smith and Mollie Beatrice Pitcher) 23 Aug 1918 High Bridge, Jessamine County, Kentucky; 10 Mar 1994Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana; 14 Mar 1994Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Howard Ruby Jean Barkeloo 30 Jan 1953Hamilton County, Ohio. Ruby (daughter of Thomas Charles Barkeloo and Bertha Bee Lunsford) 3 Sep 1923 Montgomery County, Ohio; 17 Oct 2008Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; Union Cemetery, 9323 Union Cemetery Rd, Loveland, Hamilton County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military Service (Specific): World War II Staff Sergeant United States Army Purple Heart
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 24 Apr 1930, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Education: 1933, Renaker High School, Harrison County, Kentucky; High School Graduate
• Residence: 1935, 36 Euclid Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Residence: 11 Apr 1940, 36 Euclid Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky

Notes:

[Schimka.ged]

1 _FA1
2 PLAC Buried in Ravencreek Cemetery, Harrison Co., Kentucky.
1 _FA2
2 PLAC Social Security Number: 269-05-8024

Reportedly injured at Normandy during the D-Day invasion of World War II. (Source: Donna Lynne Boyle).

Birth:
The attending physician listed on James' birth certificate was W.B. Robinson (William Butler Robinson) who was the 3rd cousin, twice removed of James on his mother's side of the family.

James Mildred E Whitley 13 Apr 1946. Mildred 23 Oct 1924; 06 Jan 1979; Jan 1979Raven Creek Cemetery, Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas John O'brien. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ronald Paetschow. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Phone: 727-278-7272

Sandra Thomas Preston Osborn 1963Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donna Dennis John Schimka [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carole Robert H. Lipsitz [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sheila Rev. Mark Birney Fish [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cindy Morgan Kyle Hogg [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]