JOHN R. BOYD

BOYD, WARDLOW, KENNEDY, HURLY

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

MONTROSE TOWNSHIP

BOYD, JOHN R., far., Sec. 17 ;P. O. Montrose ; owns 320 acres ; was born in Brown Co., Ohio, in 1817. He married, in 1838, Elizabeth Wardlow, also a native of Ohio. Mr. Boyd came to Montrose in 1854, and located in Sec. 9 ; came to present farm in 1878 ; he is engaged in the stock business in connection with general farming ; he owns a stock farm in Clarke Co, Mo, containing 420 acres. Has five children—Samuel L, Martha A. (now Mrs. John Kennedy), Lydia J. (now Mrs. James Hurly), John G. and Zachary. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are members of the Christian Church.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879