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Boyd Barnard, Anna Eliza () | Marriage Date: 12-4-1847

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James Boyd was the first husband of Anna Eliza Boyd Barnard (nee Hall). He is mentioned by Fanny Adeline Seward in her 1862-1863 diary as "the groom" when she recounts the unfortunate story of his brief marriage: "the very day of her [Anna Barnard's] wedding day, while on their tour, the couple stopped at a hotel, in Phila, I believe. Bother were preparing for dinner when the groom was stooping over his open trunk and a loaded piston there went off and killed him!"

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Biography: 
James Boyd was the first husband of Anna Eliza Boyd Barnard (nee Hall). He is mentioned by Fanny Adeline Seward in her 1862-1863 diary as "the groom" when she recounts the unfortunate story of his brief marriage: "the very day of her [Anna Barnard's] wedding day, while on their tour, the couple stopped at a hotel, in Phila, I believe. Bother were preparing for dinner when the groom was stooping over his open trunk and a loaded piston there went off and killed him!"
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see also: https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=mlh_pubs
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Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 10:30
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Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 10:30
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see also: https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=mlh_pubs