Boyds of Washington County, AR
JOHN F. BARR - a native of
Lawrence County, Ala., and was born on
December 27, 1829. His parents,
Isaac and Sarah (Holt) Barr, were
married in Tennessee, and
soon after that event moved to Alabama, where
the father died. She was a
Georgian by birth, he a Virginian, but reared
in Tennessee, and throughout
life was a farmer. He died in Alabama, and
his widow and seven children
moved to Washington County, Ark., where she
met and married John C. Neill,
and died about 1845. John F. Barr at the
age of twenty years was married
to MISS MARY A. BOYD, a native of
Washington County, Ark., and
by her became the father of seven children:
Ardilla, Mell and Belle (twins),
Dora and Ida, five girls,four of whom
are married; two boys, Humphrey
and Frankie.
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FRANCIS M. BOYD. Among the
representative farmers of Washington County,
Ark., may be mentioned Mr.F.M.
Boyd, who was born near where he now
lives on the 14th of June,
1840, and is a son of WILLIAM D. and
ELIZABETH (OXFORD) BOYD, the
former of whom was born in North Carolina
in 1806, and the latter in
East Tennessee in 1811. They were married in
Tennessee, and in 1829 moved
to Arkansas, where they gave their
attention to farming. The
mother's death occurred on the 31st of July,
1879. She and husband were
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for
many years; he is a Democrat
Out of a family of ten children born to
them the following are those
living; MARY A., wife of John F. BARR;
LAVINA, widow of V.B. Johnson;
FRANCIS M.; ALBERT W.; REBECCA, wife of
Sylvanus Walker, and WILLIAM
A. Those deceased are NANCY, MALINDA,
CLEMENTINE and BENJAMIN F.
Francis M. Boyd remained at home until the
breaking out of the war, when
he enlisted in the Confederate State
service, Company K, and served
until the army was disbanded at Marshall,
Tex. He was in many battles
and skirmishes, but was never wounded nor
taken prisoner. He returned
home and resided with his parents until his
marriage, in February, 1866,
to ARMINTA WALKER, a
daughter of Tandy W. Walker.
She was born in Marion County, Mo., March
12, 1836, and died at her
residence November 12, 1885, and was buried at
Sun's Chapel November 14.
(As one of God's chosen, she rests in peace.)
She was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Boyd is a
Democrat, and gives his aid
to all laudable enterprises. He is the
present postmaster at Wyman,
and has been engaged in business in that
place for three years. He
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.
JAMES S. GRAHAM, farmer of
Washington County, Ark., and native of the
“Blue Grass State,” was born
in 1820, and while an infant was brought by
his parents, WILLIAM and LEAR
(BOYD) GRAHAM, to Arkansas. James S.
Graham, was reared in North
western Arkansas, and is one of the thrifty
farmers of that locality.
Rebecca Jane Patton, who was born in Tennessee
in 1826, became his wife and
the mother of nine children: Vachiel C.,
Peter, Rachel, Dorothea T.,
Amanda A. (widow of Robert Graham), Benjamin
P., Orlena J., J. Willy and
Cynthia.
Source: Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.
Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers,
1889.
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