INTERVIEWS, TREES, LETTERS, RESEARCH NOTES, AND FORUMS:
Forums: Boydstun
Message Board - Boydston GenForum - Boydston Message Board
Boylston GenForum - Boylston Message Board
Sue And Marilyn Boydstun Interview - This is an interview conducted in 1998 with Sue (Boydstun)
Williams and Marilyn (Boydstun) Madison, both daughters of Carrol Sebastian Boydstun.
Charles Richmond Boydstun Interview #1 -
This is my Dad, the son of Carrol Sebastian Boydstun and brother of Sue and Marilyn
above. This is the first interview which includes his remembrances of his early life
and relatives.
The Boydstuns of Lauderdale County, TN 1887 - This is text copied from "History of Tennessee", published in
1887 by Goodspeed Publishing Co., purchased by Benjamin Franklin Boydstun, signed, and
passed down from father to son to me, Charles R. Boydstun Jr., over six generations.
James K. Polk Obituary Plus Other Notes on the Boydstun's of Lauderdale County, Tennessee as published in the
Lauderdale County Enterprise and other sources.
Charles Mortimer Boydstun Obituary
Plus Other Research Notes on my branch of the Boydstun
Family.
Lauderdale
County TN GenForum -My family migrated through Lauderdale
County, TN and owned land near Ripley in a place called Bexar which later was named
Central Community. The Lauderdale County GenWeb Project is a
great site to find information about it's past residents.
Margaret Bates Family Page - This is
Margaret's Family Tree Maker Web Page with extensive research on the Boydston/un Families
along with others. Also there are some pictures of some Boydstuns.
Descendants Of David Boydston - This is a
link to this section of Margaret Bates's great website with the information about our tree
to which my branch is attached.
Boydston/Snow
Families - Lynette Kurcina has taken on the task of
solving the mystery of Mahala Snow/David Boydston, Sr. and the Mayflower Connection.
She has done a great job in uncovering important new clues.
Mayflower
Connection - Presley Smith Says, "You might want to
add something here on the mayflower connection. I did not do the research on
this...and maybe it's wrong?? But I got it from relatives in Salt Lake
City." This version of the Mayflower
Connection has been rejected by the Mayflower Society.
Read about this on the Queries Page. See Presley's Email dated 6/15/99
Presley Smith's
Boydstun Site - On the Smith side of the Presley Pages,
are some Boydstuns. Check out his excellent page. Presley has been very kind
and has provided me with a lot of information.
Winsell Family - Joe A. Winsell has a great site with Boydston genealogy.
Medal Of Honor - There is a Boydstun
Medal of Honor winner.
OTHER ROOTS TO MY FAMILY TREE:
The Thomas Family - My father, Charles Richmond Boydstun,
married (Wilma) Jean Thomas, my mother.
Forums: Thomas GenForum - Thomas Message Board
The Goss Family - Mary Eunice Goss
(Boydstun) married Carrol Sebastian Boydstun, my grandparents. One of Mary Eunice
Goss's sisters was Lois Goss. Lois kept up with her family history and provided
everyone with the below information:
The Goss Family - Some Data And My
Memories - By Lois Goss Bowers 4/19/1977 - Memories
describing the family of Richmond Virginia Goss and Mary Elizabeth Crawford.
The Goss Tree - This is a letter from Lois Goss Bowers to Marilyn (Boydstun) (Tate)
Madison, daughter of Carrol Sebastian and Mary Eunice Boydstun, in 1978 giving vital
information about the Goss Family.
Forums: Goss GenForum
- Goss Message Board
The Sebastian Family - Elizabeth Cordelia Sebastian (Boydstun)
was the wife of Charles Mortimer Boydstun, my great-grandparents. Their children were
Carrol Sebastian Boydstun and Helen King Boydstun.
Forums: Sebastian GenForum - Sebastian Message
Board
The Hale Family - Helen King Boydstun,
only daughter of Charles Mortimer Boydstun, married Edward Everette Hale.
Forums: Hale GenForum - Hale Message Board
- Hale Roots Home Page
The McClelland Family - Sara Jane McClelland (Boydstun) was
the wife of James Knox Polk Boydstun, my great-great-grandparents.
Forums: McClelland GenForum - McClelland Message
Board
The Wood Family - My
great-great-great-grandfather was Benjamin Franklin Boydstun of Lauderdale County,
Tennessee, son of Thomas Boydstun and Elizabeth Newport. He married Mary Wood,
daughter of Armstead Wood and Charity Norman.
Wood
Family Genealogy Page - Armstead Wood, father of Mary.
Forums: Wood GenForum - Wood
Message Board
The Newport Family - Thomas Boydston
(Boylston?) married Elizabeth Newport, my great-great-great-great-grandparents.
Davis Creek
Baptist Church, Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Founded October 1, 1797. This is the early Tennessee church in which Boydstuns were
charter members. Rev. Richard Newport, father of Elizabeth (Newport) Boydstun, was
the first Minister. This is Linda Shay's Web Site. LSyselt@aol.com
Edna
Clack - Edna has an informative web page that contains
information about the Newport families. Richard and Sara Newport had a daughter Elizabeth who married Thomas Boydstun.
Forums: Newport GenForum - Newport Message Board
Please send email to: Charles Boydstun, Jr. charlieboydstun@comcast.net
NOTE: Please say "Family History" on
your subject line. I am deleting all email with "Hi"or similar words
because 99% have been spam.