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Husband: Milton A. BOYD
   Born: 15 OCT 1809 in KY/VA?
Died: 05 FEB 1898 in SW Missouri
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
   Wife: Mary Elizabeth "Polly" BOBBITT
   Born: 06 AUG 1813 in Christian Co., KY? or South East MO?
Died: 04 APR 1857 in Niantic Twp., Macon Co., IL
Father: William James BOBBITT
Mother: Elizabeth HALE
Spouses:
Children
01  (M): George Washington BOYD
Born: about 1833 in (Morgan Co., IL?)
Died: 10 AUG 1861 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO
Spouses: (Mary) Ellen BOBBITT
02  (M): Everett H. (Hale?) BOYD
Born: about 1835 in IL
Died: 23 FEB 1863 in Young's Point, Madison, LA
Spouses: Mary Catherine KITCH
03  (M): John BOYD
Born: about 1837
Died: before 1880
Spouses: (Mary) Ellen BOBBITT
04  (M): William M. BOYD
Born: about 1838 in IL
Died: 05 JAN 1870
Spouses:
05  (M): James BOYD
Born: about 1840 in IL
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
06  (F): Nancy Elizabeth BOYD
Born: 12 MAR 1841 in Morgan Co., IL
Died: 19 DEC 1930 in Sangamon Co., IL
Spouses: William Pearson ROBERTS
07  (F): Jane BOYD
Born: about 1842 in IL
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
08  (M): Joshua Stephen BOYD
Born: 1843 in Macon Co., IL?
Died: 22 JUL 1902 in Hobart, Kiowa Co., OK
Spouses: Mary Elma BOBBITT
09  (M): James Henry BOYD
Born: 14 DEC 1845 in Macon? Co., IL
Died: 26 FEB 1937 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
Spouses: Sarah Emily BOBBITT
10  (M): E. BOYD
Born: about 1852 in Macon? Co., IL
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
11  (M): Littleton BOYD
Born: 1853 in Macon? Co., IL
Died: after 1920
Spouses: Lise HARDING

Additional Information

Milton A. BOYD:
Census: 1850, Macon Co., IL
Census: 1840
Census: 1870, Gentry Co., MO
Census: 1880, Illiopolis, Sangamon Co., IL

Notes:
1835 Morgan County IL State Census, unknown township, page 70:
BOYD, Milton
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26 Mar 1849 Milton Boyd bought land from the Government (Public Domain Land Tract Sales in IL State Archives database. N2SW Sec. 4, T16N-R1W, Niantic Twp., Macon Co. IL (land bordered Sangamon Co.) and S2NWFR of Sec. 4, T16N-R1W, Niantic Twp., Macon Co., IL.
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Milton Boyd was instrumental in the beginning of the Church South of Niantic which was located at the now Long Point Cemetery.

1850 Macon Co. IL Census:
BOYDE, Milton 44 farmer $1000 KY
Elizabeth 40 KY
George 20 KY
Everett 18 IL
John 15 IL
William 12 IL
James 10 IL
Jane 8 IL
Elizabeth 3/12 IL
(This cenus is not accurate, but it is the right family. Milton and Polly were married in Morgan Co. IL. )

1870 P O Albany, Jackson Twp., Gentry Co., MO Census:
#87/88 BOYD James 25 MW farmer $3900/325 IL
Sarah E 18 FW keeping house IL
Milton 60 MW KY
Littleton 19 MW works on farm IL
LADBETTER Alfred C 25 MW carpenter /$500 NC
FARBER Henry 23 MW farm hand IA

1880 Illiopolis Twp., Sangamon County, IL Census:
#93/98 BOYD Milton 69, retired farmer VA VA VA
Emma 21, wife, keeping house, NC NC NC
Amy L., 6, dau, MO VA NC
Silas A., 4, son, IL VA NC
Jesse E. 2, son IL VA NC

Mary Elizabeth "Polly" BOBBITT:
Burial: APR 1857, Long Point Cemetery, Niantic Twp., Macon Co., IL 1

Marriage Notes
Married: 05 JUL 1832, Morgan Co., IL 2
Footnotes

  1. Long Point Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions.
    Niantic Twp., Macon Co., IL.
  2. IL State Archives Marriage Database, Morgan County, IL Marriages.
    Have original marriage record.

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