Bessie was a daughter of Thomas B. Massie and Mary Rebecca Chapman. She married Walter Hinkle Boyd in 1901. They had eight children. Bessie died in 1976 and was interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia.
Source: S2116 1900 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Thomas B. Massie, enumerated June 1900. Frederick County, Virginia - Newtown Election Precinct. Series T623, Roll 1709, ED 26, sheet 5B (70B). Repository: #R2
Source: S2776 1910 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Walter H. Boyd, enumerated 26 April 1910. Series T624, Roll 1629, ED 34, sheet 10B (78B). Repository: #R2
Source: S2775 1920 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Walter H. Boyd, enumerated 2 January 1920. Series T625, Roll 1890, ED 41, page 1A (65A). Frederick County, Virginia - Opequon District. Repository: #R2
Source: S2117 1930 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Walter H. Boyd, enumerated 3 May 1930. Series T626, Roll 2457, ED 2, sheet 15A (19A). Rappahannock County, Virginia - Hampton magisterial District. Repository: #R2
1950 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Bessie E. Boyd, enumerated 13 May 1950. Frederick County, Virginia - Shawnee District. Series T628, Roll 3023, ED 35-10, page 23. Daughter Iva is living with her. Repository: #R2
Commonwealth of Virginia Death Certificate of Bessie Ellen Boyd. State File #76-004973, 2 February 1976. Died at residence, Rt. 6, box 92, Frederick County. Cause: Arteriosclerotic heart disease. Informant: J. Thomas Boyd (son); Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Source: S3 Social Security Death Index: Bessie Boyd Social Security Number: 228-70-0472 Birth Date: 10 Dec 1881 Issue Year: 1965 Issue State: Virginia Last Residence: 22601, Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA Death Date: Feb 1976
Source: S118 Mount Hebron Cemetery Interment Records. Repository: #R49
Source: S110 Mount Hebron Cemetery. Repository: #R49
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21835114/bessie-ellen-boyd : accessed 11 June 2022), memorial page for Bessie Ellen Massie Boyd (10 Dec 1882–2 Feb 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21835114, citing Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Audrey (contributor 46877347).
Repository: R2 National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Repository: R49 Mount Hebron Cemetery, 305 East Boscawen Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601; (540) 662-4868; http://www.mthebroncemetery.org/
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