BOYER, CHARLES FLOYD
Charles Floyd Boyer, was born in Indepen-dence, Grayson County, Virginia to Hugh Sr, Boyer and Margaret James-Boyer, December 31, 1873.
The family of eight boys came by train to Omaha in 1882, where they then decided where to locate. They proceeded on to Madison County, Nebraska where they lived until 1884, where the ninth son was born. The family then progressed westward in 1886 into the Reeves precinct of southern Cherry County, eight miles north of present Mullen, Nebraska.
The family came from Madison County, Nebraska by train to the point on the Chicago, Northwestern Railroad to Long Pine, and from there by wagon southward through Purdum, Brownlee and to there to the new home. This is where Charles Floyd Boyer first saw the sandhills when only twelve years old. The Boyer family lived on the land production, and had some of the best real estate in that area.
Charles along with his other brothers received what education was available at that time. One thing in particular was the study of Nebraska Geography with the requirement to learn every county in the state of Nebraska and the county seats in each.
Charles spent a few years back in Madison County, where he owned some acreages, but he kept migrating back to Cherry County, where he finally filed on a homestead kincaid claim, adjoining the west side of the Hugh Sr. Boyer home.
Charles Floyd Boyer and Estella Nancy Hewitt were married June 2, 1901 at Seneca, Nebraska. Their marriage license was procu-red from the Court House in Thedford, that handled legal documents back in those days for Hooker County. They lived on the homestead until 1910, when they moved into Mullen, to operate a grocery store where the Macke store is today. Charles sold his business to the late T.L. McCully, and then worked for the J.L. Roseberry Company for a time. He then negotiated a partnership along with John H. Vinton and Simon A. Senk into what was known as the Senk Mercantile Co. for nearly twenty years. After leaving the firm he janitored for a few years at the Mullen Grade School, until health failed, and from a brief illness, he departed this life November 29, 1941.
His family consisted of four daughters: Esther (Gillespie) ; Waiva (Phipps) ; Bertha (Moller) and Mary Margaret that died in infancy. And two sons: Wilson Leonard and Clifford Gerald.