Felix Boyd
S. Emma Kirkland
Henry Royal Boyd
(1884-1939)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bertha Mae Ward

Henry Royal Boyd 1 2 3

  • Born: 28 May 1884, , Coryell County, Texas 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Bertha Mae Ward
  • Died: 24 Apr 1939, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas at age 54 5 6
  • Buried: Osage Cemetery, Osage, Coryell County, Texas 5 7

   Cause of his death was pneumococcus meningitis and influenza.5

   Another name for Henry was Henry Roy Boyd.4

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  General Notes:

When Henry registered for the WWI draft on 12 Sep 1918, he was farming for himself on Osage, Coryell County, Texas. His wife Bertie was his nearest relative. At the time of the 1920 census, Henry was renting his home in Coryell County, Texas. He was a general farmer.

At the time of the 1930 census, Henry was widowed. He was an officer at the State Juvenile Training School in Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas. He paid $10 a month rent. This time he said both parents were born in Arkansas. (His death certificate also gave Arkansas for both.) His children were living with his brother Claud E. Boyd in Coryell County, Texas. His mother and sisters, Minnie and Eva, were also living with Claud.

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  Additional Information:

• Death Certificate Image: here.


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Henry married Bertha Mae Ward, daughter of Edward Wesley Ward and Polly Ann Roberts. (Bertha Mae Ward was born on 12 Feb 1888 in , Marshall County, Mississippi,8 died on 30 Nov 1926 in Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas 8 9 and was buried in Osage Cemetery, Osage, Coryell County, Texas 7 8.). The cause of her death was tuberculosis.5


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Sources


1 1920 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 7, Coryell, Texas; Roll T625_1787; Page: 7B; ED: 65; Image: 1073. Repository: Ancestry.com.

2 1930 United States Federal Census, Gatesville, Coryell, Texas; Roll 2309; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 200.0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 Descendants of Alfred Ward (Report created by Johnnie Clarence Ward Jr. Copy provided by Ruth Ogden.).

4 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Coryell County, Texas; Roll 1952596; Draft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

5 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 17385.

6 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Certificate Number: 17385. Repository: Ancestry.com.

7 FindAGrave.com.

8 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 37490.

9 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Certificate Number: 37490. Repository: Ancestry.com.


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