His gravestone says Moses C. Royce, born May 22, 1813, died July 1884.

Her death certificate records Lydia Amburgey, age 82, born 24 Jan 1832 in Morgan Co., Ky, died 24 Mar 1914 in Rowan Co., Ky, married, father Jacob Day, mother’s maiden name Cogswell, both born in Virginia, cause of death broncho pneumonia, buried in Lee Cemetery.

Morgan Co. marriage records list license issued to Moses C. Rice and Lydia Day on 9 Mar 1850, no return. (A lot of Morgan Co. marriage records from this period list as “Rice” people whose later records show them as Royse.)

1850 census of Fleming Co., Kentucky, lists as family #7:
M. C. Royse, 36, carpenter; Lydia, 18. Both born in Ky.

1860 census of Rowan Co., Kentucky, lists as family #82:
M. C. Royce, 46, farmer; Lydia, 27; Alvin W., 7; William H. D., 5; Mary S., 2. All born in Kentucky.
(The neighboring family, at #81, is Lydia’s brother, D. W. Day, 33, farmer, with wife Ann, 26.)

1870 census of Rowan Co., Kentucky, Christy Creek precinct, lists as family #38:
Moses C. Royse, 56, farmer; Lydia, 38; Alvin, 17; William, 14; Mary, 12; Daniel, 10; John, 8; Martha, 4; Albert, 9/12; David Fults, 9. All born in Kentucky.

1880 census of Rowan Co., Kentucky, Christy Creek precinct, lists as family #334:
Royse, Moses, 67, farmer, Ky Pa Va; Lydia, 48, wife, Ky Va Ky; Alvin W., 28, son; William D., 25, son; John M., 15, son; Martha A., 13, dau; Albert, 10, son. Melvina Sowards, 18, servant. Reuben Warren, 31, boarder.