Rachel Boyd

Rachel was born in 1845 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹   Rachel's father was James A. Boyd and her mother was Elizabeth Paxton.  Her paternal grandparents were William Boyd and Elizabeth Douglas. She had three brothers and five sisters, named John Wilder, David Paxton, Elbert S., Margaret, Virginia A., Sarah Jane, Nancy Ann and Elizabeth.  She was the third oldest of the nine children.