MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Thomas A. Boyd
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THOMAS A. BOYD, farmer, was born July 25, 1844, in Williamson County, Tenn. He
had the advantages of a common school education, but the war cut short all
thoughts of continuing his studies. In 1861 he volunteered in Company C,
Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate Army. While scouting in East Tennessee
he was captured, and after a short imprisonment at Camp Chase he was taken to
Fort Delaware, where he remained until the close of the war. He then returned
home and went to work on the farm. In 1866 he wedded Mattie S. Wilson, who was
born December 2, 1949, in Marshall County. This union has been blessed by the
birth of nine children, six of whom are living. Mr. Boyd is a Democrat and he
and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He has a good farm
of 250 acres furnished with good buildings. He is a son of Joseph B. and Susan
W. (Camden) Boyd. The father was born in North Carolina in 1810, and the
mother in Virginia in 1809. They were married in 1831 and soon after settled
in this county. At the end of six years they moved to Williamson County and
engaged in merchandising. In 1846 he quit the mercantile business to engage in
farming. Both parents were active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, of which he has been an elder for about forty years. In 1885 his
faithful companion was taken from his side by the hand of death. The father is
living with his son Thomas.


Surnames: Boyd, Camden, Wilson
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."