Ruth Lydia Boykin

1902 - 1991  (88 years)

• Name	Ruth Lydia Boykin
  Birth	5 Nov 1902	Davy, DeWitt County Texas
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	5143
  Death	8 Apr 1991	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
  Person ID	I5143	Brownlow
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert Lee Boykin,   b. 8 Dec 1866, Oso, Fayette County, Texas d. 18 Dec 1905, Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas - Hillside Cem (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia Ellen Utz,   b. 25 Sep 1871, Bexar County, Texas d. 1 Jul 1959, Yorktown, DeWitt County, Texas (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	17 Nov 1887	Comal County, Texas
  Family ID	F1292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Daniel Calhoun,   b. 15 Nov 1900, Charco, Goliad County, Texas d. 8 Apr 1979, Goliad, Goliad County, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1922	Yorktown, DeWitt County Texas
  Children	1. Dan Clayton Calhoun,   b. 22 Jan 1923, Charco, Goliad County, Texas d. 8 Apr 1995, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jack Thomas Calhoun,   b. 5 Nov 1925, Charco, Goliad County, Texas d. 29 Nov 1944, Roer River Infantry Battle, Germany (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Rufus Levis Calhoun,   b. 18 Feb 1930, Charco, Goliad County, Texas d. 24 Sep 1994, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Darden Lee Calhoun,   b. 27 Jan 1924, Charco, Goliad County, Texas d. 27 February, 2015, iVictoria, TX (Age 91 years)   5. James Bennett Calhoun,   b. 15 Jul 1927, Charo, Goliad County, Texas d. 1 Jan 2014, San Antonio, TX (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

• Photos

  Ruth Lydia Boykin

  
  

  Documents

  Ruth Boykin letter to her sons Ruth Lydia Boykin Calhoun wrote this letter to her sons in November, 1969, reflecting on her and her family's life over the years.

  
  

• Notes

  1900 Bexar Co., TX Census. See Robert L. Boykin. ...This child not on this census. Ruth Lydia was born in 1902. 1910 Bexar Co., TX Census See Lydia Ellen UTZ Boykin. 1920 Ruth Lydia not on this census. She married in 1922. L&D-180C: Delayed Cert. of Birth. Ruth Lydia Boykin. ...Gives Robert's profession as Teacher. ...Gives Lydia's POB as Bexar Co., TX ...Gives Lydia as informant (13 Mar 1942) & address as : 1002 Sacrament San Antonio. Letter dated 17 Sep 1997. Lucille Ambler File. ...Ruth Married Samuel Daniel Calhoun - they had 5 sons. I only knew one son, Dan Clayton. ...Dan owned Calhoun Electric Co. in San Antonio for years until he retired and built a ranch home just out of Devine, TX S.S. Records: U.S. 1937-1993, Vol. 1. Ruth Calhoun 5 Nov 1902 - 8 Apr 1991 S.S. #465-10-5665TX e-mail dated 6 Nov 1997. Ron Calhoun File. ...Grandmother (Ruth Lydia) had a large cedar chest on her screened porch at her home in Goliad. Therein she stored items of importance to her: the flag used to cover her son Jack's coffin, and uniforms from her sons and her brother Nolan. Uncle Nolan's Army uniform shirts were Olive in color and made of wool. The sleeves had extra material in the cuffs so that when the cuff was buttoned, nothing could enter through the slit. I was told that this was designed to keep the Mustard Gas off skin. I remember going to see Uncle Nolan at the Veteran's Hospital in Waco. I don't remember the year, but it must have been the late 50s. He was quite handy with his hands and skilled at building things of wood. My sister has the small chair he made for her and I still have a wooden scrapbook he made. I was told that Uncle Nolan had been gassed during the War and had trouble breathing, so that was why he was in the V.A. Hospital. FGR of Robert Lee Boykin correction. Rowena Calhoun file. e-mail dated 6 Nov 1997. Ron Calhoun File. ...My paternal grandmother, Ruth Lydia BOYKIN Calhoun, was a Spanish teacher and Librarian at Goliad High School. Whenever I stayed with her and Granddad, I never minded going with her to school, as I had full run of the library. Reading was encouraged, and I am still an avid reader. I believe she got her degree in 1951 from Southwest Texas State. She was a hard worker and enjoyed teaching. I suspect she was a tough taskmaster! ...Grandmother had several old photo albums and I remember a photo of a fellow standing next to a Saquaro cactus with a six-shooter on his hip. I was told that this was the Boykin that lived in Arizona and that he had searched for and discovered Molybdenum in the area and that this discovery aided the war (WWI) effort. Molybdenum is used as an alloying agent in Steel. I don't know this man's name or exactly how he is related, but he was definitely a Boykin. As a note of interest, there is a Kippi Boykin who is a champion pistol shooter who lives in Arizona. She might be a shirt-tail relative. L&D 216-1: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File. SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, James Bennett Calhoun. ...The family tree of my mother. Ruth Lydia Boykin married Samuel Daniel Calhoun about 1920. L&D 216-2: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File. GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHERS OF SONS OF RUTH BOYKIN CALHOUN / SAMUEL DANIEL CALHOUN. Notes and letter dated 14 May 1998. Rowena Calhoun File. Notes and letter dated 14 May 1998. Rowena Calhoun File. Letter dated 3 Sep 1998, Descendant Chart & Information Sheets. Clark Boykin File. AB&W Pic-512: Lydia Ellen UTZ Boykin, Alma Lee BOYKIN Bennett, Nora Jean E. BOYKIN Preddy. AB&W Pic-515: Ruth V. BOYKIN James, Lydia Ellen UTZ Boykin, Ruth Lydia BOYKIN Calhoun.