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Boyce, James

capitalist, was born April 7, 1833, in Belfast, Ireland. He is senior member of James Boyce and Co., manufacturers of baskets and D and long handles for shovels and spades, and the owner of large investments in real estate and other prosperous interests, treasurer of the Boyce Rivet company, makers of rivets and machinists, and the Tappan Shoe Manufacturing company, and president of the National Gas Lines Heat, Light and Power company, and the Citizens' Enterprise company. He has filled numerous public positions of honor in his city, county and state.

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