[469] He was twice married, on August 31, 1865, to Eliza Wilson, who died January 30, 1891, and on April 3, 1895, to Mrs. Ella I. Bell. He has three children living, two sons and one daughter.
Jack C. Boyd
Jack C. Boyd, of Greenville, one of the youngest soldiers of the Confederacy, and now colonel in the military service of the State, was born at Selma, Ala., November 15, 1848. His father was William H. Boyd, a native of Chester county, S. C.; his mother, Martha Lee, of Oglethorpe county, Ga., parentage. In January, 1863, at the age of fourteen years, he enlisted in Company A, Capt. C. S. Lee, of the Sixth Alabama cavalry, Col. C. H. Colvin commanding, and served with this regiment until in 1864, when he joined Company D, Sixty-second Alabama infantry, Capt. George D. Shortridge. At the fall of Mobile he was taken prisoner at Spanish Fort, and subsequently was confined on Ship island until the middle of June, 1865. Then, with a gallant record as a soldier, he turned at the age of seventeen years to make his civil career. From 1866 to 1875 he resided at Atlanta, occupied as a commercial traveler, and while there served as second lieutenant of the Governor's Guards. Then making his home at Greenville, he embarked in his present business as a broker. He served as first sergeant of the Independent Rifle club, during reconstruction days, and in 1876 reorganized the Butler Guards, of which he was elected captain. In 1886 it was again reorganized with him as captain, and in the following year he raised the money necessary to take the Guards to Philadelphia, to participate in the military functions of the centennial celebration of that year. He was elected lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth regiment in 1888, and in 1891 was promoted to colonel, the rank he still holds. During the Darlington riots he was second in command of the troops at the scene of disturbance, and during the organization of the regiments for the war with Spain he was mentioned in prominent circles as a suitable officer to command the Second regiment, in the field. By his marriage, in 1876, to Etta Wearn, he has two children, Richard Leroy and Rosa Morton.William A. Boyle, chief of police of Charleston, was born at that city in 1840, and in March, 1861, entered the
