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James Boyd Full Name: James Boyd Date of birth: November 1837 Date of death: January 21, 1918 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 41 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th   Democrat Belton / Bell   Bell, Falls, Milam   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary, James S. Boyd, "Capt. Jas. Boyd Dies in Belton: Confederate Veteran and a Former Member of Legislature Passes Away," Temple Daily Telegram, 1/22/1918, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Obituary, "Captain Jas. Boyd Dies," 1/24/1918, p. "A telegram came to the family Sunday afternoon announcing the death of Capt. Jas. Boyd at his home in Belton . . . member of one of the reconstruction legislatures . . . " San Saba News. Biographical sketch, pp. 109-110. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, 25th Virginia Regiment Infantry. James Boyd, born in Virginia, attorney, death date 1/21/1918 in Bell County; widow Mrs. James Boyd, marriage date 1/6/1869 in Augusta County, Virginia. Pension File Nos. 26166 (James Boyd) and 34898 (James Boyd), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, 25th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. Military grave marker, James Boyd (1837-1918), burial in North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell County. Find a Grave. Other Resources Census of 1880 - James Boyd, Belton, Bell County, age 43, born circa 1837 in Virginia, attorney at law, wife Mary E., daughter Minnie W. Census of 1900 - James Boyd, Belton, Bell County, age 62, born November 1837 in Virginia, lawyer, wife Mary E. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 James Boyd, born in Virginia, death date 1/21/1918 in Belton, Bell County, age 82, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Photographs Photograph. Jas. Boyd, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 15th R.S. - 1876 Constitutional Amendments   Education (Chair)  Indian Affairs   Judiciary No. 2   Private Land Claims

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