Father: John Boyd
1847 - Father, John, died
1850 - Student, Madison Co., AL
1860 - May have matriculated, Medical Department of the University of Nashville, Nashville, TN, but did not receive an M.D. degree from this institution until 1869
04/27/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. Lindsay's Co. (Larkinsville Guards), AL Infantry [this unit subsequently became Co. K, 4th AL Infantry], Larkinsville, Jackson Co., AL ("occupation: Dr.; age: 26")
05/07/1861 - Mustered into service as Pvt., Co. K (Larkinsville Guards), 4th AL Infantry, Lynchburg, VA
08/00/1861 - Sick in hospital, Richmond, VA
10/00/1861 - Pvt., Co. K, 4th AL Infantry
12/00/1861 - Pvt., Co. K, 4th AL Infantry
02/00/1862 - Pvt., Co. K, 4th AL Infantry
03/30/1862 - Patient, Chimborazo Hospital, No. 1, Richmond, VA (diagnosis: diarrhea)
05/01/1862 - Sick in Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
06/10/1862 - Ward Master, Chimborazo Hospital, No. 1, Richmond, VA
10/20/1862 - Detailed as Ward Master in Hospital at Richmond, VA, by order of Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith
10/23/1862 - Detailed as Ward Master, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1, Richmond, VA, by the Secretary of War
12/00/1862 - "Detailed in Hospital at Richmond as Ward Master"
01/00/1863 - Ward Master, Chimborazo Hospital, No. 1, Richmond, VA
02/00/1863 - "Detailed as Ward Master in Hospital at Richmond"
04/00/1863 - Detailed as Ward Master
07/19/1863 - Admitted as a patient, Episcopal Church Hospital, Williamsburg, VA (diagnosis: debilitas)
07/27/1863 - "Transferred to Richmond"
08/00/1863 - Ward Master, Chimborazo Hospital, No. 1, Richmond, VA
10/00/1863 - Ward Master, Hospital, Richmond, VA
12/00/1863 - Ward Master, Hospital, Richmond, VA
02/00/1864 - Ward Master, Hospital, Richmond, VA
10/09/1864 - "Returned to duty this day by Commission appointed by the Secretary of War" as a Nurse, Winder Hospital, Richmond, VA
12/31/1864 - Pvt., Co. K, 4th AL Infantry, McKenzie House, near Richmond, VA (born: Virginia; occupation: physician; residence: near Huntsville, AL; marital status: single)
02/00/1865 - "Present" as Pvt., Co. K, 4th AL Infantry
- Disabled and detailed as Ward Master, Virginia Hospital, Petersburg, VA, by Surgeon General [no date given]
04/09/1865 - Paroled as Pvt., Co. K, 4th AL Infantry, by the U.S. Army, Appomattox, VA
09/14/1865 - Married, Jonathan "Jonnie" Moore, Jackson Co., AL (she was born in AL, in 1841, and died in 1908)
1869 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Nashville, Nashville, TN (from: Alabama)
06/30/1870 - Farmer, Jackson Co., AL (living with wife and 4 children)
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine, Larkinsville, Jackson Co., AL (living with wife, "Johnnie", three sons, and three daughters)
1886,1890,1893 - Practiced medicine, Larkinsville, Jackson Co., AL
1896 - Practiced medicine, Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL
01/31/1899 - Died of croupous pneumonia, Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/30/2015. Unpublished database.

The following was added by Judy K. Brantley/Wilson, the creator of this memorial:

Military service: Private, 4th Alabama Infantry, CSA, War for Southern Independence
Source: Confederate Graves Registy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, www.scv.org