Joyce M. Boyd

Notes:

Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page created by Judy Blacksher, and maintained by Bettie:

Joyce Boyd Livingston, age 84 of Lumberton, Texas died September 29, 2010 at Village Creek Nursing Home in Lumberton.

Services will be held at 10am Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Farmer Funeral Home.

Burial following in the Gravel Hill Cemetery on Fm 1592 near Hemphill, Texas.

A native of the Campground community in Sabine County, Mrs. Livingston lived in Orange, Texas and Beaumont, Texas before moving to Lumberton in 1959.

She retired as head bookkeeper from Jones Feed Company in Beaumont after 37 years of service.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents Henry and Arlie Boyd, husband Lyvayghn Livingston and brother Elroy Boyd (FAG mem 69465204).

Survivors include her son Steve Livingston and his wife Pat of Lumberton, three grandchildren and very special niece Juana Kay Boyd.

Obituary from R S Farmer Funeral Home, Silsbee, Texas, September 30, 2010

Family/Spouse: Lyvaughn Livingston. Lyvaughn was born on 29 May 1926; died on 25 Mar 1993; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary writes that he married on 3 Feb 1907 Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Curl.

(Research):

Census Information:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Page 12B
230-235
Boyd, William H. Jr Head m W 27 M1 3 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Boyd, Mary E. Wf F W 23 M2 3 0/0 Tx Ga Tx
231-236
Boyd, William H Sr Head M W 54 m1 33 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Boyd, Sarah E. Wf F W 49 m1 33 9/8 Tx Tn Tn
Boyd, Mary F Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Boyd, Bradford I Son M w 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Boyd, Maud E. Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
232-237
Madison and Mattie Conn family

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP one
Enumerated 16 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 36B
719-742
Conn, James H Head M w 33 M La Ark Tx Farmer
Conn, Anna M F W 28 M Tx Tx Tx
Conn, Cathaleen Dtr F W 3 9/12 S Tx La Tx
Boyd, Henry Brother-in-law M W 37 Wd Tx Tx Tx Farmer


1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 8 Apr 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 1B
18-21
Boyd, Henry W Head M W 47 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Boyd, Arlie E Wf F w 35 M26 Tx Tx Tx
Boyd, Elroy E Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Boyd, Joice M Dtr F W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
19-22
Imboden and Onie Boyd

William married Arlie E. Griffin about 1921 in Texas. Arlie (daughter of James Monroe Griffin and Emily Edna White) was born on 4 Nov 1894 in Texas; died on 6 Jul 1986 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her tombstone reads Arlie Griffin BOYD.

Notes:

Virgie Speights, in a biography of Imboden Boyd written September, 1966, stated that he was a grandson of Joseph Boyd, and great grandson of John Boyd, who came from Nashville, Tennessee in 1835, to settle at Milam, to serve as a Senator in the Republic of Texas, as a sheriff of Sabine County, as well as holding other important positions in early Texas.

(Research):
Census Information:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 1 ED 85
115-116
Boyd, William H W M 24 Farmer Tx Ala Ala
Boyd, Sarah E W F 20 F Wf Keeping House Tx Tn Tn
Boyd, Mattie E W F 2 Dt Tx
Boyd, George W M 8/12 Oct Son Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam No. 4
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 4A Stamped 132
Enumerated 7 Jun 1900
Note: Microfilm image was faint and hard to read
Boyd, William Age 44 Texas
Boyd, Sarah Age 38 Texas
Boyd, George Age 19 Texas
Boyd, William H Age 17 Texas
Boyd, Sarah E Age 12 Texas
Boyd, Anna M Age 9 Texas
Boyd, Mary F Age 6 Texas
Boyd, Bradford D Age 4 Texas
Boyd, Maud E Age 10/12 Texas


1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Page 12B
230-235
Boyd, William H. Jr Head m W 27 M1 3 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Boyd, Mary E. Wf F W 23 M2 3 0/0 Tx Ga Tx
231-236
Boyd, William H Sr Head M W 54 m1 33 Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Boyd, Sarah E. Wf F W 49 m1 33 9/8 Tx Tn Tn
Boyd, Mary F Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Boyd, Bradford I Son M w 14 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Boyd, Maud E. Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
232-237
Madison and Mattie Conn family

William married Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown before 1880. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Henderson "A. H." McGown and Elizabeth Burton Stovall) was born on 23 Aug 1860 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Alexander Henderson McGOWN and Elizabeth STOVALL, both born in Tennessee and died in Sabine County, Texas.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/o/Bob-Moon/GENE10-0005.html

James married Emily Edna White on 5 Jun 1890 in Sabine County, Texas. Emily (daughter of John Ragan White and Jemimah Amazia Vardeman) was born about 1868 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; died about 1965 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as Alexander on the 1850 census; as A. H. in 1860 and 1870, and as Andrew in 1880 and 1900. Steve McCalip emailed, in August 2015, that his name "...should be "Andrew Henderson McGown" This is what is on the Bible page of his birth, his father's bible (George W. McGown). I have many other documents supporting this...."

"Received a land grant from the Republic of Texas (bro. of John Franklin McGown). Alex H. McGown was sherriff of Sabine County for many years. All these McGowns are buried in the Browning Cemetery on the Camino Real near Milam." (White and Toole, p 52).

(Research):

Census Data:

The 1850 U. S. Census for Sabine, Sabine Co., TX taken on October 11, 1850, lists residing in household 86
Alexander H. McGown-Head Age 25 (Farmer), Tenn
Elizabeth-Wife Age 22, Tenn
George W.-Son Age 5 months. Tx

The 1860 U. S. Census for Redland, Sabine Co., TX taken on June 30, 1860, lists residing in household 181
A. H. McGown-Head Age 34 (Farmer),
Elizabeth B.-Wife Age 30,
George W.-Son Age 10,
John T.-Son Age 7,
Andrew J.-Son Age 5,
S. H.-Son Age 2.

The 1870 U. S. Census for Hemphill, Sabine Co., TX taken on June 28, 1870, lists residing in household 34
A. H. McGown-Head Age 46 (Farmer),
Elizabeth-Wife Age 42,
George W.-Son Age 20,
John T.-Son Age 17,
Andrew J.-Son Age 14,
Sam H.-Son Age 11,
Sarah E.-Daughter Age 9,
Jefferson H.-Son Age 7,
Susan B.-Daughter Age 3.

The 1880 U. S. Census for Sabine Co., TX taken on June 23, 1880, lists residing in household 107
Andrew H. McGown-Head Age 56 (Farmer),
Elizabeth B.-Wife Age 51,
Jeff H.-Son Age 18 (Farm Laborer),
Susan B.-Daughter Age 14,
William C.-Son Age 10 (Farm Laborer).

The 1900 U. S. Census for Milam, Sabine Co., TX taken on Junel 4, 1900, lists residing in household 33
Andrew McGown-Head Age 76,
Elizabeth-Wife Age 72,
Peyton-Grand Son Age 13.

Transcribed by Larry Sidebottom, and copied from his tree at WorldConnect
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=larrymelkel

Andrew married Elizabeth Burton Stovall in 1849. Elizabeth was born on 30 May 1830 in Tennessee; died on 12 Oct 1906 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Ray and Peggy Holbrooks Pace, show her as a daughter of Thomas S. Stovall (FAG #82232361) and Sarah Day (FAG #82231992).

Notes:

Married:
White and Toole also show that they had a son named John Franklin McGown.

Notes:

In a 1966 article about the Golden Wedding anniversary of Onie Griffin and Imboden Boyd, Virgie Speights wrote that Onie's great grandfather was W. H. Griffin, who came as a boy of 17 years with the Boyd family to Texas (circa 1835).

Thomas married Rebecca Clark in 1844. Rebecca (daughter of William Clark and Elizabeth Isaacs) was born about 1826 in Texas; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He had one son, William, enrolled in the District 6 School of Sabine County in 1854.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
13 Sept 1850
303-305
Jno. R. White 29 M Farmer 400 Miss
Amaza White 25 F Miss
Will White 4 M La
Anna White 1 F La

John married Jemimah Amazia Vardeman on 3 Aug 1843. Jemimah (daughter of Amaziah Vardeman and Una (Eunice) Carter) was born on 1 Sep 1825 in Mississippi; died on 20 Sep 1875 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]