WILLIAM BOYD/FLORA DODD - LINCOLN CO; ARKANSAS
WILLIAM
BOYD, senior partner of the firm of Boyd and Bro.,at
Cornersville,
Lincoln County, Ark., was born in Greene County, Ala., on
April
18, 1851, being the son of WILLIAM and JEANETTE W. (MILLER)
BOYD,
natives of South Carolina. His parents were married in S. Carolina
and
moved to Alabama, a location in Greene County. There the mother died
when
the subject of this sketch was a very small boy. The father was a
merchant
and planter, and died in Lincoln County in the year 1875. He
belonged
to the Presbyterian Church. William was the eighth of nine
children
born to his parents, and passed his youth in this county, and
here
received a fair education. His first business venture was farming,
but
in 1883 he commenced a mercantile business with ROBERT BOYD
as partner,
a partnership which still continues to meet with great
success.
He was, in 1886, appointed justice of the peace. In 1883, Mr
Boyd
married MISS FLORA DODD, daughter of William P. Dodd, and they have
been
blessed with three children: JESSE B., MAGGIE J. and WILLIAM H.
Both
Mr and Mrs Boyd are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church,
of which
the former is an elder. The subject of this sketch belongs to
the
class commonly termed “self-made Men,” having won success and wealth
by his
own exertions, and superior judgement.
Source:
History of Lincoln County, Ark; Goodspeeds' Biographies 1890
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Karen
from Ohio, USA