Brief Life History of Nesbit Allen
When Nesbit Allen Boyd was born on 7 January 1852, in Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, William Alfred Cornelius Boyd, was 26 and his mother, Barbara Eleanor Ballard, was 21. He married Mahala Jane Hoskins on 16 December 1877, in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Graham, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Hill City, Graham, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 21 June 1907, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Hill City Cemetery, Hill City, Graham, Kansas, United States.
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- Nesbit Mcintosh in household of C G Mcintosh, "United States Census, 1870"
- Herbert A. Boyd, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Neasbert Boyd, "Find A Grave Index"
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1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, from Bòid (genitive case of Bòd, the Gaelic name of the island of Bute) or Bòideach, denoting a person from Bute. Alternatively, the name may denote descendants of a Gilla filius Boed, who appears in reference to Glasgow Cathedral in the early 12th century, perhaps from the Gaelic personal name Boite, of uncertain origin.
Scottish and Irish: from the Gaelic epithet buidhe ‘yellow(-haired)’. Compare Bowie .
Manx: from Mac Gille Buidhe ‘son of the yellow-haired lad’ (compare 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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