STEWART COUNTY, TENNESSEE
 

BARNETT H. BOSWELL, a farmer of Stewart County, is the son of HEZEKIAH 
and EMELINE (BOYD) BOSWELL. The father was a native of North Carolina, and when young came to this county, where he was united in wedlock with MISS BOYD.  For a livelihood he followed tilling the soil being a well to-do
farmer. His wife was called from the toils of earth in 1851. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. After her death the father married ELIZABETH JOYCE, who still lives. After a long and useful life the father died at the age of sixty-nine. Barnett's ancestors were Irish on both sides. He was born in 1848 in this county, grew up on the farm, and had the advantages of the common schools. At the age of eighteen he went on the river to learn to pilot a steam- boat.  At the end of nine months he was licensed to run a boat, but was called home by the sickness of his father. Thereupon he took to farming. He is the father of five children by AMANDA BRADLEY, to whom he was married in 1867. In 1885 his wife laid down the burden of life for a home where no burdens are to be borne. Since then he has kept house with the assistance of his children. Mr. Boswell has filled the office of constable for two years. Politically he
is a staunch Democrat. Besides farming he has quite an extensive business in shipping logs. He is a good farmer and an energetic business man. 
                              
Source:
Goodspeed's History of Stewart County, TN: Biographies Published  1886 
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EMANUEL J. BOYD, one of the prominent farmers of Stewart County, was
born in 1821 to GEORGE and MARY (JAMES) BOYD.  The father was a native of Virginia, and when young moved to Stewart County.  The mother was born in
North Carolina. In early life she too came to Stewart County. Away from the noise and bustle of the city they enjoyed the fresh air and fruits of the farm. The father served under Jackson in the war of 1812.  He was a moral man, but not a church member, whereas his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he was a Whig.  He lived to the ripe age of seventy-nine; she reached sixty-eight. Emanuel spent his boyhood days at home, but when ripening into manhood he left the farm for the river, and after flat-boating a while, became manager in a department of the iron works. Believing the farmer leads the most independent and happy life he turned his attention in that direction.
Having married ANNA C. GRAY in 1851, their home was made happy by the birth of three children, all girls. Mrs Boyd holds to the faith of the Christian Church. Mr Boyd is now a Democrat, though formerly a Whig.  He has one of the best farms in the county. The house in which he lives was an Indian fort built in 1810. Mr Boyd's success as a farmer proves that the statement " a man can make nothing on a farm" is wholly untrue; having started with comparatively nothing he has arisen to the ownership of some 1800 acres of land. 

Source:
Goodspeed's History of Stewart County, TN: Biographies Published  1886 

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