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Judge John P. Boyd ~ Martha E. Blacknell - Texas

Judge John P. Boyd is a son of Mack and Lavina (Oxford) Boyd, and a grandson of William Boyd, of Tennessee, who was the son of Green Boyd, of Ireland.  Mack Boyd was an extensive farmer and stock raiser of Hardeman county, Tennessee, but in 1829 moved to what is now Washington county, Arkansas, that State being then a Territory.  He there engaged in farming, but also erected the War Eagle Mills,  which are still known under the name of Boyd's Mills;  in 1849 he came to Texas, bringing his son, John P., with him,  engaged in farming and stock raising,  and died October 12, 1853.  He was a member of the Methodist church,  and was a consistent Christian and conscientious man.  He requested prior to his death that no monument should be erected over his grave,  that his "body was only returning to dust from whence it came;"  he was a leading man in his day,  was colonel in the Indian war and was often solicited to run for office, but always declined.  The father of Mrs. Lavina Boyd was Abel Oxford,  son of James Oxford,  of Oxford, England. John P.  Boyd was born November 20, 1826, in McNairy county, Tennessee, and is the eldest in a family of eight children,  the remaining seven being:  Elizabeth,  Mary E., Sarah,  Carefine,  Andrew J.,  Luvanie and George W.   He came to Texas in 1849,  and December 8, 1852,  married Martha E. Blacknell, daughter of Joel Blacknell.   By this union have been born eight children:  Cordelia N.,  Martha E.,  David W.,  John M., Mary J.,  Lavina,  Alice S. and Joel B.   These children all born in Texas,  and are living and doing well.   Mr Boyd enlisted in the Confederate army in 1863.  He is an influential citizen and has held several offices,  among which is that of county judge.  He has been justice of the peace and notary public for thirty years and was always elected by his fellow citizens.   He was also largely instrumental in having Delta county cut off from Hopkins and Lamar. Source: Biographical Souvenir Of The State Of Texas,  F.A. Battey & Company of Chicago, 1889: containing biographical sketches of the representative public, and many early settled families.  Includes index.   FHL Film #547587

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