U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyd, John Thomas (b. 1858) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 394 JOHN THOMAS BOYD, born October 15, 1858, son of Calvin Boyd and Louisa Curry, the daughter of John and Mary Curry, and the granddaughter of James Curry, Sr., the son of John Curry. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, received his education in the schools near his home. In 1879 he was employed by Edward Curry to clerk in his store at Rock Cave, he remained with his employer until 1888, since which time he has conducted and owned the business for himself. On June 26, 1901, he married Mary Virginia Anderson of Lewis County, and to them have been born one son, James E., born March 31, 1902. His wife was the daughter of James J. Anderson and Lucretia Bly. The father of John T. was a member of the Upshur Militia captured at Rock Cave and was taken to Richmond, then to Salsbury, N. C., where he died. His brothers and sisters are: William H. Boyd, married Ella Brake, daughter of Jacob and Nancy Curry, is a blacksmith and farmer, now of Kansas; Jennie Susan, wife of Robert Vincent; Robert Calvin, once merchant at Pickens, now dead, married Jocasto Goodwin; John T., is a republican in politics and has been and is a successful successor to his uncle Edward Curry, whose business he closed up. His uncle married Lucretia Wilson, the daughter of Rev. Samuel Wilson of Highland County, Virginia. Both his uncle and aunt are dead. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of John Thomas Boyd) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #'60-014487 FULL-NAME: Mary Virginia Boyd BIRTH-DATE: January 17, 1867 BIRTH-PLACE: West Virginia DEATH-DATE: October 6, 1960 at 93 years of age DEATH-PLACE: Leonard Memorial Hosp., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: House keeper FATHER: James Anderson MOTHER: Lucretia Bleigh CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Pneumonia / Vincents Angina INFORMANT: James Boyd (of Rock Cave) BURIAL: Rock Cave Cemetery, Rock Cave, Upshur County, WV ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------