JOHN "RUFUS"  JOYCE
         

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Born:  October 14, 1847 in Stokes Co. North Carolina
Died:  April 17, 1924 in Richlands, Virginia
Buried in Joyce Cemetery, Smith Ridge, Richlands Va.
Married: Mary Jane Francis "Molly" Houchins  
(b: September 25, 1853; d: Jan. 6, 1941)
on  May 24, 1868 in Stokes Co. NC
Children
James William born : May 6, 1870
died: October 10, 1947
John Wesley born : March 26, 1872
died: March 30, 1960
George Washington born : August 14, 1874
died: January 7, 1956
Rufus Wootson born : September 3, 1877
died: ???? 1949
Burley Whitten born : February 24, 1880
died: January 29, 1959
Robert Henry born : May 3, 1882
died: February 17, 1960
Maggie Ellen born : October 29, 1885
died: July 2, 1963
Oscar born : Jan 30, 1889
died: July 26, 1926
Sarah Catherine born :  May or September 23, 1891
died: ______________
Mary Alice born : February 3, 1893
died: February 26, 1971
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John Rufus Joyce also the following 9 children with Nancy Jane Smith
John Rufus Smith 
(married Ellie Smith, sister of Mary Elizabeth Smith Joyce)
Fannie Smith 
(married Walt Strouth) (Is the the Walt Strough who murdered Oscar Joyce?)
Tom Jeff Smith 
Joseph Smith 
Victoria Smith (married Keene)
Jim Al Smith (married Bertha Collins)
Wesley Smith
Maude Smith
Louisa Smith
(married Robert Smith, brother of Mary Elizabeth Smith Joyce)