Rachel D. BOYD

HAIRSTON.org ID#5679, b. about 1830, d. about 12 January 1882
Birth*Rachel D. BOYD was born about 1830 in Tennessee.1 
Marriage*She married Robert G. SMILEY on 14 September 1846 in Davidson, Tennessee.2,3 
Census 1850Rachel D. BOYD appeared on the 1850 census of Robert G. SMILEY on 25 September 1850 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.4

 
Marriage*Rachel D. BOYD married Gov. Henry Stuart FOOTE, son of Richard Helm FOOTE and Jane STUART, on 13 June 1859.2 
Census 1860Rachel D. BOYD listed in the household of Gov. Henry Stuart FOOTE on 13 July 1860 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.1

 
Census 1870Rachel D. BOYD appeared on the 1870 census of Gov. Henry Stuart FOOTE on 11 August 1870 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.5

 
Census 1880Rachel D. BOYD appeared on the 1880 census of Robert G. SMILEY Jr. on 3 June 1880 in Davidson, Tennessee.6

 
Death*Rachel D. BOYD died about 12 January 1882.7 
Obituary*Mrs. Rachel D. Koote, widow of the late Ex-Govemor Henry S. Foote, died at the residence of her son, Robert ii. Smiley, nine miles from the city, om the Brick church turupike.
Memphis Daily Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, January 12, 1882, Page 1. (University of Tennessee.)7 

Family 1

Robert G. SMILEY b. a 1822, d. a 1854
Child

Family 2

Gov. Henry Stuart FOOTE b. 28 Feb 1804, d. 20 May 1880
Child

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S3217] Cooper, W. F., & Tennessee. (1875). Tennessee Chancery Reports: Reports of cases argued in the Court of Chancery of the state of Tennessee and decided by the Hon. William F. Cooper, chancellor of the Seventh Chancery District at Nashville. St. Louis: G.I. Jones., Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  3. [S112] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Ancestry.com.
  4. [S1850] 1850 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  5. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  6. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  7. [S3188] Library of Congress, Chronicling Amercia - Historic American Newspapers.
Last Edited30 May 2016