Williamson County, Tennessee
Son of Marcus M Boyd and Eliza H Hamilton
Brother of: Sempronius Hamilton, Erastus Halloday, Audley Shanklin, William Gibbon, Theodorick Joseph, Marcus M Jr, Martha Tennessee, and Robert Boyd
Husband of Amanda Jane Greenwood the daughter of Granderson and Martha Ann (Hampton) Greenwood.
Rufus was a Master Mason. Rufus also served as Alabama Secretary of State from 1875 to 1878.