City: Lewisburg
BOYD, John Thomas, farmer and inventor; born in Lewisburg, Tenn., June 2, 1876; Irish descent; son of James E. and Donie (Stillwell) BOYD; his father was a farmer; paternal grandfather James BOYD, paternal grandmother Elizabeth BOYD, maternal grandfather James O. STILLWELL, maternal grandmother Mariah STILLWELL; patented cotton chopper 1902; patented nut lock October 24, 1905; author of song, “Miss Fortune,” published November 2, 1910; present business interest farming and lending money; member of the Methodist Church.
