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For Linn Boyd. Born Tenn., 1800. Came to West Ky. in youth. Kentucky Legislature, 1827-1831. Congress,
1835-1837, 1839-55, and Speaker, 1851-55. Author of Resolution to annex Texas. The Kentucky delegation proposed
Boyd for Vice President at Democratic Convention, 1856, but convention chose Breckinridge of Ky. Boyd elected Lt. Gov., 1859. He died before taking office. Photographs courtesy of the combined 7th and 8th grade Academic Class of Fairview Junior Senior High School under the direction of Mrs. Linda Stephens, Ashland, Ky. For more pictures of the area and additional historical information click here. Copyright 1997 Grover & Jayne Hibberd |