Mary is the daughter of A. & M.A. (Abraham & Margaret A. (Taylor) most likely) Boyd, per grave stone. She is the only Boyd listed in this cemetery, per the DAR 1934 inventory. Mary's head stone was stolen in 1990. Thanks to Denton county detectives Craig Fitzgerald & Danny Fletcher for finding and returning (11/2006) her stone to it's home.
UPDATE- 5 Oct 2019:
Thanks to Darres Cook for doing some research on Mary...
Mary is most likely the daughter of Abraham & Margaret A.M. (Taylor) Boyd. An 1880 Denton County Texas census show Margaret A
Boyd widowed, with 3 other children in Denton, on a street of houses, but the 2 boys (William b. 1866, Cesaro b. 1870) are shown as farm labor. The youngest child, Mattie was was born in 1874, so Abraham died on/abt that year. There are numerous unmarked graves at this cemetery that could belong to them. Citizens often used sandstone as markers, but they disintegrated over time. The census also shows A Sarah Boyd, 76, widowed, living next door as a boarder.
UPDATE- 5 Oct 2019:
Thanks to Darres Cook for doing some research on Mary...
Mary is most likely the daughter of Abraham & Margaret A.M. (Taylor) Boyd. An 1880 Denton County Texas census show Margaret A
Boyd widowed, with 3 other children in Denton, on a street of houses, but the 2 boys (William b. 1866, Cesaro b. 1870) are shown as farm labor. The youngest child, Mattie was was born in 1874, so Abraham died on/abt that year. There are numerous unmarked graves at this cemetery that could belong to them. Citizens often used sandstone as markers, but they disintegrated over time. The census also shows A Sarah Boyd, 76, widowed, living next door as a boarder.
Mary is the daughter of A. & M.A. (Abraham & Margaret A. (Taylor) most likely) Boyd, per grave stone. She is the only Boyd listed in this cemetery, per the DAR 1934 inventory. Mary's head stone was stolen in 1990. Thanks to Denton county detectives Craig Fitzgerald & Danny Fletcher for finding and returning (11/2006) her stone to it's home.
UPDATE- 5 Oct 2019:
Thanks to Darres Cook for doing some research on Mary...
Mary is most likely the daughter of Abraham & Margaret A.M. (Taylor) Boyd. An 1880 Denton County Texas census show Margaret A
Boyd widowed, with 3 other children in Denton, on a street of houses, but the 2 boys (William b. 1866, Cesaro b. 1870) are shown as farm labor. The youngest child, Mattie was was born in 1874, so Abraham died on/abt that year. There are numerous unmarked graves at this cemetery that could belong to them. Citizens often used sandstone as markers, but they disintegrated over time. The census also shows A Sarah Boyd, 76, widowed, living next door as a boarder.
UPDATE- 5 Oct 2019:
Thanks to Darres Cook for doing some research on Mary...
Mary is most likely the daughter of Abraham & Margaret A.M. (Taylor) Boyd. An 1880 Denton County Texas census show Margaret A
Boyd widowed, with 3 other children in Denton, on a street of houses, but the 2 boys (William b. 1866, Cesaro b. 1870) are shown as farm labor. The youngest child, Mattie was was born in 1874, so Abraham died on/abt that year. There are numerous unmarked graves at this cemetery that could belong to them. Citizens often used sandstone as markers, but they disintegrated over time. The census also shows A Sarah Boyd, 76, widowed, living next door as a boarder.
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