They separated in August of 1857. Mary took the children and moved to Bluff City in Sullivan County, Tennessee to live near her sister Ruth Boy and her family.
Jeremiah married Mary Flinn (also transcribed as Flum) on August 25, 1864 in Greene County, Tennessee.[2] They had one known daughter, Sarah, born about 1866.[3]
Research Notes
Per the 1880 census, his father was born in Germany and his mother was born in Tennessee.[4]
Sources
↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-V41S : 17 October 2017), Jeremiah Boyd and Mary, 22 Dec 1841; citing Washington, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,118,018.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWJ-GPW : 21 December 2021), Jeremiah Boyd, Washington, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-NKTW : 10 March 2021), J Boyd and M Mallone, 30 Dec 1841; citing Washington, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 825,507.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9YY-JH5 : 1 March 2021), Jerry Bov in entry for John W. Boy, 18 Feb 1936; Death, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
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