James Boyd was the son of Milton and Sina Boyd. He was born in South Carolina on June 26, 1872. He was the child of freed slaves and he knew the hardships of reconstruction especially in southern states.
As the U.S. entered the Spanish-American War, he enlisted, October 31, 1898, and served as a cook in the 25th Infantry. The regiment saw harsh combat both in Cuba and the Philippine Islands. James was badly wounded, and discharges honorably in the Philippine Islands, on October 30, 1901. Blind in one eye, with limited sight in the other, he made his way back to the States and to the St. Louis area.
James married Vera Irwin, and worked as a "houseman and gardener" in Webster Groves, MO. There were stays at the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Danville, IL) in 1930-1934, when Vera may have been confined to a sanatorium. He died on September 15, 1938, from cardiopulmonary disease at the St. Louis County Hospital.
Credit: Father Dickson Cemetery – Walking Tour booklet 2015
As the U.S. entered the Spanish-American War, he enlisted, October 31, 1898, and served as a cook in the 25th Infantry. The regiment saw harsh combat both in Cuba and the Philippine Islands. James was badly wounded, and discharges honorably in the Philippine Islands, on October 30, 1901. Blind in one eye, with limited sight in the other, he made his way back to the States and to the St. Louis area.
James married Vera Irwin, and worked as a "houseman and gardener" in Webster Groves, MO. There were stays at the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Danville, IL) in 1930-1934, when Vera may have been confined to a sanatorium. He died on September 15, 1938, from cardiopulmonary disease at the St. Louis County Hospital.
Credit: Father Dickson Cemetery – Walking Tour booklet 2015
James Boyd was the son of Milton and Sina Boyd. He was born in South Carolina on June 26, 1872. He was the child of freed slaves and he knew the hardships of reconstruction especially in southern states.
As the U.S. entered the Spanish-American War, he enlisted, October 31, 1898, and served as a cook in the 25th Infantry. The regiment saw harsh combat both in Cuba and the Philippine Islands. James was badly wounded, and discharges honorably in the Philippine Islands, on October 30, 1901. Blind in one eye, with limited sight in the other, he made his way back to the States and to the St. Louis area.
James married Vera Irwin, and worked as a "houseman and gardener" in Webster Groves, MO. There were stays at the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Danville, IL) in 1930-1934, when Vera may have been confined to a sanatorium. He died on September 15, 1938, from cardiopulmonary disease at the St. Louis County Hospital.
Credit: Father Dickson Cemetery – Walking Tour booklet 2015
As the U.S. entered the Spanish-American War, he enlisted, October 31, 1898, and served as a cook in the 25th Infantry. The regiment saw harsh combat both in Cuba and the Philippine Islands. James was badly wounded, and discharges honorably in the Philippine Islands, on October 30, 1901. Blind in one eye, with limited sight in the other, he made his way back to the States and to the St. Louis area.
James married Vera Irwin, and worked as a "houseman and gardener" in Webster Groves, MO. There were stays at the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Danville, IL) in 1930-1934, when Vera may have been confined to a sanatorium. He died on September 15, 1938, from cardiopulmonary disease at the St. Louis County Hospital.
Credit: Father Dickson Cemetery – Walking Tour booklet 2015
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25 U.S. Inf.
Sp. Am. War
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