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Below is a family biography included in The History of Wayne County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Frank Boyd, attorney at law, of Waynesboro, Tenn., was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on the 30th of July, 1859, being a son of George W. and Ann E. (Songer) Boyd, who were Virginians. The father came to Wayne County, Tenn., in 1808, and located at Wayne Furnace, of which he was superintendent until the business there was suspended. Frank prepared himself for teaching and worked at intervals on the farm in this county. He taught in this and Shelby Counties until 1879. In the meantime he had begun the study of law, and afterward studied under the direction of Howell E. Jackson in the winter of 1879 and spring of 1880. In September, 1880, he entered the Lebanon Law School, from which he graduated in 1881. In August of the same year he came to Waynesboro and engaged in practicing, continuing the same with good success to the present. In November, 1885, he became identified with the drug business of the county, becoming a partner in the same with his brother, George W., at Waynesboro. Mr. Boyd is a Democrat and is a candidate for the attorney-generalship of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. May 22, 1883, he married Laura E., the daughter of A. T. Hassell. Mr. Boyd is one of the rising young lawyers of Wayne County, and a reliable and enterprising young man.
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This family biography is one of 76 biographies included in The History of Wayne County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lawrence County was included within The History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman & Lewis Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis Counties of Tennessee
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