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Bessie May Boyd 1881 – 1975 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Nov. 6, 1881

Birth Location: Browntown, Warren Co., VA

Death Date: Oct. 3, 1975

Death Location: Front Royal, Va.

Father: Stephen Boyd

Mother: Ruth Updike

Spouse(s): Charles Maddox

Children(s): Ida Ballard, Charles Maddox, Ruth Maddox

Born in 1881 in Browntown, Warren Co., VA, Bessie May Boyd was the child of Stephen Miller Boyd and Ruth Ann Bell Updike. In time, Bessie May Boyd married Charles Oma Maddox, and they raised a family that included Ida B Ballard, Charles Raymond Maddox and Ruth Elizabeth Maddox. Bessie May Boyd died in Front Royal, Va. in 1975.

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Parents

Stephen Boyd
1855 – 1936
Birth Location: Browntown, Warren Co., VA
SB
Ruth Updike
1859 – 1927
Birth Location: Browntown, Warren Co., VA
RU

Spouses(s)

Charles Maddox
1878 – 1963
Birth Location: Warren, Virginia
CM

Children(s)

Ida Ballard
1893 –
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
IB
Charles Maddox
1900 – 1968
Birth Location: Browntown, Warren, Virginia
CM
Ruth Maddox
1906 – 1989
Birth Location: Warren County, Virginia, United States of America
RM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Nov. 6, 1881
    Event Place: Browntown, Warren Co., VA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Front Royal, Warren, Virginia; Roll: 3945; Page: 43; Enumeration District: 94-8

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Front Royal, Warren, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Front Royal, Warren, Virginia; Roll: 3945; Page: 43; Enumeration District: 94-8

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Oct. 3, 1975
    Event Place: Front Royal, Va.
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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