David Canfield Boyd

GEDCOM Note

per da clark: !MARRIAGE: 1st: Wayne Independent, 21 Jun 1921.

2nd: Marriage Certificate, NJ State Dept. of Health; ltr, First Presbyterian Church of Matawan, NJ, 6 Apr 1943, which says the record is contained on p.3 of the Marriages section of the Church Records.

MILITARY SERVICE: On file is a discharge certificate from Co D, 2d Inf, PA Reserve Militia, dated 5 Aug 1918, which was issued when he was called into US service. Occupation - mechanic, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5'11".

BIOGRAPHY:

After moving to Honesdale with his family in 1914, David attended Honesdale High School, where he was captain and center of the 1916-17 basketball team (photo in "The Wayne Independent," 28 May 1969). He worked in the family car dealership, Boyd Bros. He wanted to enlist early for World War I, but bowed to family pressure to stay home, since his older brother, Bob, had enlisted. He did enlist, and on 14 Aug 1918, departed for training at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. He was accompanied by his future wife's brother, Andrew Ervin Morrison, who died of influenza at Pittsburgh two months later. (David's letters of Oct 1918 provide a good description of measures taken to prevent the spread of influenza during the epidemic.) On 15 Oct 1918, David arrived at Camp Jackson, SC, and was assigned to the 5th Prov. Battery (later Battery F), 12th Regt, 4th Brigade (apparently part of the Field Artillery Replacement Division), as a private and truck driver. The war ended while he was at Camp Jackson. His discharge is recorded at the Wayne County Courthouse in Misc. Book 7, p.282.

Several letters home suggest that David had an imperious nature. For example, on 22 Sep 1918, he wrote: "I wish Edna would wrap up that Army coat that Bob sent home and send it to me at once... P.S. Be sure and send that at once." He made several demands and remonstrated with the folks for not writing more, but the word "please" was rarely used. He insisted that he be kept up to date on the situation at the garage, asking for a report on the stock of tires and emphasizing that the bills were to be paid promptly. He became service manager of Boyd Bros. after his return.

After his wife's death in 1922, he left the raising of his son up to his parents and sister. He had a bout with tuberculosis in the 1940s, but continued to smoke. no military service mentioned...no dates...no units... in the 1930 census david canfield boyd, now a widower, is living in the household of his parents...

1930 census taken 14 apr 1930 lists: hh 109 ED 15

charles e. boyd owns home $10,000 63 married at age 27 pa/ct/pa auto dealer nancy a. 58 married at 21 pa/pa/pa robert c. 34 single pa manager ford sales station world war vet david c. 31 widower pa auto salesman ww vet edna l. 30 single pa no occupation myron 23 single pa bookkeeper ford sales station david m. 7 grandson pa (son of david c.) thomas y. brother 61 single recorder of deeds for wayne county