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John Saylor Boyd

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• • Great-grandfather of Johnny Carson — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • John Boyd 
  • Mother:
  • Eliza Saylor   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Jun 1835 
  • Birth Location:
  • Watertown, Jefferson, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Aug 1914 
  • Death Location:
  • Bedford, Taylor, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
  • 6 Aug 1914 
  • Burial Location:
  • Lexington Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Simildie Elton Raynolds
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Mar 1860 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Taylor County, Iowa 
  • Child:

  Jessie Elton Boyd (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  • Notes: 

  • John Saylor Boyd's birth year is given as 1834 in a transcription of his death record, and 1835 on his tombstone. Other records support the 1835 year.

• Sources for John Saylor Boyd

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Taylor County, 1880, Marshall, E.D. 215, p. 46, Image 18 of 19.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Cuyahoga County, Brecksville, Image 1 of 27.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/27/2018).
  • ⁴ Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, Death record for John Saylor Boyd.
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998, Grave registration for John Saylor Boyd.
  • ⁶ Iowa, U.S., Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, Death record for daughter Jessie B Hook.
  • ⁷ Nourse, Eva Miller, The Millar-du Bois Family: Its History and Genealogy, n. p.: n. p. (1928), 80-82.