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Pryor Boyd-Wheeling, West Virginia My great grandfather Pryor
Boyd was a Wheeling native and a Confederate army veteran. His father Robert
is a bit of an unknown to me; Pryor's mother was buried near Pryor in Wheeling,
but no Robert. My grandfather was Robert Edward Lee Boyd (named after
Robert E. Lee) and was a prominent banker and later worked as VP for Bloch
Brothers Tobacco in Wheeling. My father was R. L. Boyd, Jr., and I am the
third. I will detail everything I know so far when I can spend a
little time at it. I have some pages from a Bible that were retrieved from
Scotland by one of Pryor's sisters who was doing genealogy research for
a book in the late 1800s. Below is his obituary.
From the "Wheeling Intelligencer" 1905:
OLD VETERAN OF THE CONFEDERACY
Mr. Pryor Boyd passes away at the City Hospital at ripe old age.
WAS WOUNDED IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
Was one of the Distinguished Grays and fought
under Stonewall Jackson
On Sunday afternoon at the
City hospital, Mr. Pryor Boyd, an old and respected citizen of Wheeling,
and a member of the confederate army in the war of the rebellion, died
of locomotor ataxia after an illness of years. The deceased was one
of the last surviving veterans of the confederate army in the vicinity
of Wheeling. In early part of '61 he cast his fortunes with the Southern
states, and enlisted under Captain Shriver in the company named after it's
commander, known as Schriver's Grays. The regiment was attached to the
27th regiment Virginia Infantry, which was later attached to the Stonewall
brigade, commanded by the illustrious Stonewall
In this capacity he served during the entire war, and his service of four years was honest and faithful. At the close of the war he returned to Wheeling and engaged in business. Among those who served in his company, and still survive him are Mr. George S. Feeney, and Dr. W. A. Cracraft. His loyalty to the Confederacy is illustrated by the fact that he named his only son after the great southern general, Robert Lee. The deceased was 67 years of
age, and for many years has been in poor health, suffering with the disease
that finally proved fatal. Added to this he was impaired by the wounds
he received while fighting under the flag of the Confederacy. He was removed
to the hospital some time ago, where he passed quietly away. He is
survived by three children, two daughters and one son. His son, Robert
Lee, is a clerk in the National Exchange Bank, while his daughters, in
the teens, are still at home. He is also survived by a sister, Miss Jennie
Boyd, who lives at 86 South Penn Street. The funeral will be held from
his late residence, 126 Virginia Street, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
The interment will be private and will be in Greenwood cemetery.
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