Linn
Boyd
Born in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Boyd
and Nancy Agnes (Lynn) Boyd
Brother of
John Boyd and Martha Lucas (Boyd) Gordon
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 59
in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2019
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Linn Boyd is Notable.
| Preceded by 19th Speaker Howell Cobb |
Linn Boyd 20th Speaker of the US House of Representatives  |
Succeeded by 21st Speaker Nathaniel P. Banks |
Biography
Linn (also spelled "Lynn") was born in 1800, the son of Abraham Boyd and Nancy Lynn. In 1832, Boyd married fellow Trigg County native Alice C. Bennett. In 1850, the widower married a widow from Pennsylvania, Anna L. Dixon. Linn was a prominent US politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House. Boyd County, Kentucky is named in his honor. He passed away in 1859.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Linn by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Linn by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Basil Stewart
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 47 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member BasilStewart, MitoYDNA ID A10718 [compare] - Robert Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT26747, FTDNA kit #635158, MitoYDNA ID T10731 [compare]
- Angus Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT371927, FTDNA kit #IN46351, MitoYDNA ID T10758 [compare]
- Randee Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-Z43064, FTDNA kit #B356623
- Christian Boyd :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-JFS0056, FTDNA kit #9204
- Robbin Stewart :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-L21
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~0.39%
Don Giddens :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A684385 [compare], Ancestry member Don_Giddens_of_Texas
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