General Information

Birth
27 AUG 1882
Bentonvile, Benton County, Arkansas
Death
27 DEC 1923
Jerome Cemetery, Jerome County, Idaho

Notes

David, born in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas on August 11, 1882, was the second of 10 children born to parents James Nathaniel Boyd (from Tennessee) and Sarah Ann Edwards (from North Carolina). He was the eldest son born to this family. His father was a very religious and stern man who David had a falling out with presumably before he left Arkansas and headed west. On his way, David met and married Martha “Pearl” Spencer, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Lowery) Spencer on December 18, 1903 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas. By 1910, David and Pearl were living in Lincoln County, Idaho with 3 children and David’s brother, Martin Calvin Boyd. By 1920, they had settled in Falls City, Jerome County, Idaho. The 1920 census lists 7 of David and Pearl’s 9 children as well as his uncle William A. Boyd as members of the household. David always had horses around on his homestead in Jerome, Idaho. He past down his love of the animal to his children before he died suddenly on December 27, 1923 from a ruptured appendix at the young age of 41. His son Johnie, my grandfather, was only six years old at the time of his father’s death and so very few details about David’s life have been past down to his descendants.

David and Pearl’s children were:

Edgar Cecil Boyd b. 8 Mar 1907

Clifford Elbert Boyd b. 28 AUG 1908

James Ernest Boyd b. 1 MAR 1910

Horace Earl Boyd b. 3 NOV 1912

Forrest Spencer Boyd b. 10 JUL 1914

Johnie Morse Boyd b. 26 Feb 1917

Imogene Katherine Boyd b. 7 MAR 1919

Pauline P. Boyd b. 21 OCT 1920

David Laurence Boyd b. 29 OCT 1922

Parents

James Nathaniel Boyd
- Father
1857 - 1920
Birth
7 FEB 1857
Tennessee
Death
10 JUN 1920
Payette, Payette County, Idaho
Burial
Riverside Cemetery, Payette County, Payette, Idaho
Sarah Ann Edward
- Mother
1858 - 1933
Birth
18 DEC 1858
Ash County, North Carolina
Death
28 MAR 1933
Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma
Burial
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Benton County, Gravette, Arkansas

Spouse

Martha Pearl Spencer
- Wife
1886 - 1960
Birth
19 APR 1886
Noel, McDonald County, Missourii
Married
Winfield Coounty, Kansas
Death
19 MAY 1960

Children

Edgar Cecil Boyd
- Son
1907 - 1984
Birth
8 MAR 1907
Payette, Canyon County, Idaho
Death
2 FEB 1984
Butte, Montana
Clifford Elbert Boyd
- Son
1908 - 1972
Birth
28 AUG 1908
Payette, Payette County, Idaho
Death
3 MAR 1972
Twin Falls County, Idaho
James Ernest Boyd
- Son
1910 - 1963
Birth
1 MAR 1910
Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho
Death
27 OCT 1963
Elk, Elko County, Nevada
Burial
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Twi Falls County, Idaho
Horace Earl Boyd
- Son
1912 - 1963
Birth
3 NOV 1912
Filer Twin Falls County, Idaho
Death
18 OCT 1963
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
Burial
Jerome Cemetery, Jerome County, Idaho
Forrest Spencer Boyd
- Son
1914 - 1971
Birth
10 JUL 1914
Jerome County, Idaho
Death
9 SEP 1971
Sacramento County, California
Johnie Morse Boyd
- Son
Birth
26 FEB 1917
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
Burial
Hailey Cemetery, Blaine Countyu, Idaho
Jean Boyd
- Daughter
1919 - 2002
Birth
7 MAR 1919
Death
26 MAR 2002
Cayucos Morro Bay District, San Luis Obispo County, California
Burial
Cayucos Morro Bay District Cemetery, San Luis Obispo County, Cayucos, California
Pearl Pauline Boyd
- Daughter
1920 - 1995
Birth
21 OCT 1920
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
Death
4 OCT 1995
Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
Burial
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Twin Falls County, Twin Falls, Idaho
David Laurence Boyd
- Son
1922 - 1998
Birth
29 OCT 1922
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
Death
14 JAN 1998
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
Burial
Jerome Cemetery, Jerome County, Idaho