Samuel Becket Boyd II | |
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Boyd circa 1900 | |
Born | (1865-03-20)March 20, 1865 Abingdon, Virginia, US |
Died | March 29, 1929(1929-03-29) (aged 64) Knoxville, Tennessee, US |
Occupation | President of International Association of Fire Chiefs |
Spouse | Julia Harrison (1881–1957) |
Samuel Becket Boyd II (March 20, 1865 – March 29, 1929) was the fire chief of Knoxville, Tennessee, who died in the line of duty. He was president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in 1924.
Biography
He was born on March 20, 1865, in Abingdon, Virginia, to Samuel Becket Boyd I (1828–1890) and Isabella Reed (1831–1907). He had a sister, Isabella Kennedy Boyd (1860–1936) who married John Mebane Allen. He married Julia Harrison. He joined the fire department in 1900. He was president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in 1924.
He died on March 29, 1929, of a heart attack in Knoxville, Tennessee, after a fire while en route to the hospital. He was buried in the Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee.
References
- ^ "Funeral Services to Be Held Monday for Chief Boyd. Died After Collapse After Fire". Knoxville News Sentinel. March 30, 1929.
- "Knoxville Fire Department". 1900. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
Under the wise administration of Chief Sam Boyd the department is now being brought up to a high standard of excellence. The men of the department, and the stations to which they are assigned, are as follows:
- Fire Engineering. 1935. p. 483.
... Sam B. Boyd, of Knoxville, Tennessee, who was at one time President of the International Association of Fire Chiefs ...
- ^ Ann Swing Kelly (2000). International Association of Fire Chiefs. p. 80. ISBN 9781563116797.
- "Samuel Becket Boyd papers". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- "National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution". Daughters of the American Revolution. 1899. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
- "KFD Holds Memorial Service for Fallen Firefighters". Knoxville, Tennessee. October 8, 2014. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
External links
- Samuel Becket Boyd at the Tennessee Fallen Firefighters Memorial[