Marcellus Boyd / Myra Hay,

MARCELLUS BOYD, ex-clerk of the county court of Haywood Co., was born in Brownsville, Jan 23 1839, the son of ALEXANDER and ANNA L. (HARRISON) BOYD. The father being a native of Virginia and the mother of North Carolina. His father came to Tennessee in 1832, locating at Woodville, Haywood County, where he was a merchant until he moved to Brownsville in 1838, continuing his business. A few years before his death he moved to a farm in the county, where he died in 1846. Our subject was raised and educated in Haywood County, and for a number of years was a book-keeper, being in the employ of R.Y. LONGLEY about six years prior to the war. May 19,1861 he married MYRA HAY, of this county, and they have nine children living: DAVID H., SUSAN, CHARLES A., WILLIAM S., LUCIAN B., FRANK H., DORA A., MYRA B., and MARY A. In 1865 he was deputy county court clerk; then moved to his farm four miles south of town, where he has since resided. In August 1878, he was elected county court clerk, which he held by re- election, two terms of four years each, the last term expiring in September 1886, and made a most efficient officer. He has always been a Republican. Mr Boyd has conducted his farming interest very success- fully, and justly earned the reputation of being of Haywood County's most reliable and public-spirited citizens.

Source: Biographical Appendix - History of Haywood County, TN - Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1887

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