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Surname	Boyd	Alternative Surname
First Name	Joseph	Initial of Surname	B
Year of Birth/Baptism	1822	Flourished
Year of Death	1899
Biographical Details	A number of competently carved portrait medallions in both sandstone and marble are among the works signed by Joseph Boyd in Ayr cemetery. His own gravestone, which is in the cemetery, describes him as a sculptor who worked in Ayr until his death on 26 August, 1899. He was predeceased by his wife Mary, née Hollis. Literary References: Woodward 1977, vol 1, pt 2, 16