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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.


200. WILLIAM C.8 BOYDSTUN (CAVANAUGH7, THOMAS6, JAMES5, DAVID4 BOYDSTON, WILLIAM3 BOYLSTON, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 23 Jun 1830 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN, and died 23 Jan 1923 in Chickasha, Grady Co, OK. He married JANE A. WILHITE 15 Mar 1855 in Chatanooga, Hamilton Co, TN. She was born 12 Jun 1834 in Tennessee, and died 26 Feb 1915 in Pocasset, Grady Co, OK.

Notes for WILLIAM C. BOYDSTUN:
Carl McLain generously shared a great deal of information on William Boydstun and his descendants in March 2001. Carl says he likes to record all the women in his family with their last known surname, something that I personally don't like much. Because of his system, unless the parents of a bride are recorded, her maiden name is lost, thus many women in his file have no surname other than that of their husband. Regardless, his file is remarkably detailed and has few errors that I could find.

Carl shows a death location of Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, where I previously had Lexington, Oklahoma.

His notes:

Billy Boydstun grew up on his parents' farm. By the time he was grown, at least one of his brothers had moved west with his family. When he turned 19, he moved to Polk County, Arkansas. Three years later, he moved back to his old home in Tennessee. Jane and Billy kept house until Jane became ill. Then they moved to live with their daughter Lizzie and Bob Wynne. Jane died on February 26, 1915, at Lizzie's home in Pocasset, Oklahoma and was buried in Willowview outside of Lexington.

After her death, William visited around with his children, always returning to live with Elizabeth's Family. Beulah says, "Grandfather refused to apply for a pension (Veteran’s Pension) because he thought it would look as if his children weren't able to take care of him." She says that when she was seven years old, her grandfather couldn't see well enough to read, so she read the newspapers to him. They were full of news of the First World War in 1917. She had to spell nearly every word, but he never complained.

William Boydstun died on January 23, 1923, in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He lived to be 92 years and 7 months of age. They buried him next to his wife in the Willowview Cemetery, near the farm they bought when they first moved to Cleveland County.

A newspaper clipping from the Lexington Newspaper, Lexington, Oklahoma. The date is unknown. It was sent (to Carl McLain) by Mrs. J. L. Atkison of Harwood, Texas. Under the picture are the words "Uncle 'Billy' Boydstun."

ANOTHER OF THREE CHUMS

We are glad to present to our readers the above portrait of another one of Lexington's first settlers, G. W. Boydstun. [Beulah Atkison notes, "This is the only place where I find the 'G' in his name. All other places he is called William or Billy."]

In Hamilton county, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, 'Uncle Billy,' as he is called, was born June 23, 1830. He moved to Polk county, Arkansas, in 1849, remained there three years; moved back to his old home and there remained peaceful until 1862, and like most men of democratic descent, he enlisted in the Confederate army and remained until the close of the war. While in the war he was in several historic battles, paramount among which was the battle of Chicamauga. 'Uncle Billy' has two scars to show that he used to be a fighter. After the war was over he again moved back to Polk County, Arkansas, with his family in 1969. He has lived in Choctaw and Chickasaw countries, and in 1889 moved to Lexington where he has since made his home.

The old warrior delights in telling about the 'old war times,' and is as familiar with the events as though they happened but yesterday. The old hatred which once prevailed between the Federals and Confederates has passed away, and to hear old men, one of each side, chat about the olden times makes on recall to memory the words of the poet.

[unreadable] the War cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment Day,
Love and tears for the blue,
Tears and live for the gray.

About this time, trouble was brewing in the United States. It had been simmering for some time, now it had come to a boil. The issue was Slavery. Andrew Johnson served Tennessee as a United States Representative, as Governor, and as United States Senator. He was a popular man with the people of the state.

Although he did not oppose slavery, he believed strongly in the Union. Johnson pleaded with the people of Tennessee to remain in the Union....Many Tennesseeans were in favor of staying in the Union. But when President Abraham Lincoln did not show these people his support, feelings in favor of seceding grew stronger....On June 8, 1861, about two months after the Civil War Broke out, more than two-thirds of the people voted to join the Confederacy. Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union....

The people of Tennessee were divided in their sympathies between the North and the South. Most Union sympathy came from the eastern part of the state. Confederate forces moved into that region and held it captive fro a good part of the war.

In 1862, the war spread across the state's middle and western regions.

Billy and Jane sat down and talked over the war. They knew he would eventually have to go. It was practically at their doorstep. His brother, James, had already enlisted. He was a lieutenant in Company B of the 4th Georgia Cavalry. But Jane was five months from having their fourth child, and leaving his growing family was a difficult thing to do.

On October 1, 1862, his decision made, he got up and walked like he was going to the barn and just kept on walking-----to town. He enlisted in Chattanooga as a 3rd Lieutenant for 3 years or (the) war in the (3rd) Company F of the 5th Tennessee Regiment Provisional Army. (they would later join with the 35th Tennessee Infantry).

On the second of February, 1863, the record shows that he should have received $320 pay for his service to the Confederate States of America from October 1, 1862 to January 31, 1863. However, he states, "I have never received any pay up to this time."

The 12th of February in 1863, Jane gave birth to William Cavner. (That is the spelling of the name in the Family Bible, some say is Cavenah.) William was nicknamed "Tad." It was a name he was called throughout his life. The minister who performed his marriage ceremony recorded "Tad" in his records. Even his nephews and nieces called him "Uncle Tad."

In April of that year, Billy was sick enough to be in the hospital in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, with "debilitas." He returned to duty on June 18, 1863. The record says he had to pay $24 for board while in the hospital. By that time he had been receiving his officer's pay.

On the 19th and 20th of September, 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga took place. Lt. William Boydstun's group had become part of the 35th Tennessee Infantry.

William recalled his feelings when his captain came to tell him to withdraw. The Captain has said they better get out---now! He said he just couldn't turn around and walk off, because if it would happen that he should get shot in the back, they would have said he was running, so he sidled back in retreat. He said the dead bodies were so numerous that he could have stepped from one to the other without ever touching the ground in places.

He was wounded as he withdrew. Je was shot in the elbow. One mini ball hit in the ribs and glanced around to lodge in the small of his back, and one lodged near his ribs. All his wounds were on the side, none in the back. He was left on the battle field for dead.

With casualties heavy on both sides, the federal forces eventually withdrew to Chattanooga and requisitioned all available buildings, churches, and homes for hospital use for their wounded when they were brought from the battlefield of Chickamauga. William's and Jane’s home was on of those commandeered.

Word came to Jane that her Billy had been killed in the battle at Chickamauga. She simply refused to believe it. With the help of the slave who stayed with them after the other slaves left, She wrapped some baby clothes in a little bundle, took seven-month-old "Tad," mounted their mule and started for the battle field. The slave led them on foot.

Along the way they met a contingent of Yankee Cavalry. The soldiers took her bundle of baby clothes and ripped them apart to see if they concealed anything. Finding that Tad's clothes hid nothing to impede the war effort, they threw them down in a mud puddle, After they went on their way, Jane rescued the baby clothes and took them to a little creek to wash off the dirt. She hung them on the bushes to dry. This delayed their mission of mercy somewhat. When the clothes were ready to be bundled again, the trio went on, determined to succeed in their quest.

As they approached the battlefield, the stench was terrible. She had to walk over dead bodies everywhere, but she knew she would find him. Her determination was rewarded.

Billy was not dead, but wounded, "Severely wounded," his war record states. They took him to a cousin's house which was near-by, where Jane nursed him until he was able to travel. When he could stand it, they moved him to medical care. His war record says he was under medical treatment until some time in December.

When they returned to Chattanooga, they found it under siege. Union soldiers were everywhere and food was scarce, The Yankees would take everything the people had to eat. They butchered all the cattle and stock they wanted.

Jane had some salt pork inside a meat box in the house. She had put it in a corner of the room and spread some bed quilts over the top, hoping they wouldn't find it. The soldiers began to take some of her things outside to go through them. That was more that Jane was willing to allow! She went straight to their commanding officer with her complaints. He told her, "They’ll none of them bother you any more. I'll see to that!" And he did. They continued to occupy her house and yard. In the back yard, the Yankees set up their hospital camp. They doctored their wounded the best that they could under such primitive conditions. It was cold in the fall and winter, and the ground was frozen, so when any of the sick and wounded soldiers would die, they had to leave them laying out in the yard covered with blankets. The blankets were so short that either their heads or their feet would have to be uncovered. Quite a sight for the little children.

Jane and her slave cooked, washed and ironed for the Union soldiers. The men furnished what food they could, but some were starving to death that winter. As the weather became colder, the food became more scarce. finally, the soldiers had to kill and eat the family's dog.

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The December 1863, Company Muster Roll lists William Boydstun as a 2nd Lieutenant and said he was "Sick" (wounded) and still in the hospital. He had received a promotion for his efforts on the battlefield.

He, however, was not the only one who was sick. While Jane was caring for a yard full of sick and wounded and hungry soldiers outside, she was also nursing a desperately ill child inside. Mary Elender had pneumonia. No matter what Jane tried, it didn't help, and on New Year’s Day of 1864, Mary died.

The ground was frozen. The bodies of Union soldiers around the yard would testify to that, but somehow, the grateful Yankees found a way to dig a grave. They buried the child for Jane. She had done so much for them that they wanted to do something in return. Mary had lived to be eight years old.

When William's wounds mended, he found he could only move two fingers and a thumb of the hand on his wounded arm. The doctors had wanted to take his arm off when they saw how badly it was hurt, but he fought them and wouldn't let them do it. With determination, he worked it until he had the use of it again. It finally healed enough that by the February Muster Roll in 1874, he was listed as present. He signed the roll as the Commanding Officer of the (3rd) Company F, 35th Regiment Tennessee Infantry. One can be sure he returned to the war with two mini balls and a very heavy heart because of the loss of little Mary.

March 31, 1864 found him at Dalton, Georgia requisitioning clothing and supplies for his men. The end of June the request was the same: "The men need clothing." This time it came from the Chattahooche Bridge in Georgia.

On August 27, 1864, the following letter was sent by William Boydstun to Hon. Jas. Sedden, Secretary of War:

I have the honor to tender my resignation as 2nd Lieutenant of Co. G 35th Tenn. Regt. This Resignation to be unconditional and immediate.
Very Respectfully
Wm. Boydstun, 2nd Lt.
Co. F. 35th Tenn. Regt.

My reasons for so doing are the Regt. is so small. No. about one hundred men and about thirty officers, there being in my company three officers and twenty two men. I therefore wish to resign and join some other branch of the service as a private in this department.
Very Respectfully
Wm. Boydstun, 2nd Lt.
Co. F. 35th Tenn. Regt.

I certify that I have never been absent without leave, that I have no government property in my possession and that I am not indebted to the Confederate States on any account whatsoever; and that there are no charges against me that will effect my pay.
August 27th, 1864
Wm. Boydstun

His resignation was accepted on September 8, 1864. He had given almost two years to this grim was and fought in what was designated in history books as "Chickamauga---the Bloodiest Conflict in the West." In that battle, the Union lost 1,644 killed, 9,262 wounded, and had 4,945 missing. The Confederacy lost 2,389 killed, 13,412 wounded, 2,003 missing. Because of a faithful and determined wife, he had survived. Although the war didn't end for eight or nine months, he had served valiantly, and was ready to return to normal life.

The mini-ball which lodged in the small of his back had bothered him quite a bit. He had endured the discomfort as long as he was going to. One day, while riding along the road, he met a doctor on horseback. He told the doctor about the hurting in his back. They dismounted so the doctor could examine it more closely. It must have been after a big rain, because there were deep ruts in the road from the wagon wheels. William laid down in a dried rut beside the road and wedged himself in. The doctor operated and removed the mini-ball right on the spot.

William wore a beard in those days. One day he decided to get a shave. All the barbers were in Chattanooga, so he got his oars out from under the porch where he kept them, and went to his special hiding place down by the river where to get his paddle boat. He rowed across the river to the barber. When he came back, he hid his boat and walked back to the house with the oars. His young son, John, who didn't recognize his clean-shaven face, ran to sound the alarm, "Mama, Mama, some old man is putting Daddy’s oars under the porch!"

Jane and Billy stayed at their home near Chattanooga until late 1869. During that time, he farmed. Several times he served on juries to "Lay off a 2nd class road from Brown’s Ferry to Georgia line," "make proposed changes of a public road in the 4th civil district," and "mark a 2nd Class road from Brown's Old Ferry to Connect with Beacon and Spiller Road near A. B. Beacon's."

Two more children were born to them while they lived near Chattanooga. Hannah Jane was born October 27, 1866. August 29, 1869, George Washington Boydstun joined the family. They must have been waiting for George to be born so they could head west, because Billy moved his family back to Polk County, Arkansas. Five of the sons of Cavanah Boydstun moved west with their families at one time or another. Three of the sons went over the Lookout and two went down the Santee trail...records do not reveal which they were.

[They] remained in Pope County, Arkansas, until 1872. One supposes that word got to them in Arkansas that their father, Cavanah, had died on August 2, 1871, in Chattanooga. William and his brother, John, left Arkansas and moved to Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, near Armstrong Academy. They brought with them horses, cattle and livestock to the Indian Territory to begin farming and raising livestock.

Armstrong Academy was located near the center of Blue Country--near the dividing ridge between the waters of Blue and Boggy rivers. It had been built for the education of the Choctaw Indian children, but by that time, it was being run by the Southern Baptist Convention.

On July 1, 1872, Billy's and Jane's family increased by one more. James Franklin Boydstun was born in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. A year and a half later---to the day---on December 1, 1874, Elizabeth Ann was born to them. They were still living in Blue County at the time.

Young John, who would have been in his teens, remembers shooting catfish in the Blue River. "When you shot them," he told the story, "you had to shoot under them, so the bullet would deflect upward and get the catfish."

For the first few years in Oklahoma, the Boydstuns did a bit of moving around. Billy and his family lived in both the Choctaw and Chickasaw countries. Once when George was about nine years old (ca. 1878), they started to east Texas. It was open land, and they were going with and idea to farm. George tells of driving a double team of horses across the little river on the way. It was quite a responsibility for a young boy. They all ran out of money near Caddo and stopped there to make a crop. They farmed little patches around where the timber had been cleared, Billy told his grandson. They finally decided to stay around Caddo.

Jane told the story that they would go to the mill, so they always had corn meal. She would make a huge pan of corn bread. Of course, they had their cows for milk, but milk wasn't always as plentiful as the corn bread. Sometimes there would be little more than a glass of milk a piece. The kids around the table caused the milk to disappear quickly. Then a familiar cry would be heard, "Who'd swap me milk for bread?"

When they needed supplies, they had to go to town. They often spoke of going to Caddo, Boggy Depot, Atoka, Stringtown, And Lehigh. There were a few Boydstun families in southeastern Oklahoma and over the border in Texas. They went to Dennison, Texas, for visits and supplies sometimes.

Excerpts from the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory 1874 to 1889, Caddo Lodge #3, lists Unaffiliated Masons: John Boydstun, William Boydstun. John Hall Boydstun had joined in Arkansas, Scottsville Lodge 112, Pope County, Arkansas. He demitted to the Caddo, Indian Territory, Lodge No. 3 on March 26, 1878. (Did William join in Arkansas and again in Caddo, also?)

R. J. Hogue was a Baptist missionary to the Choctaw Indians. In 1871, he moved to Boggy Depot. He was pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Boggy Depot 1883 and 1884. Also of Caddo. The Reverend was no stranger to the Boydstun families. His diary records the marriages of Boydston, John and Electra [sic], Fall of 1882; Boydston, Tad and Lucy Smith, March 1884; and a son of John Hall's, Boydstun, William and Mary A. Smith, 1882.

A newspaper clipping said, "Lector [sic] H. Boydstun was Lector H. Smith before her marriage, was a native of Mississippi and born April 12, 1862. When she was a child her parents moved to Indian territory, located near the town of Caddo, and she was married there to John Boydstun in 1882."

This was a time of transition for William and Jane. Their children were marrying and, gradually, the family was expanding to include daughters-in-law and sons-in-laws. Year after year, first one child married, then another. August 6, 1892, John married Electra and rented a farm nearby. December 2, 1883, Thomas Calvin married Ada Gillian. March of 1884, Tad Boydstun and Lucy Smith became husband and wife. On November 27, 1884, Hannah Jane married David Cook. Great sadness come to this union. On July 10, 1885, less that a year later, Hannah died. Now only George, James, and Elizabeth were still at home.

On April 22, 1889, many of the Indian Territories were officially opened to white settlement in what became known as land runs. Elizabeth Ann remembers riding horseback with a girl friend over to the line to watch the run.

Shortly after the run, in 1889, Billy and Jane moved to Cleveland County and “bought off some Sooners. Their son, John, and his family moved in with them. William was interested in growing an orchard along with his farming. He took good care of the fruit trees. When the freezes would come in the winter, he dashed his trees with water to prevent damage. Right away Jane put in a garden. She always had a garden.

The 1890 Census shows that the families of William and his son John had been in that part of the territory only six months.

On March 20, 1892, George married Nora Ellen Baughman in Lexington. On New Year's Day of 1895, Elizabeth Ann became the wife of Robert Penn Wynne.

Next door to Billy and Jane lived the family of John and Elizabeth Medearis. They had moved there the month after the Boydstuns did, so they had been friends and neighbors for several years. James had eyes for their daughter, Effie. James Franklin Boydstun and Mary Effie Dedearis were married on December 30, 1896.

Now Jane and Billy were alone. Not too long after the turn of the century, they sold their farm in the Willowview area near Lexington, and moved into town. The small country schools outside only went through the seventh grade. When their grandson, John Calvin Boydstun, was ready for the eighth grade, he moved into Lexington to live with them for two years so he could continue his education. Johnnie remembers eating very well at grandmother's She loved to cook and she always had a garden.

The grandchildren have fond memories of their grandparents. Every time they went for a visit, grandmother had cookies or some kind of treat.

Notes for JANE A. WILHITE:
The death date and location come from Carl McLain.
     
Children of WILLIAM BOYDSTUN and JANE WILHITE are:
  i.   MARY ELENDER9 BOYDSTUN, b. 12 May 1856, Hamilton Co, TN; d. 01 Jan 1864, Hamilton Co, TN.
  Notes for MARY ELENDER BOYDSTUN:
Carl McLain's notes indicate that Mary Elender was named after one of Jane's sister. She excelled in school, winning certificates for being first in her class (Carl's family has the certificates and he says they are dated 1861). She died of pneumonia in 1864.

  ii.   JOHN HALL BOYDSTUN, b. 28 Oct 1858, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN; d. 19 Mar 1931, Anadarko, Caddo Co, OK; m. LECTOR HAZELTINE SMITH, 06 Aug 1882, Boggy Depot, Atoka Co, OK; b. 12 Apr 1862, Lowndes Co, MS; d. 05 Jan 1943, Apache, Caddo Co, OK.
  Notes for JOHN HALL BOYDSTUN:
Note that Chuck Boydstun has this man married to Electra Hazeltine Smith with a son, John Calvin, who had John Delf Boydstun as a son. I can accept this relationship of John Delf to John Calvin Boydstun, but first entered it at the following location:

John Frank Boydstun son of and Angeline Ridge and John H. Boydstun
      John Calvin Boydstun
            John Delf Boydstun of San Diego, CA

Early information had John Frank Boydstun, son of John H. & Angeline Ridge married to Electra Smith with son John Calvin Boydstun and several other children. Since this family had quite a lot of information, and the line advanced by Chuck had only single children, I felt there was more weight to support the first information.

Burke Anderson (burke@mmcable.com) submitted an outline in March 2000 which shows Electra Hazeltine Smith married to John Boydstun (son of William C. / Cavanaugh / Thomas).

My tendency was to accept the marriage of Electra to John Frank Boydstun, since a fair amount of detailed information existed on this relationship, including that of a second marriage. However, Burke Anderson sent information including: "I will have to agree with Chuck Boydstun, whom you refer to, that this John Boydstun William C. / Cavanaugh / Thomas was married to Electra (Lectar) Hazeltine Smith, and not John Frank Boydstun. I spoke yesterday with my wife's grandmother, Thelma Holcomb Kienlen. Lectar was her grandmother, and she saw her quite a bit growing up, as well as John Boydstun. I expect to see Thelma in a few weeks and she has quite a bit of information on John and Lectar, as well as photos."\

Based on this new information, I have once again assigned the marriage of Electra to John Boydstun.

Carl McLain shows a middle name of Hall (I had no middle name prior to hearing from him in March 2001). He shows a marriage to Lector Hazeltine... 6 Aug 1882 in Boggy Depot, Oklahoma.

  Notes for LECTOR HAZELTINE SMITH:
Information found at http://www.MediaCity.com/~judith/tree/83.html#p8361

Sources quoted are LDS Ancestral File No. 3V3H-3R:764

Died of a stroke (cerebral apoplexy).

Sandy Sleeper writes that her great great grandmother, "Kitty" Smith Boydstun has been hard to track down. She has three different dates for her death -- 1897, 1931, and 1943. According to Sandy's mother, Kitty had only three children, one of the girls died when her mom was a teenager. Kitty is to have died while in route to Montana, in St. Louis, MO, or pneumonia.

Kitty had lived with her father-in-law until she attempted to move to Montana.

She further says that she feels the information from Q. B. Boydstun is the most accurate. His mother, Angie Massingill Boydstun, was married to Robert Berry Boydstun. They all lived in the same house with John Hall Boydstun for a while. Q. B. was about the same age as Sandy's grandmother, and all the men worked together on the ranches. As there were not very many white men in the Indian Territory, they stuck together and all knew each other.

Although it was first believed that "Kitty" Smith Boydstun was actually Electra Hazeltine Smith, this is apparently incorrect and has resulted in considerable confusion. See notes at John Boydstun (William C./ Cavanaugh/Thomas) and John Frank Boydstun for further details on this conundrum.

Carl McLain seems certain that her name was Lector Hazeltine, but notes that various spellings, including Electra and Lectra are found in records.

  iii.   THOMAS CALVIN BOYDSTUN, b. 15 Nov 1860, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN; d. 19 Nov 1918, near Elk City, Beckham Co, OK; m. ADA LEONA KEEN, 02 Dec 1883, Arkansas; b. 1865, Georgia; d. 06 Dec 1939, Bellview, Beckham Co, OK.
  Notes for ADA LEONA KEEN:
Prior to hearing from Carl McLain in March 2001, I had this name as Ada L. Gillian. It may be that she was previously married. Carl gives birth and death information as well as location of the marriage and all information on the children.

  iv.   WILLIAM CAVENAUGH BOYDSTON, b. 12 Feb 1863, "Tad" b. Hamilton Co, TN; d. 26 Aug 1922; m. (1) MARY A. SMITH, 1882, Bokchito, OK, R. J. Hogue's Church; b. Unknown; m. (2) LUCY BELLE SMITH, 10 Mar 1884, Boggy Depot, Atoka Co, OK; b. Bet. 1860 - 1865, "Alabama"; d. Unknown; m. (3) ELLA MAE .., Dec 1896; b. Unknown; d. 1899, (Ella Mae was 7 months pregnant at her death); m. (4) RILLA VIOLA .., 25 Dec 1901, Ardmore, Carter Co, OK; b. 22 Oct 1882, Paris, Lamar Co, TX; d. 25 Mar 1962, Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co, OK.
  Notes for WILLIAM CAVENAUGH BOYDSTON:
Carl McLain shows William's middle name as "Cavner" (as shown in the family Bible) and says others spell the name "Cavenah." I previously recorded "Carnes" as the middle name.

  Notes for LUCY BELLE SMITH:
Elizabeth Lucivina Smith married a William Cavanaugh Boydstun, and this creates a very confusing situation. Carl McLain shows the child Carrie Belle (who married Luther Wilson) as one of this couple, where Don Getner showed her as a child of the OTHER William C. Boydstun and Elizabeth Lucivina Smith.

Carl's records are very complete, and while I left a child named Carrie Belle with the OTHER couple, I included the Carrie Belle who married Luther Wilson with this couple, as Carl's records indicate.

  Notes for ELLA MAE ..:
I did not have this wife before hearing from Carl McLain in March 2001. He does not show the first wife, but shows the second, adds a third and fourth.

  v.   HANNAH JANE BOYDSTUN, b. 27 Oct 1866, Hamilton Co, TN; d. 07 Oct 1885.
  vi.   GEORGE WASHINGTON BOYDSTUN, b. 29 Aug 1869, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN; d. 05 Jan 1956, Chickasha, Grady Co, OK; m. NORA ELLAN BAUGHMAN, 20 Mar 1892, Lexington, Cleveland Co, OK; b. 04 Apr 1874, Illinois; d. 10 Jun 1947, Cyril, Caddo Co, OK.
  Notes for NORA ELLAN BAUGHMAN:
Carl McLain supplies the middle name and also the dates and location of birth, death, and marriage for both Nora and George. He also supplies all information on the children and their families.

  vii.   JAMES FRANKLIN BOYDSTUN, b. 01 Jul 1872, Blue, Cloctaw Nation; d. 1945, Lexington, Cleveland Co, OK; m. MARY EFFIE MEDEARIS, 30 Dec 1896; b. Unknown; d. 24 Mar 1933, Lexington, Cleveland Co, OK.
  Notes for JAMES FRANKLIN BOYDSTUN:
Carl McLain supplies the death information for James, as well as information on his children.

  Notes for MARY EFFIE MEDEARIS:
Carl McLain supplies the first name and all dates for Mary.

  viii.   ELIZABETH ANN BOYDSTUN, b. 01 Dec 1874, Blue, Cloctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Atoka Co, OK); d. 07 Sep 1957, Austin, Travis Co, TX; m. ROBERT PENN WYNNE, 01 Jan 1895, Lexington, Cleveland Co, OK; b. 01 Jan 1874, near Blue, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Boggy Depot, Atoka Co, OK); d. 20 Nov 1941, Alice, Jim Wells Co, TX.
  Notes for ELIZABETH ANN BOYDSTUN:
Carl McLain supplies the middle name as well as all dates for the husband and all information on the children other than Thomas Leonard.


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