MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE
THOMAS
A. BOYD, farmer, was born July 25, 1844, in Williamson County,
Tenn. He had the advantages
of a common school education, but the war
cut short all thoughts of
continuing his studies. In 1861 he volunteered
in Company C, Eleventh Tennessee
Cavalry, Confederate Army. While
scouting in East Tennessee
he was captured, and after a short
imprisonment at Camp Chase
he was taken to Fort Delaware, where he
remained until the close of
the war. He then returned home and went to
work on the farm. In 1866
he wedded MATTIE S. WILSON, who was born
December 2, 1849, in Marshall
County. This union has been blessed by the
birth of nine children, six
of whom are living. Mr Boyd is a Democrat
and he and wife are members
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He
has a good farm of 250 acres
furnished with good buildings. He is a son
of JOSEPH
B. and SUSAN W. (CAMDEN) BOYD. The father was born in North
Carolina in 1810, and the
mother in Virginia in 1809. They were married
in 1831 and soon after settled
in this county. At the end of six years
they moved to Williamson County
and engaged in merchandising. In 1846,
he quit the mercantile business
to engage in farming. Both parents were
active members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, of which he has
been an elder for about forty
years. In 1885 his faithful companion was
taken from his side by the
hand of death. The father is living with his
son Thomas.
Source: Biographical Appendix
- History of Tennessee -
Goodspeed Publishing Co.,
1886
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