Leroy S. Boyd letter, 1907 Dec. 7.

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Leroy S. Boyd letter, 1907 Dec. 7.

Letter written by Boyd from Washington, D.C., to S.H. Lockett of New York asking for papers concerning his father, David French Boyd, and for biographical information on Colonel Samuel H. Lockett.

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Boyd, David French, 1834-1899

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David French Boyd (1834-1899) was an officer in the Confederate Army who for a time was a prisoner of war on a Union boat moored in Alexandria, La. After the war, Boyd was instrumental in the founding of Lousiana State University. From the guide to the David French Boyd Letter, ., 1864, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Boyd graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856, and later served in the Confederate Army. From ...

Boyd, Leroy Stafford, 1873-

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Leroy Stafford Boyd (1873-1936) was the son of Colonel David French Boyd and Esther Gertrude Wright. He attended public school in Auburn, Ala., and later graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He studied law in the office of Judge William F. Kernan in Clinton, La., and in 1899 received a degree from Tulane Law School. Boyd also earned degrees of Doctor of Civil Law and Master of Diplomacy. He served as librarian of the Louisiana Bar Association in New Orleans (1897-1898) and as librarian ...

Lockett, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1837-1891

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Samuel Henry Lockett (1837-1891) was an engineering officer in the United States, Confederate, and Egyptian armies, and a professor at Louisiana State University and University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He married Cornelia C. Clark in 1859 and with her had six children. From the description of Samuel Henry Lockett papers, 1820-1972. WorldCat record id: 43927313 Samuel H. Lockett graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1859. He resigned from the army when Alabama seceded...