Dr. Frank D. Boyd
To cure the ills and remove the pain to
which suffering humanity is heir is a most noble and worthy calling,
and he who practices it successfully deserves the thanks of all
mankind. Dr. Frank D. Boyd is one of the successful medical
practitioners of San Antonio, Texas, and is absorbed day and night in
the anxieties and duties of his profession, which is perhaps the most
trying on brain and body of any in the field of science.
He
was born in
Rusk, Texas, in 1867, and was the only child born to John A. and Amy E.
(Harrison) Boyd, natives of Tennessee and Alabama, respectively. The
paternal grandfather, William Boyd, was born in Tennessee, and as a
calling followed the occupation of merchandising. He came to Texas in
1850, located at Rusk, and became one of the prominent business men of
that place, died in 1894, one of its oldest citizens The Boyds
are of
Scotch-Irish lineage, and settled in this country during colonial days,
in old
Virginia. The maternal grandfather, Samuel T. Harrison, was born in
Virginia, but
afterwards became a resident of Alabama, where he married and reared
his
family and became quite widely known in public affairs. He was for
quite a number of years a member of the State Legislature, and was with
that body
when the great Civil War opened, and was a strong advocate of
secession. He was an extensive and wealthy planter, and died at his
comfortable home
in 1883. He was a third cousin of President William Henry Harrison.
From 1854 up to the day of his death he was a resident of Texas, his
home
being in what is now Cherokee County. John A. Boyd came to Texas with
his parents in 1850, and all the active part of his life has been
devoted
to mercantile pursuits, with, the exception of four years during
the war,
when he was Commissary of the Third Texas Regiment.
Dr. Frank
D. Boyd made his home in the town of Rusk until 1885, attending the
public schools,
and then entered the A. and M. College at Bryan, Texas, but on account
of
sickness left that institution in 18815 and went to Pecos City for his
health and remained there for one year. Upon his return, in 1887, he
began studying medicine at Waxahatchie, Texas, with Dr. Gracye, and in
September, 1888, entered the University of Louisville, Ky., from which
he was graduated
with honors in 1890, after which he went to New York City and took a
thorough course in the Post-Graduate School, and then spent several
months in the various hospitals of that city, making a special study of
diseases of
the eye, ear, nose and throat He then returned to Louisville, Ky.,
where be was appointed Assistant Professor of Diseases of tho Eye, Ear,
Nose and
Throat, which position he filled with marked ability for two years. He
then
came to San Antonio and began the practice of his profession, and has
become a
successful and popular physician.
He was married in 1892 to
Miss Mattie
Callahan, a native of Louisville, and both are worthy members of the
Baptist Church. The doctor is an active worker in the Sunday-school and
Church. He is a director of the Young Men's Christian Association, and
is a
Christian gentleman in every sense of the term. He is a member of the
Cherokee Medical Association and also the Texas Slate and the Western
Texas Medical associations. He is active in these bodies, for he is a
close
and faithful student in his profession, keeps thoroughly in touch with
the
progress made in it, and without doubt a bright professional future is
before
him. Socially he is a member of the Elks and the K. of P., and in
his
political views is a Democrat, which party he has represented in
various county
and State conventions.
Transcribed from:
"Memorial
and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas"
Chicago: Goodspeed Brothers,
Publishers
1894
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