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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.

81. SABRA⁷ BOYDSTUN (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born Abt. 1809 in Campbell Co, TN, and died Aft. 1860 in living in Barry Co, MO 1860. She married THOMAS LUSK Unknown in Tennessee. He was born Abt. 1802 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1860 in living in Barry Co, MO 1860.

Notes for THOMAS LUSK:
Samuel Lusk and Thomas Boydstun were born in North Carolina and came to Chatanooga, Tennessee, with their families about 1820, settling near where Wauhatchie Station now stands. About 1830, with other settlers, they came by keel boats to Lauderdale County, Tennessee, and built homes at Bexar. The first steam mill was built by Samuel Lusk. Among his descendants were John, Richard, Dr. G. A. Lusk, and Sabra (Mrs. Sam Broyles).

The above information is found in Mrs. Domonoske's book on page 266, but it is not clear how it relates to James Lusk.

Note also that William Boydstun married in 1838 Mary Lusk, a daughter of James Lusk, a farmer in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It is likely that this is a daughter of this James Lusk.

Michelle Miron (kinderknecht@earthlink.net) writes in August 1999 that she believes that Thomas (rather than James) Lusk married Sabra Boydstun. This is her direct line. She believes Thomas, James, and Samuel (who married Mary Boydstun) are brothers.

She supplies an Barry County, MO census records which clearly shows Thomas and Sabra as married:

1850 Barry County, MO - District #5, p. 201-B 12 Sep 1850
#147      Lusk, Thomas 48m farmer b. TN
      Sabree 42f b. TN can't read/write
      Martha 15f b. TN in school
      Elizabeth 12f b. MO
      Esmandous 9m b. MO
      Henophen 7m b. MO
      James M. 3m b. MO

1860 Barry County, MO - Crane Creek Township, p. 192, 24 Aug 1860, Clay Hill P.O.
#1264 - Lusk, Thomas 57m farmer b. TN
      Sabre 50F b. TN can't read/write
      Elizabeth 23f b. MO
      Xeonphon 19m farmer b. MO in school
      * Eaminodas 17m b. MO in school
      Jas. M. N. 14m b. MO
      Angaline L. J. 9f b. MO
      (*Epaminondes)

She also provides the following marriage records:

Barry County, MO - Marriage book ABC 1837-1876
Marriage Book C, p. 544
Lusk, Epaminondes to Mary Anveline (Angeline?) Wilson 1 Oct 1874
      by W. P. Hemphill, JP

Samuel referred to in the first paragraph above may be a father to all three of these men.

Children of SABRA BOYDSTUN and THOMAS LUSK are:

	i.		MARTHA⁸ LUSK, b. Abt. 1835, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
	ii.		ELIZABETH LUSK, b. Abt. 1837, Barry Co, MO; d. Unknown.
	iii.		XEONPHON LUSK, b. Abt. 1841, Barry Co, MO; d. Unknown.
	iv.		EPAMINONDES LUSK, b. Abt. 1843, Barry Co, MO; d. Unknown; m. MARY ANVELINE WILSON, 01 Oct 1874, Barry Co, MO; b. Abt. 1850, (Angeline?); d. Unknown.
	v.		JAMES M. N. LUSK, b. Abt. 1846, Barry Co, MO; d. Unknown.
	vi.		ANGALINE L. J. LUSK, b. Abt. 1851, Barry Co, MO; d. Unknown.

82. WILLIAM B.⁷ BOYDSTUN (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 01 Dec 1816 in Campbell Co, TN, and died Aft. 1887 in res near Ripley, Lauderdale Co, TN 1887. He married (1) MARY LUSK 29 Aug 1838 in Lauderdale Co, TN, daughter of JAMES LUSK. She was born 01 Sep 1820 in Warren Co, TN, and died 21 Dec 1853 in Lauderdale Co, TN. He married (2) ELIZA PRISCILLA MEDDER 21 Sep 1862 in Lauderdale Co, TN, daughter of J. N. MEDDER. She was born 11 Jan 1839 in Williamson Co, TN, and died 13 Aug 1889 in res near Ripley, Lauderdale Co, TN 1887.

Notes for WILLIAM B. BOYDSTUN:
This was copied from "History of Tennessee, with Biographical Sketches of Lauderdale, Tipton,
Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Illustrated," published in 1887, purchased by B. F. Boydstun, signed, and passed down from father to son to Charles R. Boydstun Jr., over six generations.

William Boydstun, an enterprising farmer of Lauderdale County, was born in Campbell County, December 1, 1816. His father, Thomas Boydstun, was born in North Carolina, and came to Tennessee before the organization of the State, settling in the eastern part. He was married in North Carolina to Elizabeth Newport, daughter of Rev. Richard Newport, a farmer and a native of Virginia. Five sons and six daughters were born to this marriage. our subject being the tenth child. He is of English-Irish descent. His mother was born in Virginia, and died in Lauderdale County, March 6, 1862; his father was a Democrat and a farmer, and died March 21, 1835. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received only a limited education in the country schools, but by persistent application has since acquired a great deal of general information. Mr. Boydstun was married in this county, August 29, 1838, to Mary Lusk, a daughter of James Lusk, a farmer and school teacher. Two sons and three daughters were born to this marriage; only one is living now Priscilla E. (Monroe). Mrs. Boydstun was born in Warren County September 1, 1820, and died at the present homestead, December 21, 1853, and Mr. Boydstun married again, in the same county, September 21, 1862, Mrs. Eliza P. Pierce, a daughter of J. N. Medder, and one son and two daughters were born to this marriage; only one is now living. Martha P. (Moore). The mother of this family was born in Williamson County, January 11, 1839.
Our subject is a State's rights Democrat, and used his influence to aid the Confederacy. He enlisted in H. C. King's battalion (infantry), afterward in the First Regiment of Cavalry, as First lieutenant, and was in the battle of Paris, Tenn., and after a service of one year, resigned on account of ill health. The Boydstun family was represented in the Confederate Army by ten members in active service. Our subject has a farm of 312 acres, four miles north of Ripley, and is an enterprising progressive farmer.

Benjamin F. Boydstun, a farmer in the northern part of Lauderdale County, was born in Campbell County, Tenn., and is a son of Thomas Boydstun. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received a limited education in the subscription schools of the county, and has always been a farmer. He married in this county, August 30, 1843, Mary Wood, daughter of Armstead Wood, a farmer, and to them were born three sons and one daughter. The latter died in infancy, and the sons were named James K. Polk, Armstead Wood and Thomas Jefferson. The mother of this family was born in Alabama in 1823, and died June 6, 1875, and our subject was again married in the home where he now lives, December 28, 1882, to Mrs. Martha F. Ledbetter, daughter of Jasper Meadow, a merchant and farmer. She was born in Williamson County September 25, 1842, and by this marriage one daughter was born, who died in infancy. Our subject was in the Confederate Army in the First Regiment of Cavalry under Col. H. C. King, and was in the battles of Perryville, Ky., and Murfreesboro, and served seventeen months. He had three sons in active service; one served through the entire war, one a less period, and one was wounded near Pulaski, Tenn., from the effects of which he died October 15, 1864. Mr. Boydstun is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk. Mr. and Mrs. Boydstun belong to the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a kind, generous man, of strict integrity, and owns 140 acres of Land five miles north of Ripley.

*History of Tennessee, with Biographical Sketches of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Illustrated, 1887, Pages 848 and 849

Wm. Boydsdon (William Boydstun) was a Trustee of Lauderdale County, 1874-78.

*History of Tennessee, with Biographical Sketches of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood,
and Crockett Counties, Illustrated, 1887, Page 801

Despite the above entry and date of 1887, LDS Ancestral Files indicate a death date of March 1879 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee.

Notes for MARY LUSK:
Michelle Miron believes it is possible that this Mary Lusk is the sister of James, Thomas, and Samuel, in which case their father would be James Lusk.

Notes for ELIZA PRISCILLA MEDDER:
Previously had Jan 1839 only as birth date and "P." as middle initial. 11th January and "Priscilla" were located at LDS Ancestral Files.

Children of WILLIAM BOYDSTUN and MARY LUSK are:

	i.		SARAH J.⁸ BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1840, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1887.
	ii.		PRISCILLA E. BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1842, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1887; m. .. MONROE, Unknown; b. Unknown.
	iii.		TELITHA A. BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1845, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1887.
	iv.		SON BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown; d. Bef. 1887.
	v.		SON BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown; d. Bef. 1887.

Children of WILLIAM BOYDSTUN and ELIZA MEDDER are:

	vi.		SON⁸ BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown; d. Bef. 1887.
	vii.		DAUGHTER BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown; d. Bef. 1887.
	viii.		MARTHA P. BOYDSTUN, b. Bef. 1863; d. Aft. 1887; m. .. MOORE, Unknown; b. Unknown.

Notes for MARTHA P. BOYDSTUN:
Birth year is approximated in LDS Ancestral File records. Also, it is assumed that Martha was born in Lauderdale County, Tennessee.

83. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN⁷ BOYDSTUN (THOMAS⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 1820 in Campbell Co, TN, and died Aft. 1887 in living near Ripley, Lauderdale Co, TN 1887. He married (1) MARY WOOD 30 Aug 1843 in Lauderdale Co, TN, daughter of ARMSTEAD WOOD. She was born 1823 in Alabama, and died 06 Jun 1875 in Lauderdale Co, TN. He married (2) MARTHA F. MEADOW 28 Dec 1882 in near Ripley, Lauderdale Co, TN, daughter of JASPER MEADOW. She was born 25 Sep 1842 in Williamson Co, TN, and died Aft. 1887 in res near Ripley, Lauderdale Co, TN 1887.

Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOYDSTUN:
Notes from the website of Charlie Boydstun:

1850 US Census, Civil District #2, Lauderdale County, TN
Page 261
26 Sep 1850
(The dwelling shoud be 189)
37 289 289 BOYDSTON BE* R 30 M FARMER TN
38 289 289 BOYDSTON MARY 27 F AL
39 289 289 BOYDSTON JAMES K P 5 M TN
40 289 289 BOYDSTON ARMSTEAD W 3 M ** TN
41 289 289 BOYDSTON THOMAS J 11 M TN <<should be "1">>
42 289 289 BOYDSTON ELIZABETH 75 F VA
1 289 289 BOYDSTON PRICILLA 32 F TN

History of Tennessee, with Biographical Sketches of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood and Crockett Counties, Illustrated," 1887, page 801.

"Benjamin F. Boydstun, a farmer in the northern part of Lauderdale County, was born in Campbell County, Tenn., and is a son of Thomas Boydstun. Our subject was raised on a farm, and received a limited ducation in the subscription schools of the county, and has always been a farmer. He married in this county, August 30, 1843, Mary Wood, daughter of Armstead Wood, a farmer, and to them were born three sons and one daughter. The latter died in infancy, and the sons were named James K. Polk, Armstead Wood, and Thomas Jefferson. The mother of this family was born in Alabama in 1823, and died June 6, 1875, and our subject was again married in the home where he now lives, December 28, 1882, to Mrs. Martha F. Ledbetter, daughter of Jasper Meadow, a merchant and farmer. She was born in Williamson County September 25, 1842, and by this marriage one daughter was born, who died in infancy. Our subject was in the Confederate Army in the First Regiment of Cavalry under Col. H. C. King, and was in the battles of Perryville, Ky., and Murfreesboro, and served seventeen months. He had three sons in active service; one served through the entire war, one a less period, and one was wounded near Pulaski, Tenn., from the effects of which he died October 15, 1864. Mr. Boydstun is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk. Mr. and Mrs. Boydstun belong to the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a kind, generous man, of strict integrity, and owns 140 acres of Land five miles north of Ripley."

Lauderdale County Enterprise
Friday July 9, 1926
* A Peep Into The Past--July 13. 1900*

Mr. Pinkney�s residence, known as the Ben Boydstun old place, near Grace Church, burned Saturday.

Notes for MARY WOOD:
This news article may relate to someone in Mary's family:

Lauderdale County (TN) ENTERPRISE
Friday November 19, 1926

Local and Personal

Mr. Wm. Walker of Ripley and Miss Ella Lou Wood of Asbury vicinity were married in Ripley Tuesday and left immediately for Memphis to spend their honeymoon. Mr. Walker is a son of Mrs. J. H. Walker, and holds a position with Boydstun�s Tailor Shop. His bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wood.

Children of BENJAMIN BOYDSTUN and MARY WOOD are:

203.	i.	JAMES KNOX POLK⁸ BOYDSTUN, b. 1845, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
204.	ii.	ARMISTEAD WOOD BOYDSTUN, b. 16 Jun 1846, Tennessee; d. 18 Jan 1889, Ripley, Lauderdale Co, TN.
	iii.	THOMAS JEFFERSON BOYDSTUN, b. 1849, Tennessee; d. Unknown.

Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON BOYDSTUN:
It is guessed, not known, that this is the son who died 15 Oct 1864 of wounds from the Civil War, as he is not known to have married, and his brothers married.

iv.

DAUGHTER BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown; d. Unknown, died an infant.

Child of BENJAMIN BOYDSTUN and MARTHA MEADOW is:

DAUGHTER⁸ BOYDSTUN, b. Unknown; d. Unknown, died an infant.

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