Background
Boyd Cleveland Fugate was born in Russell County, Virginia to parents Robert Boyd Fugate and Mary Anderson Wood, and grew up in Fugates Hill.
Boyd Cleveland Fugate was born in Russell County, Virginia to parents Robert Boyd Fugate and Mary Anderson Wood, and grew up in Fugates Hill.
The couple located there to manage the farm. The Fugates had one son, William Parkey Fugate (1930-1940), who died of a childhood accident. Boyd Fugate was a Democrat and served in the 77th General Assembly of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing Claiborne County.
He belonged to the Methodist Church and was a Freemason.
He died in Tazewell, Tennessee, and was buried in the Irish Cemetery.