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Jasper Newton Boyd, M.D. is a son of Rev. Redmond and Susan (Taylor) Boyd, and was born in Johnson county, Arkansas, August 14, 1842. Rev. Redmond Boyd entered the ministry at the age of twenty and has devoted his whole life since then to the cause of Christ. For twenty years he was president of the Methodist Protestant conference, and still survives at the age of sixty years. The family are of Welsh and Irish extraction, but for several generations have been natives of this country, as will be seen by the following record: The paternal grandfather of Jasper N. was Andrew Boyd, a native of Missouri, and a minister of the gospel; the paternal grandmother was Sarah Andrews, also a native of Missouri; the paternal great- grand- father, John Boyd, was from Kentucky; the maternal great-grandfather was Joseph Martin, of Virginia; the maternal grandfather was Isaac Taylor, of Tennessee, and the maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Martin, also of Tennessee. Jasper N. Boyd is the eldest in a family of eight children, the other seven having been born in the following order: Sarah Elizabeth, Isaac Archibald, Martha Jane, Samuel Green, Mary Shephard, John Humphries and William Haywood. Jasper N. came to Texas in 1865, taught school, and the same year began the study of medicine under Dr. Edwin Pinckney Becton, ex-president of the State Medical Society. In 1868 he began practice in Hopkins county; in 1869 he moved to what is now Delta county, and, while still engaged in the practice of his profession, also conducted a drug store; in 1886 he bought the Delta Courier, which he has since edited with ability and marked success. John H. Boyd, his brother, is the business manager and local editor of the journal, and under his management the financial prosperity of the concern has been assured. Dr. Boyd has had his military experience, which extended from the opening of the late was until the close. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, First Arkansas mounted riflemen, and the first year of the war served in Arkansas, Missouri and the Indian Territory; afterward in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. He was in numerous fights, the principal ones being Oak Hill, Missouri; Elkhorn, Arkansas; Farmington, Mississippi; Richmond, Kentucky; Perryville, Kentucky; Murfreesboro, Tennessee; siege of Jackson, Mississippi; Poison Springs, Arkansas; the terrible battle of Chickamanga, and was with Price on his noted raid in Missouri. He was captured in the battle near Fort Scott, Kansas, with General Cabell, and was taken to Rock Island prison, where he was kept until the surrender. Dr. Boyd was wounded four times during the war, and four honorable scars he will carry with him to the grave. May 20, 1869, the doctor married Miss Amanda Viola Ewing, daughter of William M. Ewing, a leading lawyer of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Five children have blessed this union, namely: Ewing, Emma, Alice, Ernest, Edwin Vernon and Norman, the last two deceased. Dr. Boyd is one of Delta county's wealthiest and most influential citizens. He is a public-spirited man, and has done a great deal toward building up Cooper and Delta county. He uses the columns of the Delta Courier for that purpose, and his contributions to public enterprises are among the largest figures. He is truly a valuable citizen. Source:Biographical Souvenir Of The State Of Texas, F.A. Battey & Company of Chicago,1889: containing biographical sketches of the representative public, and many early settled families. Includes index. FHL Film #547587 |
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