M.W. Boyd/M.J. McMillin of Greene County, AR
M.W.BOYD (deceased) was an
enterprising and industrious farmer of Greene
County, Ark. He was
born in Tennessee on the 12th of October, 1846, and
came to Arkansas with his
father when a child,where the latter died
shortly after. In 1868
M. W. Boyd was united in the bonds of matrimony
to MISS M.J. MCMILLIN, who
was born in the “Palmetto State” and came to
Arkansas with her parents,W.P.
and Adaline (Cooley) McMillin in 1853,
settling on what is known
as the old Willcockson estate, consisting of
500 acres. Here Mr. McMillin
greatly improved his farm, became a
well-known citizen of the
county, and died on the 19th of May, 1862.
After his marriage Mr. Boyd
began improving his farm on an extensive
scale by erecting good buildings,
setting out orchards, etc., and did
considerable in the way of
stock raising. He was interested in all
things that promised to promote
the welfare of his section, and was a
liberal contributor to churches
and schools. He died on the 27th of May,
1885, leaving his wife and
children one of the best farms in the county,
on which is a roomy and substantial
dwelling-house, surrounded by
ornamental trees and shrubbery.
Mrs.Boyd is ably managing the farm, and
besides the usual crops is
engaged in raising cotton. She and Mr. Boyd
became the parents of the
following children: ONIE, ALICE, CLARA, and
SELMA.
Source: Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.
Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers,
1889.
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