Background
Boyd, John Hardgrove was born on January 19, 1861 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Hervey and Eliza (Morehead) Boyd.
Boyd, John Hardgrove was born on January 19, 1861 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Hervey and Eliza (Morehead) Boyd.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1883. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1886, special student in philosophy under President McCosh. (Doctor of Divinity, Davidson, 1894).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1886. Pastor Durant and Winona, Mississippi, 1886-1889, Lauderdale Saint Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 1889-1893, Second Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1893-1895, First Church, Evanston, Illinois, 1895-1908, First Church, Detroit, 1908-1911, First Church, Portland, Oregon, 1911-1919. Professor homiletics, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago.
Married Ellen Morris Henry, November 13, 1889.