| 词条 | John Boyd (Texas politician) |
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| name =John Boyd | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =August 7, 1796 | birth_place =Nashville, Tennessee, US | death_date =May 4, 1873 | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation =settler, politician, philanthropist | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Elizabeth McLean | children = | relatives = Linn Boyd (brother) | box_width = }} John Boyd (1796–1873) was an American settler and politician. He served as a Congressman for the Republic of Texas and as a member of the Texas State Senate. Early lifeJohn Boyd was born on August 7, 1796 in Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2][3] His father was Abraham Boyd and his mother, Nancy Linn.[4] His brother, Linn Boyd, went on to serve as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855.[4] CareerBy 1835, Boyd settled in Sabine County, Texas with his wife and children.[1][2] He then served in the Texas Revolution.[2] Boyd served as a member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1845.[2] In 1845, he moved to Limestone County, Texas, where he staked a claim near the Tehuacana Hills, northwest of Tehuacana.[2] From 1862 to 1863, Boyd served in the Texas Senate.[2] By then, he had become a secessionist, in favor of the Confederate States of America.[1][2] Boyd was also a landowner in Nashville.[5] He donated 1,100 acres of land as well as financial assistance for the establishment of Trinity University.[2] Personal life, death and legacyBoyd married Elizabeth McLean.[1] They had nine children, but only three reached adulthood.[1] He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.[2] Boyd died on May 4, 1873.[1][3] After his death, the land he owned in Nashville, Tennessee was inherited by his granddaughter, Rachel Douglas Boyd Smiley, the wife of Senator Henry S. Foote.[5] They built a house, Old Central, which was later acquired by Vanderbilt University, on whose campus it still stands today.[5] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Cecil Harper, Jr., "BOYD, JOHN," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbo59), accessed October 26, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Modified on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, John}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942. , pp. 54-55 3. ^1 Legislative Reference Library: Texas Legislators: Past & Present: John Boyd 4. ^1 Judge Prestley Kettedge Ewing and Mary Ellen (Williams) Ewing, [https://archive.org/details/ewinggenealogywi00ewin The Ewing genealogy with cognate branches: a survey of the Ewings and their kin in America] 5. ^1 2 {{cite news|date=April 8, 2002 |first=Bill |last=Carey |title=Old Central built by former governor who slugged Jefferson Davis |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/News/register/Apr08_02/story12.html |newspaper=Vanderbilt Register |access-date=November 5, 2015 }} 10 : Republic of Texas politicians|1st Congress of the Republic of Texas|1796 births|1873 deaths|Politicians from Nashville, Tennessee|People from Sabine County, Texas|American Presbyterians|Philanthropists from Texas|People from Limestone County, Texas|19th-century philanthropists |
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