Obituary Dr. William Dill Boyd Contributed by Jean Caddel   W. D. Boyd was born Nov. 30, 1956, in Rusk, Texas, son of William B. Boyd and Narcissa Dill. He first studied medicine while carrying the mail on horseback between Rusk and Alto [Cherokee County, Texas] He received his M. D. degree from Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, March 2, 1882 and practiced in Rusk and Ovilla before moving to Waxahachie in 1890. Dr. Boyd married Clara Belle Boone at Rusk, Texas Nov. 12, 1884. She was born Feb. 24, 1867 near Rusk. She  had obtained a teaching certificate from a female seminary in East Texas, but married instead when she was 17. She was a fine Christian woman, talented in music and art and assisted her father in church work. He was the Reverend Elijah Floyd Boone, a well-known Methodist minister. Dr. and Mrs. Boyd had two children: Mabel, born Jan. 10, 1886 in Rusk and Robert Howard, born Aug. 1, 1891 in Waxahachie. A third child, Russell Boone Boyd was born Nov. 12, 1887 and died April 27, 1890 in Ovilla and is buried in the Waxahachie Cemetery.   Copyright © 1999-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:20:11 MDT