James Boyd, 66, Pioneer of City, Dies Suddenly

(Denison TX Herald, June 5, 1927)

James Boyd, aged 66 years, pioneer business man of this city, died suddenly at his home, 1105 West Bond street, Friday night shortly after 10 o'clock. His death was attributed to heart failure.
Early in the evening Mr. Boyd, accompanied by his wife, drove to the Hotel Simpson to fill a business engagement. Returning, Mrs. Boyd stepped over to a neighbor's and in a very few minutes entered her home and discovered her husband prostrate on the bathroom floor. When he failed to answer, a physician was summoned, who, after examination, pronounced life to have been extinct for only a few minutes.
For several years Mr. Boyd's health had not been of the best and it was for that reason, largely, that he decided to retire for all business pursuits a year and a half ago. However, for the past few months, in fact, ever since he withdrew from business affairs, he seemed to have gained strength and was quite active about his home and other matters to which he devoted his attention. His sudden passing, therefore, was a severe shock to the entire citizenship as well as his family.

Sherman Texas Democrat
September 30, 1941

DENISON—Mrs. James Boyd, pioneer Denison resident and widow of the late James Boyd, clothier, died Monday night at Battle Creek, Mich., where she had gone for her annual visit to a sanitarium. This was the 27th summer Mrs. Boyd had  spent in Battle Creek.
No immediate relatives are living. Mrs. Ed Boyd and Richard Boyd of Denison are sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
Mrs. Boyd was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal church, [and] a charter member of the XXI club. Her home was at 1105  West Bond.
Mrs. Boyd, as Sallie Shallenberger, came to Denison with her parents, Maj. and Mrs. S. S. Shallenberger, in the early days when her father, a civil engineer, helped build a railroad from McAlester, Okla., to Little Rock, Ark. The family settled
here, where she received her schooling, later attending college at Boston, Mass. She was married to Mr. Boyd in Chicago,  Ill., Feb. 16, 1898, and the couple returned to Denison to live.
Mr. Boyd retired from the clothing business in 1926 and died June 5, 1927.
Mrs. Lillian B. Crouch, an intimate friend of Mrs. Boyd, is to accompany the body from Battle Creek to St. Louis, Mo., to be met by Richard Boyd of Denison and accompanied to Denison to arrive at 7:50 a.m. Thursday.
Funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon at the Episcopal church, the Rev. Raymond S. Ottensmeyer officiating, with Short and Murray in charge of burial in Fairview cemetery.



Sherman Texas Democrat
October 2, 1941

DENISON—Funeral services for Mrs. James Boyd, Denisonian who died Monday at Battle Creek, Mich., were to be held at
4 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke's Episcopal church, the Rev. Raymond Ottensmeyer, rector, officiating. The Short and Murray company was preparing for burial at Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers named were Frank Kohfeldt, J. R.  Handy, R. W. Stoddard, W. L. Peterson, John Tierney, R. D. Bray, J. J. Madden, and B. McDaniel.