James Gordon D. Boyd

Obit of M. J. Boyd, wife of James Gordon D. Boyd
Funeral Held for Pioneer
Special to the Star - Telegram,
Grandview, Texas Feb 25, 1938-- Funeral services were conducted at Auburn Methodist Church seven miles east of Grandview Thursday for Mrs. M J Boyd, 96, who died at the home of a daughter in Fort Davis Wednesday.

Mrs. Boyd , the mother of 13 children, wa born in Arkansas. She moved to Texas with her family in 1846 to settle in Anderson County. She married James Gordon D. Boyd at Jacksonville and the couple moved with their children to Erath County in 1861.

Mr. Boyd joined the Confederate Army and served four years.

Immediately after the war the family moved to the Grandview country and most of the children were born there. The children were educated at nearby Trinity University.

Mr. Boyd purchased a ranch in Mexico and the family lived there until the Mexican revolution , in 1912. The ranch, called "Cerretas." still is owned by the estate.

Since Mr. Boyd died, a few years ago, Mrs. Boyd spent most of her time with her son, G D Boyd , at Grandview. She had been at the home of her daughter the last two years.

Survivors include three other sons, JJ Boyd, Hillsboro, NM , A J Boyd, Pecos, and Leroy Boyd, Anson, two daughters, Mrs. RL Irving, Fort Davis, and Mrs. Lillie Hoghburg, San Diego, Cal. and a brother J B Ingle , Grandview.

Mrs. Boyd has a cousin , Capt. A J ( Jack) Ingle, Grandview, who will be 90 next July. At Jacksonville her cousin , Mrs. Melvina Ingle Chessire, is 104 years old.

Thanks to Laura Burton

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