Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935
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Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935
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Boyd, Thomas Alexander
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Boyd, Thomas (Thomas Alexander), 1898-1935
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Boyd, Thomas Alexander 1898-1935
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Boyd, Thomas A. 1898-1935
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Thomas Boyd was born in Defiance, Ohio on July 3, 1898. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during World War I. In 1920 he married Margaret "Peggy" Woodward Smith and they moved to Minneapolis where they wrote for newspapers. Boyd completed his first novel, Through the Wheat, about his war experiences. After divorcing in 1929 Thomas Boyd married Ruth Fitch and Peggy Smith married Ted Shane. Boyd became a Communist Party member and was the first Communist Candidate to run for governor Vermont in 1934. He died of a cerebral hemorrage in 1935.
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