Montgomery County IL Archives Biographies.....Boyd, Jesse August 22, 1810 - March 25, 1877
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Author: History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois 1882 - Part II, pages 187-194, Walshville Township, Montgomery County, IL.

Jesse BOYD, farmer, P. O. Walshville, was born in Franklin County, Va., August 
22, 1810; son of Henry and Ellender (WOODS) BOYD.  Henry BOYD was born in 
Franklin County, Va., in 1789, and died in Montgomery county, Ill., March 25, 
1877.  His wife, a native of Virginia, was born in 1789, and died in 
Montgomery county in 1872.  Our subject, the second of a family of nine 
children, received his education in Warren County, Ky.  He also attended 
school at Staunton, Macoupin Co., Ill.  He has followed the occupation of a 
farmer in Macoupin and Montgomery Counties for the last fifty years.  In 
Macoupin County, Ill., in 1832, he married Matilda VOYLES, born in Pendleton 
County, N. C., in 1811, daughter of Robert and Hester (MORRIS) VOYLES.  From 
this union they have had twelve children, six of whom died in infancy.  those 
living are Hester R., William J., Ellender M., Martha A., Robert H. and Jessie 
S.  Mr. Boyd is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of teh A., F. 
& A. M.  He is a Republican in politics.


Additional Comments:
Tim Casey is a descendant of Jesse Boyd and Matilda Voyles. Tim Casey 
researches all the surnames in the above bio.

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