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Boyles, Vivian Warren

Boyles, Vivian Warren

Male 1881 - 1943  (61 years)


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  • Name Boyles, Vivian Warren 
    Birth 5 Dec 1881  Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number BOYL.V001 
    _FGRAVE 136143863 
    Death 10 May 1943  Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Segment# MAS, Lot# 1056, Grave# 5
    Person ID I29611  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2025 

    Father Boyles, Elijah Warren,   b. 16 May 1836, Du Bois County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1924 (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Canby, Cornelia C.,   b. 1850, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1931, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1875  Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Family ID F12525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hadley, Lulu May,   b. 23 Aug 1884, Arlington, Washington County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1976, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F20364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Dec 1881 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 May 1943 - Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • His father was Dr. Elijah Warren Boyles. His mother, Cornelia Canby, was Dr. Boyles second wife.

      His half-brothers from his father's first marriage to Mary Ann Mahin were Herbert, James, and Horace. Vivian Warren is buried in this cemetery with his half-brother Horace in the Boyles Family plot in the Masonic Section.

      Vivian Warren Boyles half-brother Richard S C Reaugh was born to his mother, Cornelia, during her first marriage to Upton Reaugh.

      His direct siblings from Elijah and Cornelia were Gertrude and John. Vivian's youngest brother died while still an infant.

      V Warren, as he liked to be called, graduated from Clay City high school in Illinois in 1899. He then graduated from Barnes Community College in St. Louis, Missouri in 1900.

      In 1901 he came to Omaha to be an instructor in Boyles Business College which had been started by his half-brother Horace. By the Census of 1910 V Warren had a wife named Mabel who was from Nebraska. I haven't found her maiden name and it doesn't appear that the two had any children.

      By May of 1914 V Warren became the third husband of Lulu Hadley. She brought her daughter Dorothy Taylor to the marriage and in some Census information V Warren is listed as her father. He was not her biological father. Dorothy's father was Bayard Laverne Taylor who had died in 1905 of tuberculosis. I haven't found anything that indicates V Warren officially adopted Dorothy but she and her husband, Jack Thornton Morris, are buried in the Boyles Family plot.

      V Warren was a successful business leader in Omaha. He served as president of Boyles Business College after his brother died. He was the director of the Traveler's Health Association. He was the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce in Omaha. He was the president of the Rotary Club. V Warren was a documented member of the Sons Of The American Revolution through his mother's family. He was a president of the Unitarian Church. V Warren was a member of the Freemasons Lodge # 1 in Omaha and he styled himself a Republican.

      He was also a reader, writer, and loved fishing.

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      Boyles, Vivian “Warren” 5/10/1943

      Printed in a May 13, 1943 Blair, Nebraska newspaper

      V. WARREN BOYLES DIES SUDDENLY

      V. Warren Boyles, president of Boyles Business College in Omaha and a son-in-law of Mrs. W. H. Hadley of Arlington, died suddenly on Monday from a heart attack. Services were held Wednesday afternoon, with interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

      Besides his widow, Lulu, Mr. Boyles is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jack T. Morris of Omaha; a brother, Judge John L. Boyles of Waukegan, Illinois; and a granddaughter, Susan Morris.

      Mr. Boyles was a frequent visitor at the Hadley home in Arlington, and well-known in that community.

      ~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

  • Sources 
    1. [S8812] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Boyles, Dr. E. W., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24057259/elijah-warren-boyles), none. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S16513] https://www.findagrave.com/, Headstone, Boyles, Vivian Warren, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136143863/vivian_warren-boyles), none. (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S16511] https://www.ancestry.com/, 1880 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 05, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240459-00195?usePUB=true&_phsrc=lxg1&_gl=1*rrygl7*_up*MQ..) (Reliability: 3).