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SAMUEL PERRY BOYD
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IT'S
PEOPLE THAT MAKE NOLAN COUNTY GREAT
It's people that make the Nolan County story great....here is
one such story.
Samuel Perry Boyd came to Nolan County with his parents about 1880. He bought Bitter Creek land in 1905 and that same year married Ethel Duncan Parks. Samuel P. farmed and ranched and drilled water wells. He worked on the old Abilene highway with a team of mules and wagon, hauling gravel. A.J. Roy was his foreman. He was paid $3.11 a day for himself and 3.00 a day for his team and wagon. Son Vivian worked as water boy for $1.00 a day. That portion of the road was built about 1917. S.P. Boyd's cattle brand, Rafter 3 was registered in 1902. This same brand was registered to grandson Bill Boyd Briggs in 1974. The land Mr. Boyd bought in 1900 is still owned by his children. Mr. Boyd died in 1934. Contributed
by Cate-Spencer Funeral Home Quiad Richburg
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SWEETWATER
DAILY REPORTER
Sweetwater,
Texas Friday Evening, August 3, 1934
UNCLE PAT
BOYD IS DEATH VICTIM
Lake
Sweetwater Resident Came To This Section 54 Years Ago
S.P. (Pat)
Boyd, long-time resident of Nolan County and a member of one of the
oldest pioneer families in this section, died at his home in the Lake
Sweetwater community at 6:45 Friday morning. He had been in ill
health for several months, but became seriously ill last Sunday.
Mr. Boyd was born in Cooke County Sept. 15, 1875. He came to Nolan County while but five years old, his father, "Uncle Henry" Boyd of the Lake Sweetwater community being one of the first settlers in this part of the country. The death Friday morning, incidentally, marks the first in the family in half a century. Known as "Uncle Pat"
Death took
one of the most familiar characters of the Lake Sweetwater community
and he affectionately was known by his many friends as "Uncle Pat".
Survivors include his widow, six children and a grandson, who are Vivian Boyd and Mrs. Boyd, Iona, Jessie Lee, Melva, J.P., Bobbie and Billy Boyd Briggs. Other
survivors are his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Boyd.
Brothers include Charley Boyd, George Boyd, Bill Boyd of Sweetwater;
Jess Boyd of Petersburg, Tex.; John Boyd of Mertzon; Joe Boyd of Alma,
Kan.; and Bud Coffee of San Angelo. Sisters are Mrs Lou Brown,
Mrs. M.D. Chitwood, Mrs.. Nick Williams, Mrs. Gerald Witt, Mrs. C.H.
Rasberry of Sweetwater and Mrs. D. Rounsville of Kemp, Tex.
Funeral services are to be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday from the Sweetwater Church of Christ. Arrangements are in charge of Johnston's Funeral Home. Burial is to be in charge of Masons at the Sweetwater cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~
FUNERAL NOTICE
MR.
S.P. BOYD
Age
59 years
Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ at 3:00 today, Saturday afternoon, conducted by Batsel Baxter of Abilene Christian College assisted by Frank L. Cox, Pastor.
Interment will follow in the City Cemetery
Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.
Sweetwater,
Texas
August 4, 1934
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