City: Covington
BOYD, William Townes, (T. BOYD); born Mecklenburg Co., Va., Jan. 20, 1844; Scotch descent; son of Francis Walker and Isabella (Townes) BOYD; paternal grandparents Robert and Tabitha (Walker) BOYD, maternal grandparents William and Lucy R. (Maclin) TOWNES; educated Hampden Sidney College (Va.) graduated from same with B.A. degree June, 1862; married Fannie A. LEWIS Dec. 5, 1865; private 3rd Va. cavalry, C. S. A. for two years; First Richmond Howitzer Battallion /sic/, to end of war; Democrat; former Clerk and Master Chancery Court, Tipton, June, 1897, to Dec., 1909; member Presbyterian church.
