| 1. |  Ruth Lydia Boykin was born on 5 Nov 1902 in Davy, DeWitt County Texas; died on 8 Apr 1991 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Other Events:
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.
Ruth married Samuel Daniel Calhoun on 16 Jan 1922 in Yorktown, DeWitt County Texas. Samuel (son of James Clayton Calhoun and Nancy Clark) was born on 15 Nov 1900 in Charco, Goliad County, Texas; died on 8 Apr 1979 in Goliad, Goliad County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Dan Clayton Calhoun
 was born on 22 Jan 1923 in Charco, Goliad County, Texas; died on 8 Apr 1995 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
- 3. Jack Thomas Calhoun was born on 5 Nov 1925 in Charco, Goliad County, Texas; died on 29 Nov 1944 in Roer River Infantry Battle, Germany.
- 4. Rufus Levis Calhoun was born on 18 Feb 1930 in Charco, Goliad County, Texas; died on 24 Sep 1994 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
- 5. Living
- 6. Living
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1902 - 1991 (88 years)
Dan Clayton Calhoun 
Jack Thomas Calhoun 
Rufus Levis Calhoun 
