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Dr Samuel Boykin Sr.

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Dr Samuel Boykin Sr.

Birth
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
Death
29 Apr 1848 (aged 61–62)
Russell County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Son of Major Francis Boykin and Catherine Whitaker. He married Narcissa Cooper on 26 Mar 1818 in Milledgeville, GA, daughter of Thomas Cooper, Jr. and Judith Harvey.

Dr. Samuel Boykin was educated at the University of Georgia (graduated 1807) and the Pennsylvania Medical College in Philadelphia. Practiced medicine in Milledgeville for 25 years. State Senator. Also engaged in banking. On the committee of distinguished citizens to entertain General LaFayette on his tour of America when he visited Milledgeville in 1825. A man of considerable scientific attainment and reputation, he was the discoverer of several species of flowers and shells which bare his name (Genus "Boykinia" Named for Him). The celebrated English botanist, Lyell, visited him in Columbus and makes mention of him in one of his works. He was the first to demonstrate sugar cane could be grown in GA as high up as Baldwin Co. In 1836 he sold his plantation to William Whitaker, a kinsman. He moved his planting interests to Alabama and settled his family in Columbus, Georgia.
Son of Major Francis Boykin and Catherine Whitaker. He married Narcissa Cooper on 26 Mar 1818 in Milledgeville, GA, daughter of Thomas Cooper, Jr. and Judith Harvey.

Dr. Samuel Boykin was educated at the University of Georgia (graduated 1807) and the Pennsylvania Medical College in Philadelphia. Practiced medicine in Milledgeville for 25 years. State Senator. Also engaged in banking. On the committee of distinguished citizens to entertain General LaFayette on his tour of America when he visited Milledgeville in 1825. A man of considerable scientific attainment and reputation, he was the discoverer of several species of flowers and shells which bare his name (Genus "Boykinia" Named for Him). The celebrated English botanist, Lyell, visited him in Columbus and makes mention of him in one of his works. He was the first to demonstrate sugar cane could be grown in GA as high up as Baldwin Co. In 1836 he sold his plantation to William Whitaker, a kinsman. He moved his planting interests to Alabama and settled his family in Columbus, Georgia.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20354037/samuel-boykin: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Samuel Boykin Sr. (1786–29 Apr 1848), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20354037, citing Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by DEast (contributor 46858208).