TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please remove Martha Boyd Steward ( mbstew@worldnet.att.net ) from your mailing list. She passed away on April 23, 2004. If you would like to post the following on the website, please do so. Thanks to all who corresponded with Martha Boyd Steward. She enjoyed working on genealogy with you. For those of you who were in regular touch with her and would like to send her husband a note, his email is: wdest@worldnet.att.net (Dr. W. Dean Steward) The obituary follows: Martha Boyd Steward died Friday, April 23, 2004 in Tallahassee, FL. She was a native of Bridgeport, AL, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1936, a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and received her Medical Technologist training from Baroness Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga. She was a Past President of the Florida Medical Association Alliance; Life Member and Past President of the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, Orlando, FL; Past President of the Young Women's Community Club, Orlando; a member of the Rosalind Club, Orlando; a member of the ADPi Alumni Association, Orlando-Winter Park and Tallahassee; active in teaching Sunday School in Orlando, Marianna and Tallahassee, FL; Director of Christian Education for five years at 1st Presbyterian Church, Marianna, FL; Librarian for ten years at Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee. She is survived by her husband of almost 65 years, Dr. W. Dean Steward. Other survivors include her daughters Frances Jouett Bryan of Boone, NC, and Martha Dean Brewton of Wilmington, NC, her son Boyd Gunter Steward of Potomac, MD, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to: Charles Colson Prison Fellowship or Charity of your choice Prison Fellowship Ministries PO Box 1550 Merrifield, VA 22116-1550 Arrangements are being made by Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877-8191). There will be a memorial service at 2:30 PM EDT on Monday, April 26, 2004 at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, FL with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, FL on Tues, 27th @ 3:00 PM. The family will receive friends after the Memorial Service at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > Why what? A genealogy list looks for old rellies. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NREN729@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > > WHY????? > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees >

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please remove Martha Boyd Steward ( mbstew@worldnet.att.net ) from your mailing list. She passed away on April 23, 2004. If you would like to post the following on the website, please do so. Thanks to all who corresponded with Martha Boyd Steward. She enjoyed working on genealogy with you. For those of you who were in regular touch with her and would like to send her husband a note, his email is: wdest@worldnet.att.net (Dr. W. Dean Steward) The obituary follows: Martha Boyd Steward died Friday, April 23, 2004 in Tallahassee, FL. She was a native of Bridgeport, AL, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1936, a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and received her Medical Technologist training from Baroness Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga. She was a Past President of the Florida Medical Association Alliance; Life Member and Past President of the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, Orlando, FL; Past President of the Young Women's Community Club, Orlando; a member of the Rosalind Club, Orlando; a member of the ADPi Alumni Association, Orlando-Winter Park and Tallahassee; active in teaching Sunday School in Orlando, Marianna and Tallahassee, FL; Director of Christian Education for five years at 1st Presbyterian Church, Marianna, FL; Librarian for ten years at Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee. She is survived by her husband of almost 65 years, Dr. W. Dean Steward. Other survivors include her daughters Frances Jouett Bryan of Boone, NC, and Martha Dean Brewton of Wilmington, NC, her son Boyd Gunter Steward of Potomac, MD, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to: Charles Colson Prison Fellowship or Charity of your choice Prison Fellowship Ministries PO Box 1550 Merrifield, VA 22116-1550 Arrangements are being made by Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877-8191). There will be a memorial service at 2:30 PM EDT on Monday, April 26, 2004 at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, FL with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, FL on Tues, 27th @ 3:00 PM. The family will receive friends after the Memorial Service at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > Why what? A genealogy list looks for old rellies. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NREN729@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > > WHY????? > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees >

I am sorry to tell you that Martha Boyd Steward (mbstew@worldnet.att.net ) passed away on April 23, 2004. She enjoyed working on genealogy and receiving your emails. If you kinew her personally or regularly corresponded with her, you are welcome to sign the guestbook to be found at www.legacy.com (Florida/Steward) which has links to several newspapers or you may send her husband a note, his email is: wdest@worldnet.att.net (Dr. W. Dean Steward) PLEASE REMOVE HER FROM YOUR MAILING LIST. This email address will soon be discontinued. THANK YOU. The obituary follows: Martha Boyd Steward died Friday, April 23, 2004 in Tallahassee, FL. She was a native of Bridgeport, AL, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1936, a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and received her Medical Technologist training from Baroness Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga. She was a Past President of the Florida Medical Association Alliance; Life Member and Past President of the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, Orlando, FL; Past President of the Young Women's Community Club, Orlando; a member of the Rosalind Club, Orlando; a member of the ADPi Alumni Association, Orlando-Winter Park and Tallahassee; active in teaching Sunday School in Orlando, Marianna and Tallahassee, FL; Director of Christian Education for five years at 1st Presbyterian Church, Marianna, FL; Librarian for ten years at Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee. She is survived by her husband of almost 65 years, Dr. W. Dean Steward. Other survivors include her daughters Frances Jouett Bryan of Boone, NC, and Martha Dean Brewton of Wilmington, NC, her son Boyd Gunter Steward of Potomac, MD, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to: Charles Colson Prison Fellowship or Charity of your choice Prison Fellowship Ministries PO Box 1550 Merrifield, VA 22116-1550 Arrangements are being made by Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877-8191). There will be a memorial service at 2:30 PM EDT on Monday, April 26, 2004 at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, FL with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, FL on Tues, 27th @ 3:00 PM. The family will receive friends after the Memorial Service at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > Why what? A genealogy list looks for old rellies. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NREN729@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > > WHY????? > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees >

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please remove Martha Boyd Steward ( mbstew@worldnet.att.net ) from your mailing list. She passed away on April 23, 2004. If you would like to post the following on the website, please do so. Thanks to all who corresponded with Martha Boyd Steward. She enjoyed working on genealogy with you. For those of you who were in regular touch with her and would like to send her husband a note, his email is: wdest@worldnet.att.net (Dr. W. Dean Steward) The obituary follows: Martha Boyd Steward died Friday, April 23, 2004 in Tallahassee, FL. She was a native of Bridgeport, AL, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1936, a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and received her Medical Technologist training from Baroness Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga. She was a Past President of the Florida Medical Association Alliance; Life Member and Past President of the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, Orlando, FL; Past President of the Young Women's Community Club, Orlando; a member of the Rosalind Club, Orlando; a member of the ADPi Alumni Association, Orlando-Winter Park and Tallahassee; active in teaching Sunday School in Orlando, Marianna and Tallahassee, FL; Director of Christian Education for five years at 1st Presbyterian Church, Marianna, FL; Librarian for ten years at Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee. She is survived by her husband of almost 65 years, Dr. W. Dean Steward. Other survivors include her daughters Frances Jouett Bryan of Boone, NC, and Martha Dean Brewton of Wilmington, NC, her son Boyd Gunter Steward of Potomac, MD, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to: Charles Colson Prison Fellowship or Charity of your choice Prison Fellowship Ministries PO Box 1550 Merrifield, VA 22116-1550 Arrangements are being made by Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877-8191). There will be a memorial service at 2:30 PM EDT on Monday, April 26, 2004 at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, FL with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, FL on Tues, 27th @ 3:00 PM. The family will receive friends after the Memorial Service at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <BOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: [BOYD] national city, California > Group > Can anyone tell me where in Ca; National City is > > And does anyone on this list live near it please? > > Mike Boyd > HOBS 423 > 20/1/2002 > > > > ==== BOYD Mailing List ==== > If you would like your query included in an upcoming issue of the > Dean Road® contact Cal Boyd, Genealogist for House of Boyd Society, Inc. > at his email address of genealogist@clanboyd.org > >

I am sorry to tell you that Martha Boyd Steward (mbstew@worldnet.att.net ) passed away on April 23, 2004. She enjoyed working on genealogy and receiving your emails. If you kinew her personally or regularly corresponded with her, you are welcome to sign the guestbook to be found at www.legacy.com (Florida/Steward) which has links to several newspapers or you may send her husband a note, his email is: wdest@worldnet.att.net (Dr. W. Dean Steward) PLEASE REMOVE HER FROM YOUR MAILING LIST. This email address will soon be discontinued. THANK YOU. The obituary follows: Martha Boyd Steward died Friday, April 23, 2004 in Tallahassee, FL. She was a native of Bridgeport, AL, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1936, a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and received her Medical Technologist training from Baroness Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga. She was a Past President of the Florida Medical Association Alliance; Life Member and Past President of the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, Orlando, FL; Past President of the Young Women's Community Club, Orlando; a member of the Rosalind Club, Orlando; a member of the ADPi Alumni Association, Orlando-Winter Park and Tallahassee; active in teaching Sunday School in Orlando, Marianna and Tallahassee, FL; Director of Christian Education for five years at 1st Presbyterian Church, Marianna, FL; Librarian for ten years at Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee. She is survived by her husband of almost 65 years, Dr. W. Dean Steward. Other survivors include her daughters Frances Jouett Bryan of Boone, NC, and Martha Dean Brewton of Wilmington, NC, her son Boyd Gunter Steward of Potomac, MD, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to: Charles Colson Prison Fellowship or Charity of your choice Prison Fellowship Ministries PO Box 1550 Merrifield, VA 22116-1550 Arrangements are being made by Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877-8191). There will be a memorial service at 2:30 PM EDT on Monday, April 26, 2004 at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, FL with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, FL on Tues, 27th @ 3:00 PM. The family will receive friends after the Memorial Service at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > Why what? A genealogy list looks for old rellies. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NREN729@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > > WHY????? > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees >

don't they say you shouldn't discuss religion or politics. ----- Original Message ----- From: "judy hendricks" <msljudy@msn.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > please keep it to yourself, as I am his supporter. judy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jan Curtis > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:17 PM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > Pres. Bush needs a few prayers... this latest fiasco at the prison in Iraq > is not excusable. I have a lot more to say about it, but this is a > genealogy list.... > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "judy hendricks" <msljudy@msn.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:57 PM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > > I don't know of anything, but I like your logo and 3 nails saying. Pray > for our nation and our President. judy boyd hendricks > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Godisloved > > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:52 AM > > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > > > > Dear Rich and other Listers Who Read: > > > > Is there any information that you or others may have as to which set of > > DIXON's that Eliza (DIXON) BOYD belongs to? > > > > I would be interested to see if she might match up somewhere to John > > DIXON and Elizabeth BOYD DIXIN of Bedford > > and Wayne Counties, TN. The latter DIXON was born in 1795 and you > > mention that Charles S. BOYD was born in 1819 > > so this would be a further down the line connection if it even exists. > > > > Thank You , > > Deborah > > 3 Nails + 1 Cross = 4 Given > > > > > > RichBoyd wrote: > > > > >Nathaniel Boyd. There is particular satisfaction in reverting to the > life history of the honored and venerable gentleman whose name initiates > this review, since his mind bears impress of the historical annals of the > state of Illinois from its earliest pioneer days, and with the interests of > Bureau county, he has been identified for the long period of sixty-six > years. He was born in New York city, September 1, 1819, but the same year > was brought to Illinois by his parents, Charles S. and Eliza (Dixon) Boyd, > who located at Springfield, where the father erected the third house in the > place. He entered forty acres of land where the Illinois Central depot now > stands, which he afterward sold for three dollars per acre and thought that > he had made a good bargain as it only cost him one dollar and a quarter per > acre. He engaged in farming to some extent and also worked at his trade of > tailoring whenever he could find anything to do in this sparsely settled > country. In 1830 h! > > e ! > > c! > > >ame to Bureau county, locating at what is now Boyd's Grove in Milo > township, it being named in his honor as he was the first to locate there. > Our subject was the third in order of birth in the family of seven children, > five of whom are still living. One son is now a resident of Princeton. > > > > > >The family endured all the hardships and privations incident to life on > the frontier where Indians were more numerous than white settlers. In > January, 1831, their home was accidentally destroyed by fire, and the > inmates barely escaped with their lives. They knew they must raise a crop, > however, or starve, and the younger children were taken to Fort Clark, now > Peoria, for safety, while the father, our subject and an older brother > remained to plow and plant their grain. Two would watch for the Indians > while the other was plowing and at night they would sleep in the brush > thicket so as not to be murdered. They lived at Boyd's Grove all through > the Black Hawk war. Their home was near that of the Indian chief, Shabbona, > who was very friendly and often assisted them during the severe winter. On > Killing a deer he would cut it in two and bring the Boyd family half. It > was he who gave the alarm to the white settlers when Black Hawk started on > his raid, and with them he took! > > r! > > e! > > >fuge at Fort Clark. The Boyd homestead was the stopping place for the > stage from Springfield to Galena, and after the house was destroyed the > passengers would sleep on straw. Our subject often used a bull dog for a > pillow, and one night he was offered fifty cents for the use of his dog for > the same purpose by a passenger. > > > > > >In 1840, the father removed to Princeton, where he spent his remaining > days at which time he gave Nathaniel and a brother a piece of land near > Peru, La Salle county, Illinois. Our subject at once took up his residence > there, keeping bachelor's hall for two summers while he cleared, improved > and cultivated the land. On the 12th of March, 1844, he was united in > marriage with Miss Mary Ann Cummings, of Bureau county, who was born in > Gallatin county, Illinois, February 20, 1827, and had come to Bureau county, > in 1834, with her parents. Mr. Boyd had made her acquaintance while > peddling dry goods throughout the county. Upon his La Salle county land he > erected a cabin, in which they began their domestic life, but the next year > so many died of cholera in the locality, that her parents persuaded them to > return to Bureau county. Selling out there he purchased eighty acres of the > farm in Concord township which is still his home, and subsequently entered > two hundred and forty ac! > > re! > > s! > > > from the government. He erected a good frame residence, which he has > since remodeled and yet finds a comfortable home. > > > > > >To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd were born eight children, four of whom are still > living: Mary T. Boyd, wedded Charles Witherell, of Concord township and they > have two children; Roxey Boyd is the widow of Harry Rawson, and with her > three children resides in Princeton; John W. Boyd is married and is a > railroad man residing in Texas; Cummings Boyd is a farmer of Concord > township, whose sketch also appears in this album. The mother of these > children departed this life September 20, 1866, and her remains were > interred in the cemetery near the family homestead. > > > > > >In 1840, Mr. Boyd cast his first presidential vote for William Henry > Harrison and took a prominent part in that exciting campaign going all the > way with teams from his home in Bureau county to the rally at Springfield. > Since voting for Fremont in 1856, he has been an ardent republican, but has > never cared for political distinction. As a representative man of the > county and an old pioneer he stands pre-eminent. His solid worth and energy > of character have made him many friends in the community, and all who know > him have for him the highest regard. > > > > > >Source: The Biographical record of Bureau, Marshall, Putnam and Stark > counties, Illinois. Includes index. Micro-reproduction of original > published: Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1897. - FHL Film 962287 Item 1 > > > > > > > > >==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > >RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > >BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > > >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >

FYI Google Groups has discussion list for every topic including political/religious and everthing under the sun. If they don't have one you can make one. Check 'em out. http://groups.google.com/ Rich Boyd, List admin

WHY?????

This is a genealogy list not a political platform ladies.

Why what? A genealogy list looks for old rellies. ----- Original Message ----- From: <NREN729@aol.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > WHY????? > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >

So am I. ----- Original Message ----- From: "judy hendricks" <msljudy@msn.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > please keep it to yourself, as I am his supporter. judy

You don't have to remind us...we already know that. ----- Original Message ----- From: <NREN729@aol.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > This is a genealogy list not a political platform ladies. > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >

please keep it to yourself, as I am his supporter. judy ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Curtis To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd Pres. Bush needs a few prayers... this latest fiasco at the prison in Iraq is not excusable. I have a lot more to say about it, but this is a genealogy list.... Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "judy hendricks" <msljudy@msn.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > I don't know of anything, but I like your logo and 3 nails saying. Pray for our nation and our President. judy boyd hendricks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Godisloved > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:52 AM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > Dear Rich and other Listers Who Read: > > Is there any information that you or others may have as to which set of > DIXON's that Eliza (DIXON) BOYD belongs to? > > I would be interested to see if she might match up somewhere to John > DIXON and Elizabeth BOYD DIXIN of Bedford > and Wayne Counties, TN. The latter DIXON was born in 1795 and you > mention that Charles S. BOYD was born in 1819 > so this would be a further down the line connection if it even exists. > > Thank You , > Deborah > 3 Nails + 1 Cross = 4 Given > > > RichBoyd wrote: > > >Nathaniel Boyd. There is particular satisfaction in reverting to the life history of the honored and venerable gentleman whose name initiates this review, since his mind bears impress of the historical annals of the state of Illinois from its earliest pioneer days, and with the interests of Bureau county, he has been identified for the long period of sixty-six years. He was born in New York city, September 1, 1819, but the same year was brought to Illinois by his parents, Charles S. and Eliza (Dixon) Boyd, who located at Springfield, where the father erected the third house in the place. He entered forty acres of land where the Illinois Central depot now stands, which he afterward sold for three dollars per acre and thought that he had made a good bargain as it only cost him one dollar and a quarter per acre. He engaged in farming to some extent and also worked at his trade of tailoring whenever he could find anything to do in this sparsely settled country. In 1830 h! > e ! > c! > >ame to Bureau county, locating at what is now Boyd's Grove in Milo township, it being named in his honor as he was the first to locate there. Our subject was the third in order of birth in the family of seven children, five of whom are still living. One son is now a resident of Princeton. > > > >The family endured all the hardships and privations incident to life on the frontier where Indians were more numerous than white settlers. In January, 1831, their home was accidentally destroyed by fire, and the inmates barely escaped with their lives. They knew they must raise a crop, however, or starve, and the younger children were taken to Fort Clark, now Peoria, for safety, while the father, our subject and an older brother remained to plow and plant their grain. Two would watch for the Indians while the other was plowing and at night they would sleep in the brush thicket so as not to be murdered. They lived at Boyd's Grove all through the Black Hawk war. Their home was near that of the Indian chief, Shabbona, who was very friendly and often assisted them during the severe winter. On Killing a deer he would cut it in two and bring the Boyd family half. It was he who gave the alarm to the white settlers when Black Hawk started on his raid, and with them he took! > r! > e! > >fuge at Fort Clark. The Boyd homestead was the stopping place for the stage from Springfield to Galena, and after the house was destroyed the passengers would sleep on straw. Our subject often used a bull dog for a pillow, and one night he was offered fifty cents for the use of his dog for the same purpose by a passenger. > > > >In 1840, the father removed to Princeton, where he spent his remaining days at which time he gave Nathaniel and a brother a piece of land near Peru, La Salle county, Illinois. Our subject at once took up his residence there, keeping bachelor's hall for two summers while he cleared, improved and cultivated the land. On the 12th of March, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ann Cummings, of Bureau county, who was born in Gallatin county, Illinois, February 20, 1827, and had come to Bureau county, in 1834, with her parents. Mr. Boyd had made her acquaintance while peddling dry goods throughout the county. Upon his La Salle county land he erected a cabin, in which they began their domestic life, but the next year so many died of cholera in the locality, that her parents persuaded them to return to Bureau county. Selling out there he purchased eighty acres of the farm in Concord township which is still his home, and subsequently entered two hundred and forty ac! > re! > s! > > from the government. He erected a good frame residence, which he has since remodeled and yet finds a comfortable home. > > > >To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd were born eight children, four of whom are still living: Mary T. Boyd, wedded Charles Witherell, of Concord township and they have two children; Roxey Boyd is the widow of Harry Rawson, and with her three children resides in Princeton; John W. Boyd is married and is a railroad man residing in Texas; Cummings Boyd is a farmer of Concord township, whose sketch also appears in this album. The mother of these children departed this life September 20, 1866, and her remains were interred in the cemetery near the family homestead. > > > >In 1840, Mr. Boyd cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison and took a prominent part in that exciting campaign going all the way with teams from his home in Bureau county to the rally at Springfield. Since voting for Fremont in 1856, he has been an ardent republican, but has never cared for political distinction. As a representative man of the county and an old pioneer he stands pre-eminent. His solid worth and energy of character have made him many friends in the community, and all who know him have for him the highest regard. > > > >Source: The Biographical record of Bureau, Marshall, Putnam and Stark counties, Illinois. Includes index. Micro-reproduction of original published: Chicago: S. J. 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Pres. Bush needs a few prayers... this latest fiasco at the prison in Iraq is not excusable. I have a lot more to say about it, but this is a genealogy list.... Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "judy hendricks" <msljudy@msn.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > I don't know of anything, but I like your logo and 3 nails saying. Pray for our nation and our President. judy boyd hendricks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Godisloved > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:52 AM > Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Nathaniel Boyd > > > Dear Rich and other Listers Who Read: > > Is there any information that you or others may have as to which set of > DIXON's that Eliza (DIXON) BOYD belongs to? > > I would be interested to see if she might match up somewhere to John > DIXON and Elizabeth BOYD DIXIN of Bedford > and Wayne Counties, TN. The latter DIXON was born in 1795 and you > mention that Charles S. BOYD was born in 1819 > so this would be a further down the line connection if it even exists. > > Thank You , > Deborah > 3 Nails + 1 Cross = 4 Given > > > RichBoyd wrote: > > >Nathaniel Boyd. There is particular satisfaction in reverting to the life history of the honored and venerable gentleman whose name initiates this review, since his mind bears impress of the historical annals of the state of Illinois from its earliest pioneer days, and with the interests of Bureau county, he has been identified for the long period of sixty-six years. He was born in New York city, September 1, 1819, but the same year was brought to Illinois by his parents, Charles S. and Eliza (Dixon) Boyd, who located at Springfield, where the father erected the third house in the place. He entered forty acres of land where the Illinois Central depot now stands, which he afterward sold for three dollars per acre and thought that he had made a good bargain as it only cost him one dollar and a quarter per acre. He engaged in farming to some extent and also worked at his trade of tailoring whenever he could find anything to do in this sparsely settled country. In 1830 h! > e ! > c! > >ame to Bureau county, locating at what is now Boyd's Grove in Milo township, it being named in his honor as he was the first to locate there. Our subject was the third in order of birth in the family of seven children, five of whom are still living. One son is now a resident of Princeton. > > > >The family endured all the hardships and privations incident to life on the frontier where Indians were more numerous than white settlers. In January, 1831, their home was accidentally destroyed by fire, and the inmates barely escaped with their lives. They knew they must raise a crop, however, or starve, and the younger children were taken to Fort Clark, now Peoria, for safety, while the father, our subject and an older brother remained to plow and plant their grain. Two would watch for the Indians while the other was plowing and at night they would sleep in the brush thicket so as not to be murdered. They lived at Boyd's Grove all through the Black Hawk war. Their home was near that of the Indian chief, Shabbona, who was very friendly and often assisted them during the severe winter. On Killing a deer he would cut it in two and bring the Boyd family half. It was he who gave the alarm to the white settlers when Black Hawk started on his raid, and with them he took! > r! > e! > >fuge at Fort Clark. The Boyd homestead was the stopping place for the stage from Springfield to Galena, and after the house was destroyed the passengers would sleep on straw. Our subject often used a bull dog for a pillow, and one night he was offered fifty cents for the use of his dog for the same purpose by a passenger. > > > >In 1840, the father removed to Princeton, where he spent his remaining days at which time he gave Nathaniel and a brother a piece of land near Peru, La Salle county, Illinois. Our subject at once took up his residence there, keeping bachelor's hall for two summers while he cleared, improved and cultivated the land. On the 12th of March, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ann Cummings, of Bureau county, who was born in Gallatin county, Illinois, February 20, 1827, and had come to Bureau county, in 1834, with her parents. Mr. Boyd had made her acquaintance while peddling dry goods throughout the county. Upon his La Salle county land he erected a cabin, in which they began their domestic life, but the next year so many died of cholera in the locality, that her parents persuaded them to return to Bureau county. Selling out there he purchased eighty acres of the farm in Concord township which is still his home, and subsequently entered two hundred and forty ac! > re! > s! > > from the government. He erected a good frame residence, which he has since remodeled and yet finds a comfortable home. > > > >To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd were born eight children, four of whom are still living: Mary T. Boyd, wedded Charles Witherell, of Concord township and they have two children; Roxey Boyd is the widow of Harry Rawson, and with her three children resides in Princeton; John W. Boyd is married and is a railroad man residing in Texas; Cummings Boyd is a farmer of Concord township, whose sketch also appears in this album. The mother of these children departed this life September 20, 1866, and her remains were interred in the cemetery near the family homestead. > > > >In 1840, Mr. Boyd cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison and took a prominent part in that exciting campaign going all the way with teams from his home in Bureau county to the rally at Springfield. Since voting for Fremont in 1856, he has been an ardent republican, but has never cared for political distinction. As a representative man of the county and an old pioneer he stands pre-eminent. His solid worth and energy of character have made him many friends in the community, and all who know him have for him the highest regard. > > > >Source: The Biographical record of Bureau, Marshall, Putnam and Stark counties, Illinois. Includes index. Micro-reproduction of original published: Chicago: S. J. 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Folks Sorry to hear of the passing of Martha Boyd Steward. She was member #239 of the Original House of Boyd Society joining 15 March of 1990. She remained a loyal member of Clan Boyd Society, International. She was a true genealogist and family researcher and was trying to prove descent to Willam Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock. Rich Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha B Steward" <MBStew@worldnet.att.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: [ClanBoyd] Re: Martha Boyd Steward > Thanks to all who corresponded with Martha Boyd Steward. She enjoyed working on genealogy with you. For those of you who were in regular touch with her and would like to send her husband a note, his email is: > > > wdest@worldnet.att.net (Dr. W. Dean Steward) > > > >

I found the following on Dixon. EARLY ILLINOIS SETTLERS " Vol. 2, pp. 135-8, is a list of claims "founded on acts of congress granting donations of four hundred acres each to heads of families in the district of Kaskaskia," and which were confirmed by the board. Of these acts of congress, one approved March 3, 1791, gave to each "head of a family" who had cultivated or improved land in Illinois prior to and including the year 1788, the right to four hundred acres of land. Of those claiming under these acts, the following were Americans or English, Irish or Scotch, naturalized Americans": JOHN BOYD INDEX OF FRANK E. STEVENS' 1914 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY, IL Boyd, Charles S. Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Elizabeth Dixon Boyd, F. H. Boyd, Faust Boyd, James H. Boyd, Lewis P. Boyd, Newton Boyd, P.O. Boyd, Robert C. > Dear Rich and other Listers Who Read: > > Is there any information that you or others may have as to which set of > DIXON's that Eliza (DIXON) BOYD belongs to? > > I would be interested to see if she might match up somewhere to John > DIXON and Elizabeth BOYD DIXIN of Bedford > and Wayne Counties, TN. The latter DIXON was born in 1795 and you > mention that Charles S. BOYD was born in 1819 > so this would be a further down the line connection if it even exists. > > Thank You , > Deborah > 3 Nails + 1 Cross = 4 Given > > > RichBoyd wrote: > > >Nathaniel Boyd. There is particular satisfaction in reverting to the life history of the honored and venerable gentleman whose name initiates this review, since his mind bears impress of the historical annals of the state of Illinois from its earliest pioneer days, and with the interests of Bureau county, he has been identified for the long period of sixty-six years. He was born in New York city, September 1, 1819, but the same year was brought to Illinois by his parents, Charles S. and Eliza (Dixon) Boyd, who located at Springfield, where the father erected the third house in the place. He entered forty acres of land where the Illinois Central depot now stands, which he afterward sold for three dollars per acre and thought that he had made a good bargain as it only cost him one dollar and a quarter per acre. He engaged in farming to some extent and also worked at his trade of tailoring whenever he could find anything to do in this sparsely settled country. In 1830 h! > e ! > c! > >ame to Bureau county, locating at what is now Boyd's Grove in Milo township, it being named in his honor as he was the first to locate there. Our subject was the third in order of birth in the family of seven children, five of whom are still living. One son is now a resident of Princeton. > > > >The family endured all the hardships and privations incident to life on the frontier where Indians were more numerous than white settlers. In January, 1831, their home was accidentally destroyed by fire, and the inmates barely escaped with their lives. They knew they must raise a crop, however, or starve, and the younger children were taken to Fort Clark, now Peoria, for safety, while the father, our subject and an older brother remained to plow and plant their grain. Two would watch for the Indians while the other was plowing and at night they would sleep in the brush thicket so as not to be murdered. They lived at Boyd's Grove all through the Black Hawk war. Their home was near that of the Indian chief, Shabbona, who was very friendly and often assisted them during the severe winter. On Killing a deer he would cut it in two and bring the Boyd family half. It was he who gave the alarm to the white settlers when Black Hawk started on his raid, and with them he took! > r! > e! > >fuge at Fort Clark. The Boyd homestead was the stopping place for the stage from Springfield to Galena, and after the house was destroyed the passengers would sleep on straw. Our subject often used a bull dog for a pillow, and one night he was offered fifty cents for the use of his dog for the same purpose by a passenger. > > > >In 1840, the father removed to Princeton, where he spent his remaining days at which time he gave Nathaniel and a brother a piece of land near Peru, La Salle county, Illinois. Our subject at once took up his residence there, keeping bachelor's hall for two summers while he cleared, improved and cultivated the land. On the 12th of March, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ann Cummings, of Bureau county, who was born in Gallatin county, Illinois, February 20, 1827, and had come to Bureau county, in 1834, with her parents. Mr. Boyd had made her acquaintance while peddling dry goods throughout the county. Upon his La Salle county land he erected a cabin, in which they began their domestic life, but the next year so many died of cholera in the locality, that her parents persuaded them to return to Bureau county. Selling out there he purchased eighty acres of the farm in Concord township which is still his home, and subsequently entered two hundred and forty ac! > re! > s! > > from the government. He erected a good frame residence, which he has since remodeled and yet finds a comfortable home. > > > >To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd were born eight children, four of whom are still living: Mary T. Boyd, wedded Charles Witherell, of Concord township and they have two children; Roxey Boyd is the widow of Harry Rawson, and with her three children resides in Princeton; John W. Boyd is married and is a railroad man residing in Texas; Cummings Boyd is a farmer of Concord township, whose sketch also appears in this album. The mother of these children departed this life September 20, 1866, and her remains were interred in the cemetery near the family homestead. > > > >In 1840, Mr. Boyd cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison and took a prominent part in that exciting campaign going all the way with teams from his home in Bureau county to the rally at Springfield. Since voting for Fremont in 1856, he has been an ardent republican, but has never cared for political distinction. As a representative man of the county and an old pioneer he stands pre-eminent. His solid worth and energy of character have made him many friends in the community, and all who know him have for him the highest regard. > > > >Source: The Biographical record of Bureau, Marshall, Putnam and Stark counties, Illinois. Includes index. Micro-reproduction of original published: Chicago: S. J. 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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please remove Martha Boyd Steward ( mbstew@worldnet.att.net ) from your mailing list. She passed away on April 23, 2004. If you would like to post the following on the website, please do so. Thanks to all who corresponded with Martha Boyd Steward. She enjoyed working on genealogy with you. For those of you who were in regular touch with her and would like to send her husband a note, his email is: wdest@worldnet.att.net (Dr. W. Dean Steward) The obituary follows: Martha Boyd Steward died Friday, April 23, 2004 in Tallahassee, FL. She was a native of Bridgeport, AL, a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1936, a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and received her Medical Technologist training from Baroness Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga. She was a Past President of the Florida Medical Association Alliance; Life Member and Past President of the Orange County Medical Association Alliance, Orlando, FL; Past President of the Young Women's Community Club, Orlando; a member of the Rosalind Club, Orlando; a member of the ADPi Alumni Association, Orlando-Winter Park and Tallahassee; active in teaching Sunday School in Orlando, Marianna and Tallahassee, FL; Director of Christian Education for five years at 1st Presbyterian Church, Marianna, FL; Librarian for ten years at Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee. She is survived by her husband of almost 65 years, Dr. W. Dean Steward. Other survivors include her daughters Frances Jouett Bryan of Boone, NC, and Martha Dean Brewton of Wilmington, NC, her son Boyd Gunter Steward of Potomac, MD, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to: Charles Colson Prison Fellowship or Charity of your choice Prison Fellowship Ministries PO Box 1550 Merrifield, VA 22116-1550 Arrangements are being made by Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877-8191). There will be a memorial service at 2:30 PM EDT on Monday, April 26, 2004 at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, FL with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, FL on Tues, 27th @ 3:00 PM. The family will receive friends after the Memorial Service at The Parry Center, Westminster Oaks.