John A. BOYD - Fort Worth, Tarrant Co; Texas John A. Boyd of Fort Worth a native of Rutherford County, Tennessee, removed with his father's family to Texas in 1849, and settled in Rusk, Cherokee County, where he spent his boyhood. When the tocsin of war was sounded throughout the Southland, he enlisted in Company C, 3rd Texas Cavalry, and first saw service at Oak hills and Elk Horn Tavern. His command was dismounted and sent east of the Mississippi River, where it joined the army of Gen. Beauregard at Corinth, Miss.   Here is where the gallantry of young Boyd attracted attention, and upon the organization of Ector's Brigade he was invited to take a place on Gen Ector's staff which he held with distinguished ability until the close of the war.  Returning home he entered the mercantile business in Rusk until he moved to Fort Worth, making that city his home.  In 1866,  he married Miss Amy E. Harrison, a daughter of Col Ben Harrison, prominent citizen and planter of Cherokee County.   Dr Frank D. Boyd, a specialist of the eye, nose and throat, of Fort Worth is a son of Maj Boyd.  Dr Boyd is among the most prominent professional men in that city, which has so many men of eminence.   Major Boyd possesses that degree of elegance and refinement that makes him so popular with his people.  A true gentleman and a knightly character, with a refinement that reminds one of the fact that he is an old time Southerner, hospitable, generous and chivalrous.  As a soldier he performed his duty; as an officer, he was efficient, competent, and popular with every one that knew him.  Was a member of Ross brigade, but transferred to the staff of Gen. Ector, and now both brigades claim him for his honesty, his gallantry, in fact for his moral worth and sterling manhood.  Maj Boyd followed the fortunes of Ector's Texas brigade,  and that within itself is an endorsement of any one to place his name on the roll of fame.  Source: Book:  Johnson, Sidney Smith. "Texans Who Wore the Gray", Tyler, Tex., c1907 - v. illus. (ports.) 23 cm. - Contains biographical sketches of Texas Confederates. Indexed.  Library of Congress #07040027

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