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R. R. Boyd ~ Harriet Black
Tipton County, Tennessee

R. R. Boyd, of Covington, Tenn., was born in New Hampshire, in 1835, and was one of six children, all living, born to Robert and Susan Boyd, both natives of New Hampshire. The father was born in 1799; he was a farmer, and held some office of political importance, including membership in the State Legislature for many years, and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He moved to Ohio in 1852, and died in 1872. The mother's maiden name was Riddle; she was born in 1800 and died in 1849. Our subject was raised and educated at home. He came to Nashville in 1853 and remained there until 161. He was first employed as a book-keeper, and was then in the produce business for himself. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and was in the commissionary department as clerk under Maj. G. V. Rambeau until 1863, when he was discharged on account of ill health. In 1861 he married Harriet Black, daughter of John and Mary Black. Mrs. Boyd was born near Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1835. They have three children: Robert B. Boyd, George R. Grant Boyd, and Harry Findley Boyd . After Mr. Boyd returned from the army he located at Memphis, and engaged in the lumber business, and for some time furnished
wood for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and then handled cotton, and engaged in ginning. In 1876 he moved to Covington, continuing the latter business until 1886, then began dealing in and sawing lumber. Mr. Boyd is a Democrat, and a member of the I. O. O. F., and with his wife belongs to the Presbyterian Church. He stands well in the community and is a man of strict integrity and kind heart.

Source: History of Tennessee from the earliest time to the present : together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood and Crockett counties, besides a valuable fund of notes, original observations, reminiscences, etc., etc; Nashville, Tennessee : Goodspeed, 1887. FHL Film 176660

 

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