John William Boyd in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of John William Boyd's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When John William Boyd was born about 1934, his father, John, was 22 and his mother, Mattie, was 21. In 1940, he was 6 years old and lived in Heller, South Carolina, with his father, mother, brother, and 2 sisters.