On Feb. 16, 1881, he married Ida Embree sister of Mary Embree, who was married to James Churchill Boyd.

They had 11 children.
Oliver(Ollie)Boyd(b.1883 d.1883)
James Irvin Boyd(b.1881 d.1973)
Luther Boyd (b.1887 d.1888)
Harvey H. Boyd (b.1884 d.1962)
Emily Boyd Payne(b.1889 d.1974)
Mary M.(Matsey)Boyd(b.1891 d.1960)
Blanche Boyd Maxwell(b.1896 d.1977)
Lottie Boyd (b.1893 d.1931)
Loyd L. Boyd (b.1893 d.1947)
Bonnie Boyd Lynch(b.1901 d.1938)
Lucille Boyd Kash(b.1907
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Boyd, George W. "Buddy"
Surviving are three sons, H.H. Boyd, 2430 Main Street, Joplin, J.J. Boyd and L.L. Boyd,also of Joplin, four daughters, Mrs. Emily Payne, Thirteenth Street and Duquesne Road, Joplin, Miss
Mary Boyd, at home, Mrs. J. S. Maxwell of Kansas City, and Mrs. A. H. Kask of Phoenix, Ariz., two brothers, Paris Boyd of Saginaw, and Bert Boyd of Seattle, Wash., five sisters, Mrs. Luella Hardin of Diamond, Mrs. Bell Riggs of Webb City, Mrs. Effie Wilson of Webb City, Mrs. Donna Robinson of Neosho, and Miss Alta Boyd of Diamond, 21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Buddy, as every person throughout this section knew him, was one of the veteran stock buyers of Southwest Missouri. He started over 60 years ago, saw bad times and good times but kept at the business until only a few weeks before his death, which came as a surprise, since Buddy had hardly ever known sickness.
An ardent Democrat and community worker, Buddy could always be counted on when anyone needed work or a donation. He will be missed by countless friends besides his relatives, but his home above will be enriched by his presence.
Funeral services for George W. (Buddy) 83 years old, a resident of Diamond all his life,, were held at the Diamond Christian Church at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. Powell Smith of Shawnee, Okla., formerly of Joplin, and the Rev. H. Brown officiated.
Mr. Boyd died at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning in Jane Chinn Hospital at Webb City, where he had been a patient three weeks, suffering from pneumonia.
Six of Mr. Boyd's grandsons were pallbearers. They were Howard Boyd, Glen Boyd, Bernard Boyd, Jim Boyd, John Boyd and Byron Payne. Burial was in Diamond Cemetery.
The body laid in state at the Boyd home southwest of Diamond until the funeral hour.

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