Latha Jane Boyd was the fifth of seven children, born in Crawford County, Illinois to Thomas Newton Boyd and Rebecca Hicks. Latha was born September 15, 1838 at Hardinsville, where her father owned a farm producing garden foods for the family and grains for animal & human consumption. Latha and her siblings worked along with their father as was customary in farming communities. At the age of fourteen, she met and courted a telegrapher who came to Hardinsville from Tennessee. On August 14, 1853, she was united in marriage with William Fletcher Bottoms. Even though they bought a farm adjacent to her parents farm, he was greatly involved in the telegraph business, and serving the public as a Justice of Peace.
The Civil War affected the family in an extreme way. With three children under the age of eight, Latha's husband was drafted into the Illinois Telegraph Department to serve the entire length of the war. Two brothers were drafted also. The government asked her father to provide beef, pork & feed for horses to the Federal Troops on their way to Cairo, Illinois.
After 1865, three more children were born and the farming continued. Several families from the Hardinsville area moved to Collin County, Texas in search of better farm land. In January 1874, Latha Jane and her family came to Texas. In Collin County two more children were born. Due to the influx of settlers to the area, farm land was not available for sale. Her husband again turned to public service serving as Justice of Peace.
Beginning 1876, settlers were home steading land and the Bottoms family moved to Jack County, Texas where they applied for a patent on 80 acres of land. In addition to farming, he operated a grocery/mercantile business, served as Postmaster and was also a Jack County Deputy Sheriff.
Latha Jane Boyd died December 1, 1901 and is buried in the Finis Cemetery, Jack County, Texas.
The Civil War affected the family in an extreme way. With three children under the age of eight, Latha's husband was drafted into the Illinois Telegraph Department to serve the entire length of the war. Two brothers were drafted also. The government asked her father to provide beef, pork & feed for horses to the Federal Troops on their way to Cairo, Illinois.
After 1865, three more children were born and the farming continued. Several families from the Hardinsville area moved to Collin County, Texas in search of better farm land. In January 1874, Latha Jane and her family came to Texas. In Collin County two more children were born. Due to the influx of settlers to the area, farm land was not available for sale. Her husband again turned to public service serving as Justice of Peace.
Beginning 1876, settlers were home steading land and the Bottoms family moved to Jack County, Texas where they applied for a patent on 80 acres of land. In addition to farming, he operated a grocery/mercantile business, served as Postmaster and was also a Jack County Deputy Sheriff.
Latha Jane Boyd died December 1, 1901 and is buried in the Finis Cemetery, Jack County, Texas.
Latha Jane Boyd was the fifth of seven children, born in Crawford County, Illinois to Thomas Newton Boyd and Rebecca Hicks. Latha was born September 15, 1838 at Hardinsville, where her father owned a farm producing garden foods for the family and grains for animal & human consumption. Latha and her siblings worked along with their father as was customary in farming communities. At the age of fourteen, she met and courted a telegrapher who came to Hardinsville from Tennessee. On August 14, 1853, she was united in marriage with William Fletcher Bottoms. Even though they bought a farm adjacent to her parents farm, he was greatly involved in the telegraph business, and serving the public as a Justice of Peace.
The Civil War affected the family in an extreme way. With three children under the age of eight, Latha's husband was drafted into the Illinois Telegraph Department to serve the entire length of the war. Two brothers were drafted also. The government asked her father to provide beef, pork & feed for horses to the Federal Troops on their way to Cairo, Illinois.
After 1865, three more children were born and the farming continued. Several families from the Hardinsville area moved to Collin County, Texas in search of better farm land. In January 1874, Latha Jane and her family came to Texas. In Collin County two more children were born. Due to the influx of settlers to the area, farm land was not available for sale. Her husband again turned to public service serving as Justice of Peace.
Beginning 1876, settlers were home steading land and the Bottoms family moved to Jack County, Texas where they applied for a patent on 80 acres of land. In addition to farming, he operated a grocery/mercantile business, served as Postmaster and was also a Jack County Deputy Sheriff.
Latha Jane Boyd died December 1, 1901 and is buried in the Finis Cemetery, Jack County, Texas.
The Civil War affected the family in an extreme way. With three children under the age of eight, Latha's husband was drafted into the Illinois Telegraph Department to serve the entire length of the war. Two brothers were drafted also. The government asked her father to provide beef, pork & feed for horses to the Federal Troops on their way to Cairo, Illinois.
After 1865, three more children were born and the farming continued. Several families from the Hardinsville area moved to Collin County, Texas in search of better farm land. In January 1874, Latha Jane and her family came to Texas. In Collin County two more children were born. Due to the influx of settlers to the area, farm land was not available for sale. Her husband again turned to public service serving as Justice of Peace.
Beginning 1876, settlers were home steading land and the Bottoms family moved to Jack County, Texas where they applied for a patent on 80 acres of land. In addition to farming, he operated a grocery/mercantile business, served as Postmaster and was also a Jack County Deputy Sheriff.
Latha Jane Boyd died December 1, 1901 and is buried in the Finis Cemetery, Jack County, Texas.
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