George W. Boyd

GEORGE W. BOYD, druggist of Waynesboro, Tenn., was born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December 9,1857, son of GEORGE W. BOYD, SR, and came to Wayne County, Tenn., with his parents in 1868. He secured a fair education chiefly by his own efforts and afterward clerked in his fathers store. In May, 1883, he came to Waynesboro and engaged in the drug business in company with H. A. Helton. In November 1885, his brother, FRANK BOYD, took Mr Helton's place in the firm. They keep a stock of drugs and groceries, and control a large share of the trade, in his line, in town and country. They also have the agency for the Domestic sewing machine at this place. He is a Democrat.

Source: Goodspeed's History of Wayne County,TN: Biographies Published 1886

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