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Austin P. Boyd-1893
Austin Pollard Boyd (son of John Boyd and Ellender Sullivan) was born July 02, 1843 in Aberdeen, Monroe Co., Mississippi, and died May 15, 1902 in Paris, Texas.He married Mary Ann Boyle on June 19, 1866 in Monroe Co., Mississippi.
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Notes: From Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #3; p.167; Service #102; date of funeral, 17 May 1902; place of death, South Church St.; Physician, Joseph Meyer; married; white; age 58 years, 10 months, 13 days; place of services, residence; Clergyman, J.L. Morris assisted by Chas. Manton; ordered by sons; casket, Florence copper, size 6/3; Vault; slippers; shaving; embalming; suit; 8 carriages; PB carriage; funeral car. Funeral notices to Arch in N.Y. and Chas. in Hot Springs. *From the records of Elizabeth Booth; THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Tuesday, May 1, 1979, p.3C.: '... the tombstone of A.P. Boyd, founder of the PARIS MORNING NEWS. The 1932 tombstone, when viewed from selected angles, depicts the front page, with the PARIS MORNING NEWS name across the top, and underneath are carefully drawn column lines.' The actual inscription reads: 'The Paris Morning News Established 1869 by A.P. Boyd.' *Sexton record had 1 Mar 1919 incorrectly as interment date. Buried next to Mary Boyd. Death dates were reversed for Mary and A. P. Boyd in Sexton records. *See record of his wife, Mary Boyd for other information. Some of that record states: '...Mary Boyle went with her parents to Mississippi in early childhood and at Aberdeen, MS, was married to Austin P. Boyd on his return from the Confederate Army in June 1865. Coming to Texas in 1869 she had her husband went first to Greenville but in a few weeks came to Paris...' *See 1885 City Directory: Biographical Souvenir of Texas. 'Editor and owner of Paris North Texan. Senior editor of Paris Daily News. Native of Aberdeen, Miss. Son of John Boyd, a native of NC. A. P. Boyd's mother was Ellen Sullivan. Began printing at age 14, entered Civil War, Co. I, 14th Miss. Inf., served with Gen. Buckner until 1862. Taken prisoner, exchanged 8 months later. Moved to West Point, Miss. then on to Paris in 1869. Mason and Odd Fellow. Married Sallie (Mollie) Boyle on June 19, 1866, daughter of William. Children: Eva, Arthur, Hugh, Claire, Sayers and Mary.' *From a newspaper, probably TPN or LCE is a picture of a double tombstone with the following: Boyd tombstone erected over the graves of A.P. Boyd, longtime publisher of The Paris News, and his wife, the former Mary Boyle, bears on the slope scroll on top, the sculptured representation of two newspaper pages, that on the left bearing the front page banner line, 'The Morning News' and a panel with the name, A.P. Boyd, and his birth and death dates: July 2, 1843, and May 15, 1902. On the left side was later added: Mrs. Boyd's name and the dates, March 1, 1846, and March 2, 1919. This monument was made and erected by the late Edwin Jenkins, owner of the Jenkins Granite and Marble Works on Bonham at 4th SW. [This information and picture is located in the Northeast Texas Genealogy Society Library in the Taylor Collection, Vol. Obit, p.1.] *From the records of Lamar #258 United Daughters of the Confederacy: Awarded Cross of Military Service 12 June 1905. Austin Pollard Boyd served as Private, Co. I, 14th Regiment, from Mississippi, later made 1st Sgt. His wife, Mary Boyle Boyd, was born in Alabama. A great-niece, Eugenia Malone, was born 22 Dec. 1894, in Paris, Texas. Another great-niece, Ray Hazelwood Malone, b. 2 Dec. 1892 in Paris, Texas, married T.H. Fisher. Both were members of the Lamar Chapter #258, UDC, under his record. *THE PARIS NEWS, Sun., Oct. 26, 1969, p. 4, This article appeared under the picture of the tombstone: 'Austin Pollard Boyd, Early News Publisher Fought in Civil War -- Austin Pollard Boyd, publisher of Paris newspapers from 1869 until his death in 1902, merging his North Texas Weekly with the two-year-old Paris Daily News in 1887, was a son of John and Ellen Sullivan Boyd, born at Aberdeen, Miss., July 2, 1843. ^A printer at the age of 14, he enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company I, Fourteenth Mississippi Infantry, under General S. B. Buckner. Captured at the surrender of Ft. Donelson, he was a prisoner eight months at Camp Douglas near Chicago, and upon his release, served for the remainder of the war in the Army of Tennessee. ^He then published a newspaper at Aberdeen 18 months, and during this time he eloped with Miss Mary Boyle, also of Aberdeen, being married June 19, 1866, at Houston, Miss., Mr. Boyd operated a paper there until coming to Texas in 1868. ^Settling in Paris late that year and going to work on The Paris Press for W. H. Lewis, he soon quit to establish his own weekly, The Examiner, which was later discontinued, and in 1874, he bought The North Texas, which had been owned by his brother, A. H. (Harvey) Boyd, who had come to Paris also. In 1887, A. P. Boyd acquired The Paris News, established as a daily two years earlier which continues today as a daily publication. ^Captain Boyd as he was called, was a Mason and Knight Templar, the latter conducting his burial service, and also belonged to the Odd Fellows. He was a fearless, outspoken editor, who made his paper an outstanding one in his day, the only one to continue here as a daily publication. His son, Sayers Boyd, succeeded him until 1920, as owner and publisher.' A family group picture of Austin Pollard's family is on page 6 of this same newspaper with the caption: 'Family group picture of Austin Pollard Boyd, his wife and six children was made in December, 1893. Left to right, standing are Dr. Arthur Boyd, Claire (Mrs. Henley Ballinger), Sayers Boyd (who succeeded his father as publisher of THE PARIS NEWS) and Dr. B. Hugh Boyd; seated, A. P. Boyd, Mary (Mrs. Altha N. Thomas); Eva (Mrs. Murray T. Easton), and Mrs. A. P. Boyd.'
More About Austin Pollard Boyd:
Burial: May 17, 1902, Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Texas.
More About Austin Pollard Boyd and Mary Ann Boyle:
Marriage: June 19, 1866, Monroe Co., Mississippi.
Children of Austin Pollard Boyd and Mary Ann Boyle are:
  1. +Evelyn Boyd, b. August 10, 1869, Paris, Texas, d. June 22, 1950, Paris, Texas.
  2. Aurther J. Dr Boyd, b. 1871, Paris, Texas, d. 1941, Paris, Texas.
  3. Hugh Dr Boyd, b. 1873, Paris, Texas, d. 1918, Paris, Texas.
  4. +Claire Boyd, b. October 05, 1875, Paris, Texas, d. October 29, 1954, Paris, Texas.
  5. Sidney Boyd, b. November 07, 1877, Paris, Texas, d. May 28, 1979, Paris, Texas.
  6. +Sayers Boyd, b. December 21, 1879, Paris, Texas, d. March 14, 1934, Paris, Texas.
  7. Mary Boyd, b. Abt. 1880, Paris, Texas, d. WFT Est. 1881-1974.
  8. Infant Boyd, b. Abt. 1880, Paris, Texas, d. 1880, Paris, Texas.