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Abraham "Abram" Harrison BOYD

1830–1900

Lucy Amis HARRISON 1806–1847Alfred John BOYD 1802–1874Nancy Linn 1773–c. 1839Abraham Boyd 1765–c. 1839James Boyd
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✦ direct ancestorOwen's 3×-great-grandfather · Plunkett line

Life

Born
26 Jan 1830 · Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Died
10 Mar 1900 · Beulah, Arkansas, United States

Parents

FatherAlfred John BOYD (1802–1874)
MotherLucy Amis HARRISON (1806–1847)

Marriage & children

SpouseBettie JONES (1850–1938) m. 8 Mar 1870 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Alfred BOYD (1872–1968)
Fannie BOYD (1874–1965)
Rose BOYD (1876–1939)
Ernest Jones BOYD (1877–1972)
Ruth BOYD (1879–1881)
May BOYD (1882–1884)
Abraham "Abe" BOYD (1883–1945)
Amie Halstead BOYD (1888–1946)
Harry Leonard BOYD (1894–1957)
SpouseElizabeth "Eliza" Lambert (c. 1822–1869) m. 11 Nov 1868 · Henderson, Kentucky, USA
SpouseFrances Maurous "Fannie" O'Bannon (1842–1862) m. 6 Jun 1860 · McCracken, Kentucky, USA
Eliza (Lila) Boyd (1861–1942)

Timeline

Records behind this page

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pp. 45-46
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Presley K. Ewing and Mary Ellen (Williams) Ewing, The Ewing Genealogy with Cognate Branches (Houston, 1919), pp. 45-46; read in the archive.org text (item ewinggenealogywi00ewinrich), personally re-verified 3 Aug 2026 with controls (running heads pp. 45/46; Boyd x12, Ewing x825 in the same file). Verbatim: "SIDNEY ANN EWING, daughter of Robert and Mary (Baker) Ewing, was born in Bedford County, Va.; died prior to the death of her father; married Adam Linn. Issue: (i) Nancy, married Abraham Boyd, 1796. Issue: 1ST. John, born Nashville, Tenn., about 1798; married Betsy McLean ... several times elected to the Congress of the Republic of Texas; he was one of the founders of Trinity University ... 2ND. Linn, born Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 28, 1800, died Paducah, Ky., Dec. 16, 1859 ... Speaker of the House, 1850-4; he was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1859 ... 4TH. Alfred, married Lucy Harrison, Issue: John, an attorney-at-law, married Sarah Cook; George, a physician, unmarried; Abraham, an attorney-at-law, married Miss O'Bannon; Agnes, married Mr. Grimes, of Paducah, Ky.; Adeline, and Martha, married Mr. Small. 5TH. Rufus, married Eliza Bennett." CORROBORATES the tree's existing chain joint for joint: [1668] Abraham Boyd x [1669] Nancy Linn (m. 1796) -> [1670] John, [1671] Linn (the Speaker), [1632] Alfred x [1633] Lucy Amis Harrison -> [833] Abraham "attorney-at-law" x Miss O'Bannon = [834] Fannie, with siblings Adeline = [1634] Adaline Linn, Agnes [1635] and Martha [1636] (F520/F516/F348 match the printed structure exactly; note [833]'s middle name HARRISON is his mother's maiden name, and [1634]'s middle name LINN her grandmother's). GRADE: compiled secondary — the book's own p. 45 footnote acknowledges reliance on F. M. Cockrell "without opportunity to verify"; treat as corroboration, not proof. CONFLICTS RECORDED, NOT RESOLVED: Ewing prints Linn's birth Nov. 28, 1800 where the tree (cited elsewhere) holds 22 Nov 1800; Ewing's "about 1798" for John vs the tree's 7 Aug 1796 — see the Audited note on [1670]. Working: agent-report-boyd-trigg-2026-08-03.md (agent draft; this passage spot-verified in-session).
Ancestry.com, Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019)
Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1942; Roll: 2
Ancestry.com, Kentucky, U.S., Birth Records, 1847-1911 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007)
Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910)
Dodd Jordan, comp, Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001)

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