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   The Goodspeed Publishing Company,
   History of Tennessee, 1887

       F. M. and P. J. BOY, farmers, are the sons of ANDREW and MARY
    (HOBAUGH) BOY. ANDREW was born in this county February 15, 1796,
    the son of JACOB BOY. He was a farmer who was progressive in all
    he did. He was a Confederate during the war, but accepted the re-
    sults without a murmur. He was a man whose character left a strong
    impression on his family. He was a zealous member of the Methodist
    Episcopal Church, and died in 1870, aged seventy-four. The mother
    was born in this county December 1, 1799, the daughter of PHILLIP
    HOBAUGH. She was also a devoted Methodist, and reared four sons and
    four daughters; she died at the age of forty-four years, and was
    mourned by all who knew her. F. M. was born December 27, 1825, and
    after attending country schools began his career as a farmer. June
    20, 1858, he married MARY A., a daughter of REUBEN HICKS, and born
    in this county March 5, 1834. Their children are NANCY E., WILLIAM
    J., ROBERT A. and MARY J. He is a Methodist, while his wife belongs
    to the Missionary Baptist Church. P. J., the younger of our subjects,
    was born November 30, 1843, and has led a life with advantages like
    those of his brother. He was a soldier of Company F, Sixty-third
    Tennessee Confederate Infantry, serving in the hardest of the war.
    January 17, 1867, he married MARY E., a daughter of JOHN AKARD. She
    was born in this county December 10, 1845. Their children are MARY M.,
    JOHN A. M., JAMES C., WILLIAM, SARAH A., MARTHA C. and FRANCES M. He
    is a Methodist and his wife of the Lutheran persuasion.


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