John B. Doyle born: abt. 1826 in Bedford or Montgomery Co, VA died: after 1880 in Montgomery Co, VA buried: Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery, Christiansburg, VA (grave unmarked) father: William F. Doyle mother: Margaret Burgandine married: Mary Ellen Jewell on 13 Dec 1849 in Montgomery Co, VA Mary Ellen Jewell born: 19 June 1825 in Shawsville, Montgomery Co, VA died: after 1900 in Montgomery Co, VA buried: Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery, Christiansburg, VA (grave unmarked) father: John Jewell mother: Christina Hall children: Margaret J. Doyle b. 1851 William F. Doyle b. 8 Aug 1852 James A. Doyle b. 29 Dec 1853 John Wesley Doyle b. 1855 Charles Wade Doyle b. 9 May 1857 Mary Susan Doyle b. 4 Nov 1858 George Perry Doyle b. 1861 Christine Anne Doyle b. 1866 notes: John B. Doyle and his brother, James A. Doyle, enlisted as privates in Capt. J. R. Francis' Company of Virginia Volunteers (Company D 63 VA Infantry) on 15 April 1862 at Camp Narrows, Peterstown, Monroe Co, (W)VA for a period of 3 years (John was 35, James was 42 according to the records). Company D was comprised of men primarily from Montgomery County. John was present for Company Muster Roll at Abingdon, VA on 24 May 1862, but spent a good deal of his enlistment on sick leave at the Montgomery Springs Hospital near his home. He was not a captain as is sometimes stated. (Based on data from Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia available on microfilm at Newman Library, Virginia Tech). On 13 Oct 1870, John filed a Homestead Deed (also known as a Homestead Exemption deed persuant to Article XI of the Constitution of Virginia and recorded in Montgomery Co, VA Deed Book S:246). This particular type of deed allowed a person to claim certain types of property to be free from seizure in the event of debt or tax delinquincy. Included in the schedule of property were a 104 acre tract of land on Georges Run valued at $700 and 1500 lbs. of tobacco valued at $105. John's date of death is unknown (the last census listing for him was 1880), but according to Doctor Elmer Dudley, in a letter written to my mother's cousin in 1982 (and now commonly cited as the ''Doc Dudley letter'' ), he and his wife, Mary Ellen Jewell Doyle are buried in the Mt. Pleasant Church cemetery. Also according to the ''Doc Dudley letter'', Jesse Doyle Craig, granddaughter of John B. Doyle, said John died at the home of his daughter, Christine Ann Doyle Farley (aka Sis Farley). Jesse's sister, Mary Jane Doyle Ratliff, said he died on Elliott's Creek at the home of his daughter Jennie Doyle Woolwine. John's parents were married 1820 in Bedford County. The first record I can find for his father in Montgomery County is from 5 May 1828. Therefore I have given his place of birth as one of those two counties.