William Townes Boyd

(1837-1916)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

William Townes Boyd was born on June 8, 1837, in Boydton, VA. He died on August 17, 1916.

Places of Residence

• Boydton, VA, from June 8, 1837.
• Covington, TN, from 1870s. William Townes Boyd and his wife Jane Speed  likely moved to Tennessee in 1870.

Occupations

• Clerk, from 1870s. In the United States Census of 1880 [1], William Townes Boyd was a clerk in B.T. Duke Drygoods Merchant in Covington. This census listed his brother, Whitt Boyd, as a clerk at the store and lived with his brother.

Relatives

• Spouse: Jane Speed  (1838-1878), married on November 28, 1860. in Granville County.
  Children:
  
  • three sons, Alfred Boyd (b. 1869), Willie Boyd (b. 1872) and Bertie Boyd (b. 1873).
  • five daughters, Lizzie Boyd (b. 1862), Nannie Boyd (b. 1865), Jennie Boyd (b. 1868), Mary Boyd (b. 1870) and Rosa Boyd (b. 1871).

References

1. United States Census of 1880.