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Silva BOYD3,183 was born on 30 Mar 1906 in Scott County In.3,183 She died on 10 Feb 1978 in Hinsdale, Dupage County IL.3,183 She is reference number 71543. Parents: John W. BOYD and Cora Emma DISMORE.
Spouse: Justin Laporte DAVIS. Justin Laporte DAVIS and Silva BOYD were married on 6 Aug 1927 in Fist Baptist Church, Dekalb IL.3,183,1744 Reference Number:1184888 Children were: Living DAVIS, Living DAVIS, Living DAVIS.
Silvanus J. BOYD3,576 was born on 11 Aug 1833 in Muhlenburgh County, Kentucky.3 He died on 31 Dec 1881.3 He is reference number 52734. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Biography]3 [boyd-trees.ged]
#2482: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited
by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 344-345.
SILVANUS J. BOYD was born in Muhlenburg County, Ky., August 11, 1833,
and is a son of Rev. Adlai Boyd who, with his parents, moved from the state
of North Carolina about 1814 to Christian County, Ky., and two years
afterward removed to Stewart County, Tenn., where in 1817 he united with
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in 1822 entered upon the duties of
a Minister of the Gospel in Christian County, Ky. He married Johanna
Cessna of Muhlenburg [sic] County, Ky., and she died January 3, 1863. He
was actively engaged as a minister for over fifty-nine years and until his
death, which occurred on the last day of 1881,
having preached his last sermon in Greenville, Ky., six days prior to his
death. S. J. Boyd was educated in Greenville, Ky., where he studied law and
was admitted to practice in said place in 1859, and removed to Calhoun,
McLean Co., Ky., in 1866, and in 1876 removed to Hopkinsville, Ky. While
living in Calhoun, and on the 19th day of December, 1872, he married Miss
Annie A. Alexander of that place. She is now the only surviving child of
L. G. and Martha L. Alexander (deceased), and was born in Jefferson County,
Ky., on the 6th of September, 1848. Her father was born in Prince William
County, Va., and died in Calhoun, McLean
Co., Ky., on the 29th day of December, 1869. He descended from the old
Sterling branch of the old Alexander family of Scotland, and his wife as a
daughter of Richard Steele of Louisville, Ky., in which place she was born.
Gen. Neville was her maternal grandfather, and she was a
great-granddaughter of Gen. Daniel Morgan, who commanded the American
forces at the battle of the Cowpens. She died February 1, 1863. Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd are blessed with three children, namely: Ashton A. Boyd, Nina
Steele Boyd and Genevia Boyd. Parents: Adlai BOYD and Joanna CESNA.
Spouse: Annie A. ALEXANDER. Silvanus J. BOYD and Annie A. ALEXANDER were married. Reference Number:557123 Children were: Ashton A. BOYD, Nina Steele BOYD, Genevia BOYD.
Silver Rex BOYD3,38,583 was born on 6 May 1894 in Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., MO.3,38 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3,583 He died on 11 Mar 1959.3,38,583 He is reference number 21301. Parents: Job David BOYD and Dora Olive HENSON.
[NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3 He was born on 23 Oct 1774 in Hopkinton, MA..3,473 He was christened on 23 Oct 1774 in Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.2,3 He died on 25 Jul 1856 in Wilmington.3,473 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Death]2,3 He is reference number 48000. [boyd-trees.ged]
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! (1) "Descendants of John Boyd who Married Margaret Long, Boston, Massachussetts, 11 Apri l 1731," by Richard G. Boyd (Mt. Morris, MI, 1993; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~c onfido). Cites: (a) "Wilmington, Vermont" ("The Deerfield Times Press," 1900).
! Birth: (1) s/o Abraham BOYD/Hannah HILL. (1a) s/o Abraham BOYD.
Baptism: (1) Hopkinton, MA. 23 Oct 1774.
Marriage to Ruth CLARK: (1) 14 Dec 1802.
Death: (1) 25 Jul 1856, Wilmington, VT.
(1) Adopted two of his brother Stephan's sons, Arvine and Benzil BOYD. His own 2 children d ied young. Parents: Abraham BOYD and Hannah HILL.
Spouse: Ruth CLARK. Simeon BOYD and Ruth CLARK were married on 14 Dec 1802.2,3,473 Reference Number:800478 Children were: Ransome BOYD, Dewey BOYD.
Simeon BOYD3,38 was born on 22 Jun 1866 in Artnacrea, Dunaghy, Antrim, Ireland.3 He died on 15 Nov 1901.3 He was buried Unknown in Tecumseh, Lenawee, MI.3 He is reference number 24679. Parents: James BOYD and Margaret MC ALONIN.
Simeon Asbury BOYD3,38,95 was born on 16 Dec 1820 in , Cooper, Missouri.3,38 He died on 30 Dec 1881 in , Richardson, Nebraska.3,38 He was also known as Simeon Asbury Boyd.3,38 He was also known as Simeon Asbury Boyd.3,38 He is reference number 5797. He has Ancestral File Number 306P-V3. Parents: Robert BOYD and Nancy Ann WAGNER.
Simeon P. BOYD3,38 was born on 29 Nov 1859 in Tennessee.3 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3,38 He died on 13 Apr 1906.3,1473 He was also known as Simon P. Boyd.3,1472 He is reference number 16297. Parents: Robert Winchester BOYD and Susan DELOZIER.
Simon BOYD2,3 died after 31 Oct 1816 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.2,3 He is reference number 44668. [boyd-trees.ged]
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! (1) "Cumberland Co., PA Wills A-C." FHL film 21,080. Cites: (a) Bk H, p.440.
! Marriage to Priscilla __: (1a) Named wife Priscilla in will.
Death: (1a) Will dtd 31 Oct 1816, Cumberland Co., PA.
(1a) 1816, 31 Oct: Simon BOYD of Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA wrote his will. Na med wife Priscilla. No children mentioned.
Simon BOYD Sr.3,645 was born in Feb 1825 in Horry County, South Carolina.3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1850 Census]3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1870 Census]3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1880 Census]3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1900 Census]3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1910 Census]3,645 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 55586. [boyd-trees.ged]
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In the 1850 Horry County, Simon Boyd is listed as head of household # 637, it would seem that he is unmarried and that 3 of his brothers are living with him along with a 45 year old Elizabeth Cox, (in the 1850 census index she is listed as Elizabeth Boyd, but in the 1850 census compiled by Mrs. Janet H. Woodard, she is listed as Elizabeth Cox, will have to look at the microfilm, as she fits to be the wife of Robert Boyd) and a 85 year old Mary Cannon, Simon is listed as a farmer, real est. value $250.00.
In the 1870 Horry County, census of Bayboro Township, page # 25, Simon Boyd, is listed as head of household # 196, with his wife Mary H., there 5 children at home, Simon, is listed as a farmer. He is living between Samuel and Charlotte Chestnut Stevens and John B. Hardee and Lousia.
In the 1880 Horry County, census of Conway Township, District # 61, Simin Boyd is listed as head of household # 391, with his wife Mariam H., there are 5 children at home, Simon, is listed as born in South Carolina, of SC, parents, he is listed as a farmer.
In the 1900 Horry County, census of West Simpson Creek Township, District # 66, Simon Boyd, is listed as head of househod # 124, with his wife Mariman H., they are listed as married 50 years and as having had 11 children with 2 (it looks like a 9 was written in and then a 2 written over it or it could be in reverse) still living, there are 2 children at home in the 1900 census, Simon, is listed as a farmer.
In the 1910 Horry County, census of Simpson Creek Township, District # 56, Simon Boyd, is living in the household # 163, of his son in law William G. Sarvis, he is listed as 85 years old and a widow. (WSH) Parents: Robert T. BOYD and Eliazbeth COX.
Spouse: Mary Helen BARNHILL. Simon BOYD Sr. and Mary Helen BARNHILL were married. Reference Number:957866 Children were: Robert BOYD, Frances H. BOYD, Mary Elizabeth BOYD, Daniel BOYD, John BOYD, Simon M. BOYD Jr., Martha E. BOYD, Nancy Jane BOYD, James BOYD.
Simon Jeremiah BOYD3,468 was born about 1812 in Union District, SC.3,468 He died on 2 Feb 1862.3,468 He is reference number 49640. [boyd-trees.ged]
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Unconfirmed information indicates Simon died as a result of The Civil Parents: Samuel BOYD and Mary Ann THOMPSON.
Spouse: ISABEL. Simon Jeremiah BOYD and ISABEL were married. Reference Number:872432 Children were: William T. BOYD, Sarah J. BOYD, Lucinda A. BOYD, Samuel J. BOYD, Lydia E. BOYD, Mary R. BOYD, Malinda Catherine BOYD, Alphia Amarilla BOYD, Evera BOYD, John B. BOYD, Simon Jeremiah BOYD Jr..
Spouse: Lavisa FUNDERBURK. Simon Jeremiah BOYD and Lavisa FUNDERBURK were married on 11 Sep 1861 in Monroe Co, MS.3,468 Reference Number:872449
Simon Jeremiah BOYD Jr.3,468 was born on 15 Nov 1854 in Monroe Co, MS.3,468 He died in 1941 in Powell, WY.3,468 He is reference number 49716. [boyd-trees.ged]
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Husband and wife are buried at Powell, WY. Some sources report his Parents: Simon Jeremiah BOYD and ISABEL.
Spouse: Sarah Serena BURNS. Simon Jeremiah BOYD Jr. and Sarah Serena BURNS were married on 29 Jul 1875 in Bedford, Lamar Co, Alabama.3,468 Reference Number:873856 Children were: Myrtle Extena BOYD, William Oliver BOYD, James Lucian BOYD, Carrie Ethel BOYD, William Edgar BOYD, George Virgil BOYD, Katherine Lee BOYD, Effie Mae BOYD, Marvin Jeremiah BOYD.
Simon M. BOYD Jr.3,645 was born on 28 Oct 1866 in Horry County, South Carolina.3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1880 Census]3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1900 Census]3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1910 Census]3,645 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1920 Census]3,645 He died on 24 Oct 1922 in Horry County, South Carolina.3,645 He was buried Unknown in Cane Branch Cemetery, Horry County, SC.3,645 He is reference number 55760. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: 1870 Census]3,645 [boyd-trees.ged]
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In the 1900 Horry County, census of West Simpson Creek Township, District # 66, Simon Boyd, is listed as head of household # 127, with his wife Joanna, they are listed as married 12 years and as having had 5 children with 5 still living all 5 are at home in the 1900 census, Simon, is listed as a farmer.
In the 1910 Horry County, census of Simpson Creek Township, District # 56, Simon M. Boyd, is listed as head of household # 165, with his wife Joanna, they are listed as married 22 years and as having had 7 children with 7 still living, all 7 are at home in the 1910 census, Simon, is listed as a farmer.
In the 1920 Horry County, census of Simpson Creek Township, District # 97, Sim M. Boyd, is listed as head of household # 188, with his wife Joanna, and two children at home, he is listed as a farmer. (WSH) Parents: Simon BOYD Sr. and Mary Helen BARNHILL.
Spouse: Joanna STEVENS. Simon M. BOYD Jr. and Joanna STEVENS were married. Reference Number:959521 Children were: Charlotte A. BOYD, Needham Gorman BOYD, Kelly Davis BOYD, Chancy Morgan BOYD, Lillie Ellen BOYD, Mary J. BOYD, William Roscoe BOYD.
Simpson F. BOYD3,474 was born on 7 Jan 1845.3,281,474 He died on 28 Aug 1845.3,281,474 He was also known as Simpson F. Boyd.3,281 He is reference number 47744. [boyd-trees.ged]
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Family Record, Descendants of John and Mary-Fulton-Boyd, Mo nograph, prepared by M. Hillis Boyd, Freeport, PA. Parents: David M. BOYD and Elizabeth A. BROWN. Parents: David M. BOYD and Elizabeth A. BROWN.
Simson F BOYD3,475 was born on 7 Jan 1845.3,475 He died on 28 Aug 1845.3,475 He is reference number 75021. Parents: David M. BOYD and Elizabeth A BROWN.
Simuel Sampson BOYD3,667 was born on 20 Jun 1909 in Amarillo, Potter Co, TX.3,667 He died on 25 Aug 1966 in Sayre Hospital, Beckham Co, OK And Buried At Erick Cemetery.3,667 He was buried on 27 Aug 1966 in Sec. 6, Row 3, No. 150, Erick Cemetary, Beckham Co. OK.3,667 He is reference number 2310. He was in Farmer And Rancher.3,667 [boyd-trees.ged]
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Simuel was born in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. Most probably Tandy and Eva were living with Tandy's mother, Milly, at the time. I have a picture of Dad (Simuel) sitting on the front steps of a house in Amarillo. His grandmother, Milly Boyd, is standing behind him. However, she has a bonnet on and can't tell what she looked like.
Dad told us that when they lived close to the mountains close of Granite and Altus, they used to climb in the mountains and find big dens of rattle snakes which they tried to kill.
He said that at one place they lived in east Texas in the woods, there was a scare going round about rabies. They called it hydrophobia back then. There were tales of packs of mad dogs roaming the woods. He said he was terrified to walk to school every day because he thought the rabid dogs were going to come and bite him. Sometimes he and his brothers rode horses and mules to school. One time Grandpa Boyd bought donkeys for them to ride. Dad swore that those donkeys were the stubbornest things he ever saw.
When he was a child, he once raised a baby squirrel. He said he loved that squirrel and then one day, for no reason at all, the squirrel nearly bit his finger off. He always told me that wild animals could never be trusted even if one thought they were tame.
Although he had little education, Dad was a brilliant man. Moving around a lot like they did, was not encouragement for attending school. However, Dad said he went to school until he decided that he knew more than the teacher did. Grandma saved all of Dad's report cards. He always made A's. He may have known as much as the teacher because in those days teachers were not required to have as much education as now. He could love at an algebra problem and tell you the correct answer. He didn't know the formulas they teach in school but he always came up with the right answer. He was an avid reader and self educated himself all during his lifetime.
Dad was about 5 ft. 11 inches tall with blue eyes and light brown hair. He probably favored his mother more than the other boys, although he was a lot taller than any of the Elkins'. He was less stocky than his brothers.
In the 1930's during the depression and the dust bowl they had no crops and no food. Oklahoma and north parts of Texas were the hardest hit by this tragedy. Many headed west to California to find work and their stories were probably similar to the one in the book, "The Grapes of Wrath". That is probably when some of Grandpa Boyd's brothers went to California. Dad was still living at home during those years. He set out to find work so he could send money home. He hopped the freight trains like the hobos and rode them north to Minnesota and found work in the broom corn harvest. He did this for several years so he could help his family out. He said they would have to jump off the trains before the train arrived in a big town or the railroad bulls would beat them off with sticks. On the trips back to Oklahoma it was very cold on the trains and in the camps. He ate in hobo camps where everyone pitched in whatever they could scrounge up and make Mulligan Stew. Often it was made with rabbits and whatever else they had. He said the camps were very dangerous. Many of the men were in the same boat he was in, just trying to find work or get back to Oklahoma. However, there were some who were bad and would kill and steal from the others if they got half a chance. He said he always slept with one eye open and his knife in his hand.
Dad loved to play cards and dominoes. In the winter when all he really had to do was feed the hogs and cattle, he would go to town and play dominoes at the Domino Parlor. He was there the day the Erick Bank was robbed in the 1950's. The Domino Parlor was right next to the bank. He was also there when a Mr. Prather shot Russell Coursey over a dispute the two men had about one letting thistles grow in the fence row and the seeds blew over in the other man's field.
Dad also went to poker games which Mama didn't like but couldn't do anything about. Sometimes we played with Dr. Devaney and some other doctors at Sayre. When he went to Oklahoma City with the cattle trucks to sell cattle, he played in high stakes games there. He never really lost much that I heard of. He was very good at it. I used to play hands with him but he would never let us gamble, not even with match sticks. He almost always beat me. In the winter after supper in the evening all of us would play something called pitch to see who would do the dishes. The worst loser had to do the dishes. The 2nd worst loser had to draw a bucket of water from the cistern for the night. We had running water but it was hard and gyppy tasting. We always drank the cistern water when I was at home.
Dad loved animals and was a good farmer and rancher. One of his nephews, Donald, said that his Uncle Sim's fields always looked like they were right out of a picture book. We farmed over 1,200 acres at one time and there was not a weed one any of the places that lasted very long. He had Cecil Robeson, our hired hand, constantly plowing. The row crops were constantly being cultivated. He had us howing weeds. Even in the pastures, he had Irma and me hoeing the cockle burs so they wouldn't get in the cows tails. He hated Johnson grass with a vengeance. Once a small patch of it came up in the northeast corner of the home place, from seeds that he thought blew over from the neighbor's not so well kept field. Dad had us down there digging from here to China. We had to get every little white piece of it so it wouldn't come back. When he bought the Hill Place in the 1950's, we had to pick up rocks for years. They dug out every rock in sight. He worked too hard, from before sun up to after sun down. The only break he ever took was an hour at noon to eat dinner. He worked on all of his own tractors. They all had names, Pete and Jerry were the International M's. Ole Red of the big tractor. I just know it was an International-there was no other kind as far as Dad was concerned. And the "Little H" was my tractor. All the others ran on propane but I wouldn't drive one with propane so Dad left mine a gasoline tractor. The combine, our big wheat hauling truck and all our pickups were International.
In the 1950's Dad and Uncle Demus had about 200 head of cattle on pasture up on Sweetwater Creek. However, as the drought continued, they had to sell them as there was no more food for the cows. They kept a small herd of about 45 head and from then until he died he kept the herd about that size. Sometimes they bought feeder cattle and fed them out in feed lots. I used to go down there and eat the molasses as it dripped into the cattle feed. Also, they raised hogs. The most hogs he had were about 400. Then some disease started and they got rid of them and had no hogs for several years. He had just bought 3 sows and a boar the week our house burned as he wanted to get back into the hog business. Dad always said not to keep all your eggs in one basket. On the farm, if the crops didn't make, maybe the cattle and/or hogs would be bringing good prices. He always did very well except in the 50's during the drought. Then he went off with Uncle Shorty and his boys and worked on the pipe line until the drought was over.
Daddy always nicknamed everyone. He almost never called them by their real names. He made us his own names for them. He called Mama "Annabel". He called me "Baby" (although I was the oldest), he called Irma "Lady". Uncle Demus was "Demsky". Uncle Shorty was "Short Rack".
Daddy had a lot of artistic talent and he used to draw mules in the borders of the newspapers. He read detective magazines which he kept hidden under the cushion of his chair. He smoked cigars on occasion. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1966 right after we got home from Germany.
Copy of Death Certificate in File:
State of Oklahoma, Dept of Health
Name of Deceased: Simuel Samson Boyd
Date of Death: August 26, 1966
Age: 57 yrs, 2 months, 5 days
Sex: Male
Color or Race: White
Date of Birth: June 9, 1909
Place of Death: Sayre Memorial Hospital, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma
Usual Residence: Rural Route 3, Erick, Oklahoma
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas
Father's Name: Tandy Boyd
Mother's Maiden Name: Eva Mae Elkins
Informant: Mrs. S. S. Boyd, Erick, Oklahoma, wife
Cause of Death: Cardio-renal failure, secondary to hepatic failure, due to common duct obstruction by neoplasm of pancreas, old duodenal ulcer, chronic cholecystitis, jaundice secondary to above, intreabdominal adhesions.
Doctor: Wm. M. Leebron, M.D. F.A.C.S., Box 528, Elk City, Oklahoma.
Burial: August 27, 1966 in Erick Cemetery, Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma.
Fatheree-Albert Funeral Director, Erick, OK.
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Simuel was born in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. Most probably Tandy and Eva were living with Tandy's mother, Milly, at the time. I have a picture of Dad (Simuel) sitting on the front steps of a house in Amarillo. His grandmother, Milly Boyd, is standing behind him. However, she has a bonnet on and can't tell what she looked like.
Dad told us that when they lived close to the mountains close of Granite and Altus, they used to climb in the mountains and find big dens of rattle snakes which they tried to kill.
He said that at one place they lived in east Texas in the woods, there was a scare going round about rabies. They called it hydrophobia back then. There were tales of packs of mad dogs roaming the woods. He said he was terrified to walk to school every day because he thought the rabid dogs were going to come and bite him. Sometimes he and his brothers rode horses and mules to school. One time Grandpa Boyd bought donkeys for them to ride. Dad swore that those donkeys were the stubbornest things he ever saw.
When he was a child, he once raised a baby squirrel. He said he loved that squirrel and then one day, for no reason at all, the squirrel nearly bit his finger off. He always told me that wild animals could never be trusted even if one thought they were tame.
Although he had little education, Dad was a brilliant man. Moving around a lot like they did, was not encouragement for attending school. However, Dad said he went to school until he decided that he knew more than the teacher did. Grandma saved all of Dad's report cards. He always made A's. He may have known as much as the teacher because in those days teachers were not required to have as much education as now. He could love at an algebra problem and tell you the correct answer. He didn't know the formulas they teach in school but he always came up with the right answer. He was an avid reader and self educated himself all during his lifetime.
Dad was about 5 ft. 11 inches tall with blue eyes and light brown hair. He probably favored his mother more than the other boys, although he was a lot taller than any of the Elkins'. He was less stocky than his brothers.
In the 1930's during the depression and the dust bowl they had no crops and no food. Oklahoma and north parts of Texas were the hardest hit by this tragedy. Many headed west to California to find work and their stories were probably similar to the one in the book, "The Grapes of Wrath". That is probably when some of Grandpa Boyd's brothers went to California. Dad was still living at home during those years. He set out to find work so he could send money home. He hopped the freight trains like the hobos and rode them north to Minnesota and found work in the broom corn harvest. He did this for several years so he could help his family out. He said they would have to jump off the trains before the train arrived in a big town or the railroad bulls would beat them off with sticks. On the trips back to Oklahoma it was very cold on the trains and in the camps. He ate in hobo camps where everyone pitched in whatever they could scrounge up and make Mulligan Stew. Often it was made with rabbits and whatever else they had. He said the camps were very dangerous. Many of the men were in the same boat he was in, just trying to find work or get back to Oklahoma. However, there were some who were bad and would kill and steal from the others if they got half a chance. He said he always slept with one eye open and his knife in his hand.
Dad loved to play cards and dominoes. In the winter when all he really had to do was feed the hogs and cattle, he would go to town and play dominoes at the Domino Parlor. He was there the day the Erick Bank was robbed in the 1950's. The Domino Parlor was right next to the bank. He was also there when a Mr. Prather shot Russell Coursey over a dispute the two men had about one letting thistles grow in the fence row and the seeds blew over in the other man's field.
Dad also went to poker games which Mama didn't like but couldn't do anything about. Sometimes we played with Dr. Devaney and some other doctors at Sayre. When he went to Oklahoma City with the cattle trucks to sell cattle, he played in high stakes games there. He never really lost much that I heard of. He was very good at it. I used to play hands with him but he would never let us gamble, not even with match sticks. He almost always beat me. In the winter after supper in the evening all of us would play something called pitch to see who would do the dishes. The worst loser had to do the dishes. The 2nd worst loser had to draw a bucket of water from the cistern for the night. We had running water but it was hard and gyppy tasting. We always drank the cistern water when I was at home.
Dad loved animals and was a good farmer and rancher. One of his nephews, Donald, said that his Uncle Sim's fields always looked like they were right out of a picture book. We farmed over 1,200 acres at one time and there was not a weed one any of the places that lasted very long. He had Cecil Robeson, our hired hand, constantly plowing. The row crops were constantly being cultivated. He had us howing weeds. Even in the pastures, he had Irma and me hoeing the cockle burs so they wouldn't get in the cows tails. He hated Johnson grass with a vengeance. Once a small patch of it came up in the northeast corner of the home place, from seeds that he thought blew over from the neighbor's not so well kept field. Dad had us down there digging from here to China. We had to get every little white piece of it so it wouldn't come back. When he bought the Hill Place in the 1950's, we had to pick up rocks for years. They dug out every rock in sight. He worked too hard, from before sun up to after sun down. The only break he ever took was an hour at noon to eat dinner. He worked on all of his own tractors. They all had names, Pete and Jerry were the International M's. Ole Red of the big tractor. I just know it was an International-there was no other kind as far as Dad was concerned. And the "Little H" was my tractor. All the others ran on propane but I wouldn't drive one with propane so Dad left mine a gasoline tractor. The combine, our big wheat hauling truck and all our pickups were International.
In the 1950's Dad and Uncle Demus had about 200 head of cattle on pasture up on Sweetwater Creek. However, as the drought continued, they had to sell them as there was no more food for the cows. They kept a small herd of about 45 head and from then until he died he kept the herd about that size. Sometimes they bought feeder cattle and fed them out in feed lots. I used to go down there and eat the molasses as it dripped into the cattle feed. Also, they raised hogs. The most hogs he had were about 400. Then some disease started and they got rid of them and had no hogs for several years. He had just bought 3 sows and a boar the week our house burned as he wanted to get back into the hog business. Dad always said not to keep all your eggs in one basket. On the farm, if the crops didn't make, maybe the cattle and/or hogs would be bringing good prices. He always did very well except in the 50's during the drought. Then he went off with Uncle Shorty and his boys and worked on the pipe line until the drought was over.
Daddy always nicknamed everyone. He almost never called them by their real names. He made us his own names for them. He called Mama "Annabel". He called me "Baby" (although I was the oldest), he called Irma "Lady". Uncle Demus was "Demsky". Uncle Shorty was "Short Rack".
Daddy had a lot of artistic talent and he used to draw mules in the borders of the newspapers. He read detective magazines which he kept hidden under the cushion of his chair. He smoked cigars on occasion. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1966 right after we got home from Germany.
Copy of Death Certificate in File:
State of Oklahoma, Dept of Health
Name of Deceased: Simuel Samson Boyd
Date of Death: August 26, 1966
Age: 57 yrs, 2 months, 5 days
Sex: Male
Color or Race: White
Date of Birth: June 9, 1909
Place of Death: Sayre Memorial Hospital, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma
Usual Residence: Rural Route 3, Erick, Oklahoma
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas
Father's Name: Tandy Boyd
Mother's Maiden Name: Eva Mae Elkins
Informant: Mrs. S. S. Boyd, Erick, Oklahoma, wife
Cause of Death: Cardio-renal failure, secondary to hepatic failure, due to common duct obstruction by neoplasm of pancreas, old duodenal ulcer, chronic cholecystitis, jaundice secondary to above, intreabdominal adhesions.
Doctor: Wm. M. Leebron, M.D. F.A.C.S., Box 528, Elk City, Oklahoma.
Burial: August 27, 1966 in Erick Cemetery, Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma.
Fatheree-Albert Funeral Director, Erick, OK.
(Medical):Simuel Boyd died at the age of 57 years of pancreatic cancer. He was in the Sayre Hospital when he died. Parents: Tandy Charles Landers BOYD and Eva May ELKINS.
Spouse:
Alice Beatrice COFFEY. Simuel Sampson
BOYD and Alice Beatrice COFFEY were married on 9 Jun 1939 in Delhi, Beckham Co,
OK.3,667
Reference Number:49722
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Simuel and Beatrice were married in Delhi, Oklahoma on June 9, 1939. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. O'Conner. Their witnesses were two of Bea's sisters, Ina
and Edith.
Copy of Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage in File:
State of Oklahoma, County of Beckham,
I, C. F. O'Conner, Advent Christian Minister of Delhi in Beckham County, State
of Oklahoma, do hereby certify that I joined in marriage the persons named in
and authorized by this License to be married, on the nineth day of June, A. D.
1939, at my residence in Beckham County, State of Oklahoma, in the presence of
Edith Conway of Mayfield, Oklahoma and Ina Coffey of Mayfield, Oklahoma. Signed
by C. F. O'Conner, Rt. 1, Delhi, Oklahoma, returned and recorded this 12th day
of June, 1939, Lee Goddard, Court Clerk.
[my family file 7.11.99.FTW]
Simuel and Beatrice were married in Delhi, Oklahoma on June 9, 1939. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. O'Conner. Their witnesses were two of Bea's sisters, Ina
and Edith.
Copy of Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage in File:
State of Oklahoma, County of Beckham,
I, C. F. O'Conner, Advent Christian Minister of Delhi in Beckham County, State
of Oklahoma, do hereby certify that I joined in marriage the persons named in
and authorized by this License to be married, on the nineth day of June, A. D.
1939, at my residence in Beckham County, State of Oklahoma, in the presence of
Edith Conway of Mayfield, Oklahoma and Ina Coffey of Mayfield, Oklahoma. Signed
by C. F. O'Conner, Rt. 1, Delhi, Oklahoma, returned and recorded this 12th day
of June, 1939, Lee Goddard, Court Clerk. Children were: Living BOYD, Living BOYD,
Tandy Joe BOYD.
Singleton Wilmer BOYD3,206,1745 died on 12 Mar 1882 in Madisonville, Rails County, Missouri.3 He is reference number 5289.
Spouse: Nancy ELLIS. Singleton Wilmer BOYD and Nancy ELLIS were married on 9 Aug 1835 in Pike Co. MO.3,206 Reference Number:105116
Smith BOYD3,281 was born on 24 Apr 1853 in Tyrone Twp, Blair, Pennsylvania.3,281 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3 He was also known as Smith Boyd.3 He died Unknown.3,281 He is reference number 52842. Parents: George W. BOYD and Martha SMITH.
Spouse: Rosette R. RUCKER. Smith BOYD and Rosette R. RUCKER were married. Reference Number:912770
Smith Leroy BOYD3,1269 was born on 28 May 1830.3 He died between 1831 and 1920.3 He is reference number 311. Parents: James BOYD and Margaret LEWIS.
Snowden BOYD3,1567 was born in 1851.3 He died in 1932 in Penn Township, Pennsylvania.3 He is reference number 81587.
Spouse: Hannah DUNBAR. Snowden BOYD and Hannah DUNBAR were married about 1886.3 Reference Number:1325038 Children were: Moses M. BOYD, Thomas E. BOYD, James E. BOYD.
Solena Aslee BOYD3,345,460 was born on 18 Apr 1857.3,345,460 She died Unknown.3,460 She is reference number 77172. Parents: James Smith BOYD and Martha Locke POPLIN.
Soloman BOYD3,38 was born on 21 Aug 1836 in Elk Lick, Somerset, PA.3,38 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3,449 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3,450 He died on 8 May 1908.3,38,449,450 He was also known as Soloman Boyd.3,38 He was also known as Solomon Boyd.3,449,450 He is reference number 5669. [boyd-trees.ged]
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May have died May 2, 1908 Parents: Adam BOYD and Eva Catherine ENGLE.
Spouse: NANIE. Soloman BOYD and NANIE were married about 1856 in ?, , PA.3,38 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Marriage]3,450 Reference Number:110156
Soloman BOYD3,1333 was born in 1845 in Darke County, Ohio.3 He died before 1882.3 He is reference number 86655. Parents: David K. BOYD and Susan CHRISTIAN.
Spouse: Christina Caroline LABIG. Soloman BOYD and Christina Caroline LABIG were married on 24 Dec 1868 in Darke County, Ohio.3 Reference Number:1394281
Solomon BOYD2,3 died Unknown.3 He is reference number 44844. [boyd-trees.ged]
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! (1) Jane Nelson. E-mail: [email protected] (2000). Does not know source.
! Birth: (1) s/o Adam BOYD/(Eva) Catherine ENGLE. Parents: Adam BOYD and Eva Catherine ENGLE.
Solomon BOYD3,38,95,1316 was born about 1782.3,38 He was also known as Solomon Boyd.3,38 He was christened in Went To Illinois.3,38 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 16592. He has Ancestral File Number W7T6-10. Parents: William BOYD.
Solomon BOYD3,399 was born about 1837.3,399 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 12893. Parents: Jesse BOYD and Permelia HURD.
Spouse: Lucy A. VIPPERMAN. Solomon BOYD and Lucy A. VIPPERMAN were married on 22 May 1860 in Patrick Co. VA.3,399 Reference Number:318666
Solomon BOYD3,38,95,218 was born in 1850 in Dekalb Co. Tennessee..3 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3,95,218 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 50917. He has Ancestral File Number 235L-XFR. Parents: William Johnson BOYD and Delilah MALONE. Parents: William Johnson BOYD and Delilah MALONE.
Son BOYD3,38 was born about 1496 in Scot..3 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 26722. Parents: [Baron Boyd] Alexander BOYD and Janet COLVILLE.
Son BOYD3,38 was born about 1497 in Kilmarnock, Renfrev, Scotland.3 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 26641. Parents: [Baron Boyd] Alexander BOYD and Janet COLVILLE.
Son BOYD3,38 was born about 1499 in Kilmarnock, Renfrev, Scotland.3 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 26721. Parents: [Baron Boyd] Alexander BOYD and Janet COLVILLE.
Son BOYD3,38,583 was born in 1798 in
Son BOYD3,38,583 was born in 1801 in
Son BOYD3,38,583 was born in 1804 in
Son BOYD3,38,583 was born in 1806 in
Son BOYD3,38,583 was born in 1811 in
Son BOYD3,38,583 was born in 1815 in
Son BOYD3,38 was born on 16 Aug 1896 in
Sophia BOYD3,95 was born on 19 Aug 1835 in
Sophia BOYD3,1270 was born in 1836.3,1270 She died Unknown.3 She is reference number 5523. Parents: Valentine BOYD and Sarah GROOMS.
Sophia Elizabeth BOYD3,95 was born on 8 Feb 1875 in , Macoupin, Illinois.3 She died on 8 May 1956.3 She is reference number 54333. She has Ancestral File Number W7SS-7D. Parents: Henderson BOYD and Hester Mariah VOYLES.
Sophia J. BOYD3,550 was born on 26 Feb 1845.3,550 She died on 20 Mar 1904.3,550 She is reference number 702. Parents: James A. BOYD and Margaret BURGER.
Spouse: John Sebring MCLANE. John Sebring MCLANE and Sophia J. BOYD were married on 8 Jan 1863.3,550 Reference Number:20622
Sophronia BOYD3,38,95 was born on 25 Dec 1829 in Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio.3,38 She died on 12 Sep 1858 in Near Poast Town, Butler Co., Ohio.3,38 She was also known as Sophronia Boyd.3,38 She was buried Unknown in Franklin Cem., Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio.3,38 She is reference number 16410. She has Ancestral File Number LHVL-4H. Parents: Andrew BOYD and Temperance Fugate POCOCK.
Sophronia Jane BOYD3,95 was born on 23 Feb 1859 in Franklin Twp., Warren Co., Ohio.3 She died on 20 Jan 1929 in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio.3 She was buried on 22 Jan 1929 in Lebanon Cem., Warren Co., Ohio.3 She is reference number 54997. She has Ancestral File Number LHVL-F2. Parents: Thomas Lindorph BOYD and Eliza PROBASCO.
Spouse: Oswell Aaron HUTCHINSON. Oswell Aaron HUTCHINSON and Sophronia Jane BOYD were married on 1 Jan 1891 in Franklin Twp., Warren Co., Ohio.3 Reference Number:950377 Children were: Carrie Eliza HUTCHINSON, Thomas Boyd HUTCHINSON.
Sparrell BOYD3,399 was born on 28 Feb 1825 in Franklin Co., VA.3,399 He died Unknown.3 He is reference number 13082. Parents: Andrew BOYD and Nancy COCKRAM.
Spouse: Melvina LIGHT. Sparrell BOYD and Melvina LIGHT were married on 19 Oct 1853 in Patrick Co. VA.3,399 Reference Number:320352
Spouse: Anna HUBBARD. Sparrell BOYD and Anna HUBBARD were married on 26 Nov 1886 in Patrick Co. VA.3,399 Reference Number:320358
Spencer BOYD.3
Children were: James BOYD.
Spencer BOYD.3
Spencer BOYD2,3 died between 1775 and 1779 in , , Virginia.2,3 He is reference number 46330. [boyd-trees.ged]
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! (1) "Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers," by Robert K. Headley , Jr. (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1987) p.35,89. Cites: (a) "The Virginia Gazette an d General Advertiser," 27 Apr 1796.
(2) "Vital Records of Three Burned Counties: Births, Marriages and Deaths of King and Queen , King William, and New Kent Counties, Virginia 1680-1860," by Therese Fisher (Bowie, MD: Her itage Books, 1995) p.21.
! Death: (2) Between 7 Jul 1775 and 28 Sep 1779.
(1a) 1796, 18 Mar: Suit in VA High Court of Chancery: Sarah DEGRAFFENREID and Vincent DEGRA FFENREID her eldest son and heir at law of Baker DEGRAFFENREID, dec'd, plaintiffs, vs. Pete r RUST, executor of Hannah RUST who was surviving executrix of Benjamin RUST, Anthony GARDNE R administrator with the will annexed of Spencer BOYD, dec'd, William HAWKINS, Spencer BOYD , Robert BOYD, John DI(D)LAKE, Betty BOYD widow of James BOYD dec'd and Vincent VASS and Will iam BOYD an infant by William HAWKINS his guardian, defendants. [NOTE: Is the Spencer who d . 1775/9 the Spencer whose will is refered to here? It was ar keast 17 years after his death. ]
Spencer BOYD3,38,95,218 was born about 1767 in Of, , , VA.3,95,218 He died Unknown in Of, Bath, , Kentucky.3 He is reference number 24556. He has Ancestral File Number QRGT-PT. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Death]3,95,218 Parents: George BOYD III and Jemima BIRGE.
Spouse: Patsey MORGAN. Spencer BOYD and Patsey MORGAN were married in Of, Owingsville, , KY.3,95,218 Reference Number:483065
Spencer BOYD3,1395 was born on 18 May 1793.3,1395 He died on 6 Feb 1862 in Bath County, Kentucky.3,1395 He is reference number 39029.
Spouse: Mary ILES. Spencer BOYD and Mary ILES were married about 1816.3,1395 Reference Number:711326 Children were: Elijah Iles BOYD.
Spencer BOYD2,3,95,1262 was born on 19 Feb 1796 in Virginia.3 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3,1262 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Birth]3 He died on 6 Feb 1874 in Greenwood, Mill County, Iowa.3 He is reference number 42088. He has Ancestral File Number 15HW-127. [boyd-trees.ged]
!(1) "Marriage Records of Highland Co., Ohio (1805-1880)," comp. by David N.
McBride and Jane N. McBride (Southern OH Gen. Soc., 1981) p.24.
!Marriage to Virginia Ann Patton: (1) Issued license 24 Feb 1834, Highland Co.,
OH. Parents: John BOYD and Mary ROBERTS.
Spouse: Nancy IRWIN. Spencer BOYD and Nancy IRWIN were married on 27 Mar 1818 in Ross, Ohio.3 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Alt. Marriage]3 Reference Number:757330 Children were: William BOYD, Joshua BOYD, Nancy BOYD, James BOYD, John BOYD, Jane BOYD, Arthur BOYD.
Spouse: Virginia Ann PATTON. Spencer BOYD and Virginia Ann PATTON were married on 24 Feb 1834 in Ohio.2,3 Reference Number:612443
