OBITUARY: Capt. John A. Boyd: Cherokee County, Texas Copyright © 2005 by Bunny Freeman. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Confederate Veteran Magazine Vol. XXV No. 1 January 1917 Capt. John A. Boyd Capt. John A. Boyd, of Rusk, Tex, a prominent citizen of Cherokee County for about sixty-six years, died at the residence of his son, Dr. Frank D. Boyd of Fort Worth, on August 25, 1916, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, at Rusk. The Daughters of the Confederacy and the veterans of the county had charge of the funeral services. John A. Boyd enlisted in Company C, 3d Texas Cavalry, on June 10, 1861, and was made ensign. He was in the battles of Oak Hill, Mo., Elk Horn, Ark., and from there to Corinth, Miss., when Captain Boyd was placed in the brigade quartermaster's department, where he served to the close of the war. On July 12, 1866, Captain Boyd was happily married to Miss Annie, daughter of the Hon. S. T. Harrison, who served his county in the State legislature. In 1916 they celebrated their fiftieth marriage anniversary. Captain Boyd was a presiding elder in the Presbyterian Church and loyal in his devotion to its service, as he was to every cause he espoused. He was a good man, and with hand and heart he was ever ready to assist the needy. He was Commander of Ross-Ector Camp, No. 513, U. C. V., at the time of his death and had ever been true to the convictions of 1861-65. {Tribute by John B. Long}