Alvin Whitten Boyd
Alvin was elected to the State Senate in the General Assemblies of Tennessee of 1897 & 1899. He was the father of seven children: Ernest Houston, Grover C., Ova, Vallie, Aline, Margie, & Gretchen Boyd.
Picture courtesy of Houston Boyd.

Alvin Whitten Boyd

b. 3 August 1847, Jackson Co., TN
d. 25 December 1912, Putnam Co., TN
Wife: Mary Goodpasture, md 15 December 1878
Father: Jefferson Wiseman Boyd (1823-1891)
Mother: Mary Ann "Polly" Jared (1824-1907)
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN
See Chapter 9

A Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church and for thirty
eight years an honored member of the Cookeville Bar.