The son of Adlai and Joannah (Cessna) Boyd and widower of Annie Alexander, Sylvannus resided on Longest Avenue and was an attorney. He died at the age of 74 and was interred at Cave Hill on 7 February 1908.
Note: Appears in online cemetery database as Sylvannus J. Boyd.
County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by
William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 344-345.
SILVANUS J. BOYD was born in Muhlenburg County, Ky., August 11, 1833,
and is a son of Rev. Adlai Boyd who, with his parents, moved from the
state of North Carolina about 1814 to Christian County, Ky., and two
years afterward removed to Stewart County, Tenn., where in 1817 he
united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in 1822 entered upon
the duties of a Minister of the Gospel in Christian County, Ky. He
married Johanna Cessna of Muhlenburg [sic] County, Ky., and she died January
3, 1863. He was actively engaged as a minister for over fifty-nine
years and until his death, which occurred on the last day of 1881,
having preached his last sermon in Greenville, Ky., six days prior to
his death. S. J. Boyd was educted in Greenville, Ky., where he studied
law and was admitted to practice in said place in 1859, and removed to
Calhoun, McLean Co., Ky., in 1866, and in 1876 removed to Hopkinsville,
Ky. While living in Calhoun, and on the 19th day of December, 1872, he
married Miss Annie A. Alexander of that place. She is now the only
surviving child of L. G. and Martha L. Alexander (deceased), and was
born in Jefferson County, Ky., on the 6th of September, 1848. Her
father was born in Prince William County, Va., and died in Calhoun,
McLean Co., Ky., on the 29th day of December, 1869. He descended from
the old Sterling branch of the old Alexander family of Scotland, and his
wife as a daughter of Richard Steele of Louisville, Ky., in which place
she was born. Gen. Neville was her maternal grandfather, and she was a
great-granddaughter of Gen. Daniel Morgan, who commanded the American
forces at the battle of the Cowpens. She died February 1, 1863. Mr.
and Mrs. Boyd are blessed with three children, namely: Ashton A. Boyd,
Nina Steele Boyd and Genevia Boyd.
Note: Appears in online cemetery database as Sylvannus J. Boyd.
County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by
William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 344-345.
SILVANUS J. BOYD was born in Muhlenburg County, Ky., August 11, 1833,
and is a son of Rev. Adlai Boyd who, with his parents, moved from the
state of North Carolina about 1814 to Christian County, Ky., and two
years afterward removed to Stewart County, Tenn., where in 1817 he
united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in 1822 entered upon
the duties of a Minister of the Gospel in Christian County, Ky. He
married Johanna Cessna of Muhlenburg [sic] County, Ky., and she died January
3, 1863. He was actively engaged as a minister for over fifty-nine
years and until his death, which occurred on the last day of 1881,
having preached his last sermon in Greenville, Ky., six days prior to
his death. S. J. Boyd was educted in Greenville, Ky., where he studied
law and was admitted to practice in said place in 1859, and removed to
Calhoun, McLean Co., Ky., in 1866, and in 1876 removed to Hopkinsville,
Ky. While living in Calhoun, and on the 19th day of December, 1872, he
married Miss Annie A. Alexander of that place. She is now the only
surviving child of L. G. and Martha L. Alexander (deceased), and was
born in Jefferson County, Ky., on the 6th of September, 1848. Her
father was born in Prince William County, Va., and died in Calhoun,
McLean Co., Ky., on the 29th day of December, 1869. He descended from
the old Sterling branch of the old Alexander family of Scotland, and his
wife as a daughter of Richard Steele of Louisville, Ky., in which place
she was born. Gen. Neville was her maternal grandfather, and she was a
great-granddaughter of Gen. Daniel Morgan, who commanded the American
forces at the battle of the Cowpens. She died February 1, 1863. Mr.
and Mrs. Boyd are blessed with three children, namely: Ashton A. Boyd,
Nina Steele Boyd and Genevia Boyd.
The son of Adlai and Joannah (Cessna) Boyd and widower of Annie Alexander, Sylvannus resided on Longest Avenue and was an attorney. He died at the age of 74 and was interred at Cave Hill on 7 February 1908.
Note: Appears in online cemetery database as Sylvannus J. Boyd.
County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by
William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 344-345.
SILVANUS J. BOYD was born in Muhlenburg County, Ky., August 11, 1833,
and is a son of Rev. Adlai Boyd who, with his parents, moved from the
state of North Carolina about 1814 to Christian County, Ky., and two
years afterward removed to Stewart County, Tenn., where in 1817 he
united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in 1822 entered upon
the duties of a Minister of the Gospel in Christian County, Ky. He
married Johanna Cessna of Muhlenburg [sic] County, Ky., and she died January
3, 1863. He was actively engaged as a minister for over fifty-nine
years and until his death, which occurred on the last day of 1881,
having preached his last sermon in Greenville, Ky., six days prior to
his death. S. J. Boyd was educted in Greenville, Ky., where he studied
law and was admitted to practice in said place in 1859, and removed to
Calhoun, McLean Co., Ky., in 1866, and in 1876 removed to Hopkinsville,
Ky. While living in Calhoun, and on the 19th day of December, 1872, he
married Miss Annie A. Alexander of that place. She is now the only
surviving child of L. G. and Martha L. Alexander (deceased), and was
born in Jefferson County, Ky., on the 6th of September, 1848. Her
father was born in Prince William County, Va., and died in Calhoun,
McLean Co., Ky., on the 29th day of December, 1869. He descended from
the old Sterling branch of the old Alexander family of Scotland, and his
wife as a daughter of Richard Steele of Louisville, Ky., in which place
she was born. Gen. Neville was her maternal grandfather, and she was a
great-granddaughter of Gen. Daniel Morgan, who commanded the American
forces at the battle of the Cowpens. She died February 1, 1863. Mr.
and Mrs. Boyd are blessed with three children, namely: Ashton A. Boyd,
Nina Steele Boyd and Genevia Boyd.
Note: Appears in online cemetery database as Sylvannus J. Boyd.
County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by
William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 344-345.
SILVANUS J. BOYD was born in Muhlenburg County, Ky., August 11, 1833,
and is a son of Rev. Adlai Boyd who, with his parents, moved from the
state of North Carolina about 1814 to Christian County, Ky., and two
years afterward removed to Stewart County, Tenn., where in 1817 he
united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in 1822 entered upon
the duties of a Minister of the Gospel in Christian County, Ky. He
married Johanna Cessna of Muhlenburg [sic] County, Ky., and she died January
3, 1863. He was actively engaged as a minister for over fifty-nine
years and until his death, which occurred on the last day of 1881,
having preached his last sermon in Greenville, Ky., six days prior to
his death. S. J. Boyd was educted in Greenville, Ky., where he studied
law and was admitted to practice in said place in 1859, and removed to
Calhoun, McLean Co., Ky., in 1866, and in 1876 removed to Hopkinsville,
Ky. While living in Calhoun, and on the 19th day of December, 1872, he
married Miss Annie A. Alexander of that place. She is now the only
surviving child of L. G. and Martha L. Alexander (deceased), and was
born in Jefferson County, Ky., on the 6th of September, 1848. Her
father was born in Prince William County, Va., and died in Calhoun,
McLean Co., Ky., on the 29th day of December, 1869. He descended from
the old Sterling branch of the old Alexander family of Scotland, and his
wife as a daughter of Richard Steele of Louisville, Ky., in which place
she was born. Gen. Neville was her maternal grandfather, and she was a
great-granddaughter of Gen. Daniel Morgan, who commanded the American
forces at the battle of the Cowpens. She died February 1, 1863. Mr.
and Mrs. Boyd are blessed with three children, namely: Ashton A. Boyd,
Nina Steele Boyd and Genevia Boyd.
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