Boyd, Arthur Otto

1886 - 1958  (72 years)

• Name	Boyd, Arthur Otto
  Birth	8 Jul 1886	Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BOYD.A002
  Death	Jul 1958  [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  	Plot S. Side Ad Block #4, Lot 46, Grave # 2
  		Headstone, Boyd, Otto
  Person ID	I40516	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Hill, Elsie Marie,   b. 1898, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 1952 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1912	Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois   [2]
  Age at Marriage	He : 26 years and 5 months - She : ~ 15 years.
  Children	1. Boyd, Volney Hill,   b. 15 Oct 1913 > 2. Boyd, James Otto,   b. 5 Mar 1915, Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois d. 22 Oct 2008, Salem, Marion County, Illinois (Age 93 years)   3. Boyd, Iva Genevive,   b. 28 Dec 1916 > 4. Boyd, William Jean,   b. 25 Apr 1921, Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois d. 28 Oct 2017, Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 96 years)   5. Living
  Family ID	F13605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Jul 1886 - Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois Marriage - 16 Dec 1912 - Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Arthur Otto Boyd was married to Elsie Marie (Hill) Boyd on December 17, 1912 in Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois. They had Five Children:, William Jean Boyd, Volney Hill Boyd, James Otto Boyd, Iva Genevive Boyd and Lyndal Roberta Boyd. (Cemetery records show burial date as August 1, 1958) Below is submitted by: 46539031 Author Otto Boyd was born in 1865 Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois. He married Elsie Marie Hill on December 16, 1912 in Cisne, Illinois. Five Children were born to them, Volney Hill Boyd born October 15, 1913, William Jean Boyd, and James Otto Boyd born March 5, 1915, Iva Genevive Boyd born December 28, 1916 and Lyndal Roberts Boyd born October 13, 1922. He had a sister, Lulu Thomas Boyd and a half brother, William Bruce. Author Otto Boyd at the age of 73 died in 1958 at Richmond Memorial Hospital in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Author's father still remains unknown to this day; his mother was Mary Ellen Boyd. Author Otto Boyd is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora, Clay County, Illinois. Date errors on headstones are common.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12888] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Boyd, Otto, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32811316/arthur-otto-boyd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14542] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Boyd, Elsie Marie, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32811313/elsie-marie-boyd), none. (Reliability: 2).