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                       JOHN WILLIAM BOYD BIBLE

Holy Bible, Self Pronouncing, 1881, no publisher found. Copied in
Clinton, Miss., on February 20, 1961, by Mrs. J. P. Morris, Jr. of Kentwood
La. This Bible was at that time in the glass exhibit case of the Missis-
sippi Baptist Historical Commission housed in the library of Mississippi
College at Clinton. Mr. Jesse Laney Boyd, the present owner of the Bible,
is the Secretary of the Baptist Historical group of Mississippi. He stated
that the Bible was that of his parents, John William Boyd and Annie Laurie
Beard of Pike County, Miss. whose 60th anniversary was noted in the Mis-
sissippi Baptist Record of June 15, 1939. Of the witnesses listed to their
marriage, J. E. Beard was the bride's father, and Mr. Levi Boyd was the
stepfather of the groom. J. W.'s father was Levi's brother, Jesse Boyd,
who died of measles during the Civil War. His mother was a Williams whose sister also married a Boyd, Silas. The owner of the Bible was the only child by the first marriage. He had brothers and sisters: Courtney Boyd, Eunice Boyd, Lucy Boyd, Winston Boyd, Willie Boyd (d.y), Benjamin Boyd, Parham Boyd and Dexter Boyd.

MARRIAGE

John William Boyd of Pike County, Mississippi married Annie Laurie Beard April 3, 1879 at Magnolia. Witnesses: Mr. J. E. Beard and Mr. Levi Boyd. Miss Lillie E. Boyd married January 26, 1902


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Miss Emma L. Boyd married November 25, 1900
Mr. Jesse Boyd married Sept. 3, 1908
Olivia Boyd married June 21, 1920
Almeta Boyd married June -- , 1918
Hailey Boyd August 1927 (In ink, a different date: June 3, 1928)
Vesco Boyd May 20, 1925
G. C. Boyd 1915 H. L. Boyd December 21, 1916

BIRTHS

John W. Boyd born August 8, 1861
Mrs. Annie L. Boyd born January 30, 1860
Lillie E. Boyd born May 18, 1880
Jesse L(aney) Boyd born Tune 23, 1881 (has Bible)
Emma L. Boyd born June 21, 1883
Cleveland Boyd born July 14, 1885
Harwell Boyd born September 25, 1887
Crawford Boyd born September 23, 1889
Lucas Boyd born April 7, 1891
Clevia Boyd born February 2, 1893
Almeta Boyd born October 28, 1894
Hailey Boyd born March 2, 1896 (changed to March 6)
Vasco Boyd born December 10, 1897
R. V. Pierce Boyd born December 27, 1900
D. P. Boyd born Nov. 11, 1902

DEATHS

John Crawford Boyd died December 9, 1901 (accident while in wagon, horses ran away and his neck was broken, according to clipping in the Bible)
D. P. Boyd died November 11, 1902
R. V. Pierce Boyd died May 6, 1904
Almeda Reeves died January 2, 1920
Grover C. Boyd died August 17, 1934 (clipping at his death states he married Alice Mitchell of Corinth, Miss., and that his brother Vasco lived in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
Jno. W. Boyd died December 17, 1940
Annie L. Boyd died December 18, 1948
Halley Boyd May 23, 1949
Lillie E. Thornhill died June 8, 1949
Lucas Gordon Boyd died Friday July 18, 1952