General Information

Birth
22 MAY 1866
Mt. Pleasant Community, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
11 JAN 1940
Drakes Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas

Notes

John E. Boyd, age 73 years, died Jan. 11 at his home at Drakes Creek where he had resided most all of his life, being engaged for many years as a blacksmith until failing health compelled him to close his shop.

Funeral services were conducted Friday by Rev. Benner Davis and Rev. Jake Drake at the Drakes Creek Baptist church and interment was made in the cemetery there.

The arrangements were in charge of the Bruce Brashears Undertaking Company.

Mr. Boyd was born May 22, 1866, in the Mt. Pleasant community where he grew to young manhood. He was married Sept. 6, 1885, to Belle Johnson.

Eleven children were born to them. Mrs. Boyd and the following children are surviving: Ezra and Walter of Fullerton, Calif., Logan of Placentia, Calif., Albert of Wichita, Kans., Mrs. Grace Glenn of Seal Beach, Calif., Mrs. Tennie Johnson and Mrs. Altia Cornelison of Wesley.

Parents

Robert Thomas Boyd Jr.
- Father
1834 - 1903
Birth
JAN 1834
Warren County, Tennessee
Death
19 MAR 1903
Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Martin Johnson Cemetery, Madison County, Arkansas
Emily Tennesse Guthrie
- Mother
Birth
JAN 1846
Arkansas

Spouse

Nancy Isabell Belle Johnson
- Wife
1866 - 1953
Birth
13 MAR 1866
Nadison County, Arkansas
Married
6 SEP 1885
Death
11 MAR 1953
Madison County, Arkansas

Children

Robert Nelson Boyd
- Son
1900 - 1939
Birth
13 APR 1900
Madison County, Arkansas
Death
25 APR 1939
Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Jason William Edley Boyd
- Son
1886 - 1919
Birth
6 JUL 1886
Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
25 NOV 1919
Drakes Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Tennesse Emily Tennie Boyd
- Daughter
1887 - 1968
Birth
15 OCT 1887
Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
29 FEB 1968
Fayetteville, Washingnton County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
James Albert Boyd
- Son
1889 - 1959
Birth
5 MAR 1889
Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
15 JUL 1959
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Ezra David Edley Boyd
- Son
1902 - 1954
Birth
12 JUN 1902
Drakes Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
24 FEB 1954
Montebello, Los Angeles, California
Burial
Loma Vista Cemetery, Orange County, Fullerton, California
Earnest Jackson Boyd
- Son
1904 - 1923
Birth
9 NOV 1904
Drakes Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
13 SEP 1923
Drakes Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Drakes Creek Cemetery, Madison County, Drakes Creek, Arkansas
Alta Ethel Boyd
- Daughter
1899 - 1987
Birth
22 AUG 1899
Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
13 MAR 1987
Anaheim, Orange County, California
Burial
Loma Vista Cemetery, Orange County, Fullerton, California
Grace Angeline Boyd
- Daughter
1892 - 1945
Birth
13 OCT 1892
Madison County, Arkansas
Death
4 AUG 1945
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Westminster Memorial Park, Orange County, Westminster, California