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Albert Edward Boyd was a pioneer, rancher and farmer in the Lone Star State came to Vera, Knox County Texas in 1910 from Cotton Gin, Texas and established his farm three miles east of Vera.

Mr. Boyd formerly farmed in Navarra County where he raised cotton and corn but since coming to his present location in Knox County he specializes in small grains and grain sorghums. His ranch property consists of rich pasture land and fertile farm acreage and he raises enough feed for the high grade commercial cattle with which he stocks his ranch.

As his brand, Mr. Boyd uses a "B" on sides and hip and under bit on the right ear. Albert Edward Boyd was born on the twenty-sixth of December, 1871, in Freestone County, Texas, but was raised in Navarro County. His parents were “Robert” Bob Boyd, a farmer and native of Tennessee who passed away in 1879; and Mrs. Tempe Williamson Boyd. Mr. Boyd grew up in Navarro County where he began his career as a stock farmer by working on the home ranch and for other ranchers in the vicinity of his home.

He owned his own farm for many years in Navarra County where he raised cotton and corn but in 1910 sold out his holdings there and came to Knox County where he purchased his present stock farm. Mr. Boyd married Miss Melissa Lee in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, and they became the parents of four children: Ardreen Boyd of Lamb County; Glendeve, at Baylor; Albert, in Knox County; and Maurine, the wife of Weston Parrish of Knox County. All of the sons were engaged in stock farming and Maurine in education later becoming the principle of nearby Seymour Elementary School.

Mr. Boyd saw numerous changes in the business of stock farming since the early days of the farm and always aligned on the side of progress. He was fraternally affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and the Shrine at Wichita Falls and the family continue to be communicants of the Vera Baptist Church.

In 2011, the A.E. Boyd farm and ranch was recognized in a ceremony at the state capital by the State of Texas as a Texas Heritage farm having been in operation under the same family for over 100 years. The farm is currently owned and maintained by Lynda Boyd Dentler, the Granddaughter of A.E. Boyd.