Samuel Becket Boyd II

Samuel Becket Boyd II
Samuel Becket Boyd II
	Boyd circa 1900
Born	March 20, 1865; Abingdon, Virginia, US
Died	March 29, 1929 (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.^[1]^[2] He was president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in 1924.^[3]^[4]

Biography

He was born on March 20, 1865, in Abingdon, Virginia, to Samuel Becket Boyd I (1828–1890) and Isabella Reed (1831–1907).^[1]^[5] He had a sister, Isabella Kennedy Boyd (1860–1936) who married John Mebane Allen.^[6] He married Julia Harrison. He joined the fire department in 1900.^[1] He was president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in 1924.^[4]

He died on March 29, 1929, of a heart attack in Knoxville, Tennessee, after a fire while en route to the hospital.^[1] He was buried in the Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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 ...
^ ^a ^b 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[

[obit-1] "Funeral Services to Be Held Monday for Chief Boyd. Died After Collapse After Fire". Knoxville News Sentinel. March 30, 1929.

[2] "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:

[3] Fire Engineering. 1935. p. 483. ... Sam B. Boyd, of Knoxville, Tennessee, who was at one time President of the International Association of Fire Chiefs ...

[IAFC-4] Ann Swing Kelly (2000). International Association of Fire Chiefs. p. 80. ISBN 9781563116797.

[5] "Samuel Becket Boyd papers". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2015-05-14.

[6] "National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution". Daughters of the American Revolution. 1899. Retrieved 2015-05-21.

[7] "KFD Holds Memorial Service for Fallen Firefighters". Knoxville, Tennessee. October 8, 2014. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-14.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

Samuel Becket Boyd II

Biography

References

External links

Portal di Ensiklopedia Dunia