My personal brick wall is finding some verification of what I believe to
be a link:
 
Nannie (Annie) Gore (b. 5/4/1836 Fredericksburg, VA, d. 1895 Alexandria,
VA) married a William Boyer who reportedly died during the Civil War.
From family history, his name is on the Civil War Monument in Old Town
Alexandria.  After tracing the civil war career of the William Boyer
listed on the monument, it appears that based on when he was in battle,
wounded, and in prisoner-of-war camps, that he likely could have
fathered Nannie's two children, Nelly Lee Boyer (my great-grandmother,
b. 1/2/1862) and Charles W. Boyer (b. 2/1865).  There is a birth record
for Nelly Lee that lists her father as William Boyer of Caroline County
(Fredericksburg) and an occupation of pump-maker, which was Nannie's
father's occupation.  William Boyer of Alexandria lists himself as
"Gentleman at Large" at enlistment into the 17th Reg. VA Infantry
implying that he was a single man.
 
I can find no marriage record for Nannie Gore and a William Boyer either
in Alexandria or Fredericksburg.




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