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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Mich. 49779
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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Mich. 49779
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JAMES NALLE BOYD Richmond, Virginia JAMES NALLE BOYD, the "fair haired" Scotchman, founded a family that was prominent in Scotch history and one that is now found in all parts of the United States. The ancestors of James Nalle Boyd, of Richmond, Virginia, were of the Glasgow, Scotland, branch. He is a grandson of JOHN H. BOYD, of Virginia, who married ELIZABETH FOUSHEE, and died in 1866, advanced in years. He was a veteran of the war of 1812, and located in Richmond after the war.
Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volumes I-V. Richmond, VA: JAMES NALLE BOYD / MILDRED COLES Richmond, VA JAMES NALLE BOYD, son of JOHN W. BOYD and VIRGINIA (NALLE) BOYD, was born at Richmond, Virginia, May 28, 1850. His father died when he was about six years of age, and his school years was ended by the war between the states. He was privately taught until 1859 when he became a student at the old Roger Martin Academy, an institution located in Richmond and then numbering about two hundred boys as pupils. He attended this school until 1863 and on April 1, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-first Virginia Regiment of Infantry, the Confederate army marching through Amelia county, Virginia, firing his boyish patriotism, he then being not quite fourteen years of age. His military career was a short one, as a few days later at the fierce battle of Sailor's Creek he was taken prisoner. This battle was fought near Farmville, Virginia, and on the confederate side the troops were mostly young men and boys. After the war the lad in years, but a veteran in experience, returned to Richmond and there began a business career that has been a most successful and important one. He worked for four years for Thomas & Oliver, tobacco manufacturers and dealers of Richmond, 1866 to 1870, then formed the firm of James N. Boyd & Company and engaged in business for himself as dealers in leaf tobacco, buying and exporting. This firm is still an important factor in the tobacco trade, Mr. Boyd having always retained his interest, and since the incorporation of the firm in 1896 he has been its efficient president. As he increased in business experience and power he extended his activities and has become one of the leading business men of this city. He is president of the Planters National Bank of Richmond, director of the Virginia Trust Company and the Southern Biscuit Works of Richmond, and formerly a director of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company of Richmond and the Southern Cotton Oil Company of New York, and has unofficial connection with many Richmond and Virginia enterprises. He is well known and highly regarded in business circles, and in club life is equally prominent. While his parents were both members of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, of Richmond, Mr. Boyd and his immediate family are members of All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he is a vestryman. Following his early war experience of 1865, Mr. Boyd, in 1870, enlisted in Company F, First Regiment Virginia Militia, serving for four years. He is a member of the First Regiment Association, the Business Men's Club of Richmond, a director of the Police Benevolent Association, member of the Westmoreland and Commonwealth clubs of Richmond, the Country Club of Virginia and Richmond Chamber of Commerce. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Boyd, although deeply interested in all that pertains to the public good, has never accepted public office. Mr. Boyd married, January 10,
1877, MILDRED COLES, daughter of John R. and Elizabeth (Coles) Edmunds,
of English descent. Children: Elizabeth Boyd, residing at home; James R.
N. Boyd,
a civil engineer, now residing in California; Virginia Nalle Boyd, married Asa
E. Phillips, a government engineer of Washington, D. C.; Richard E.
Boyd, a
buyer of leaf tobacco, residing in Richmond; Mildred Coles Boyd, married John
C. Hayes, a tobacco manufacturer associated with the American Tobacco
Company in Richmond; John W. Boyd, secretary and treasurer of the James N.
Boyd Company, (incorporated) of Richmond; Mary E. Boyd, residing at home. The
family residence is No. 117 West Grace street, Richmond. Source: Encyclopedia of
Virginia Biography, Volumes I-V. Richmond, VA: Also see JOHN W. BOYD
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