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Jesse
Boyd / Elizabeth Hollowell
Randolph Co; NC to Orange Co; IN
JESSE BOYD, one of
the few remaining old settlers of Orange County, Indiana, was born in
Randolph County, N.C., May 4, 1818, and is the third of six children,
only two yet living, born to WILLIAM and MARY (HOPWOOD) BOYD, the
parents now being dead. The parents of WILLIAM BOYD were WILLIAM and
HODA (DAVENPORT) BOYD, and they were natives of Ireland, coming to this
country in the eighteenth century and settling in Virginia. William
Boyd, Sr., served the Colonies faithfully in their struggle for
independence. JESSE BOYD in 1839 started West on foot from his native
county, and after walking 600 miles arrived in Orange County, Indiana,
where he found employment in the construction of the old turnpike, but
afterward engaged in the manufacture of wheat fans. ELIZABETH HOLLOWELL
became his wife March 13, 1842, and about this time Mr. Boyd engaged in
farming. This has always been his occupation, and although he commenced
life's battle a poor boy, he has with the help of his wife accumulated
about 1,000 acres of land, but having given about 700 acres to his
children he now only owns 300 acres. Mrs. Boyd was born in Orange County
previous to 1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd these children have been born:
WILLIAM L., born June 23,1843; MARY A., born November 1,1844; ROBERT H.,
July 8,1846; FRANKLIN, March 1,1848; CHARLES, August 25,1853; ELWOOD,
November 29,1859; MARTHA J., November 10,1861; JAMES M., May 27,1864,
and JESSE, born July 20,1866. The mother died May 2,1881. She was one of
the true pioneer women of her day and bravely aided her husband in his
efforts to build a home. Mr. Boyd married his present wife October 12,
1882. She was MISS MARIA E. BROWN, daughter of Hutcheson and Harriet
(BANKS) Brown, both of whom are now dead. Hutcheson Brown was one of the
early pioneers of Washington County, Indiana, and was a typo on the
first paper published in that county.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Boyd belong to the Society of Friends.
Source: Goodspeed's
"History of Orange, Lawrence and Washington Counties" first
published in 1884.
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