Mary Melvina BOYD

c.1865 - 1930

• Name	Mary Melvina BOYD
  Birth	c.1865	North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Before 8 Apr 1930  [2]
  	Mary had either died or she and Sherman had divorced prior to April 1930, when Sherman was enumerated in the 1930 census with a new wife Mattie. Neither a death certificate, nor a divorce record have been located.
  Person ID	I60908	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Americus Sherman BOYD,   b. 27 Dec 1867, Beaufort Co, NC d. 9 Dec 1935, Long Acre Twp, Beaufort Co, NC (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1893	Slate Stone, Beaufort Co, NC   [3]
  	The couple was married on 27 December 1893 at the Slate Stone, North Carolina residence of W. D. Singleton by Elder James Boyd. The wedding announcement in the Washington Gazette noted that Sherman was "of Acresville".
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Mary had delivered 2 children, neither of whom was living on the enumeration date.
  Family ID	F6455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1920 US Census / Boyd, Americus S. Long Acre Twp, Beaufort Co, NC.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1781] 1910 US Census / Boyd, Americus S. [S1774] 1930 US Census / Boyd, Americus G. [S3939] Jim and Esther Chauncy, abstractors, Chauncy & Chauncy,Abstracts of Marriages and Deaths of Extant Washington, NC Newspapers, Volume 2 1884 - 1904, ((Washington, NC: Beaufort County Genealogical Society, 1994)). p. 45: Washington Gazette, (4 January 1894), p. 2, col. 2.