RANDOLPH COUNTY, IL - BIOS
BOYD, DAVID B. was born in
Newberry Dist, SC on 26 May 1819. He came to
Randolph County in 1829. On
30 Dec 1847 he married TABITHA BROWN, the
d/o David Borwn. She was born
20 Feb 1827. David's father was THOMAS who
married MARY HUME (b Ireland)in
SC. They had seven children: DAVID,
ELIZA, THOMAS, JOHN (d Sparta),
WILLIAM and SUSAN. His second wife was
MARY WRIGHT, who died in 1867,
they have one daughter: MARY. Thomas died
in Randolph County on 11 Jan
1848. David's grandfather was named JOHN,
he came from Ireland in 1776
to SC. (1894)
BOYD,JOHN S. was born 05 Jul
1842 in Randolph County and died 24 Feb
1855. By 1875 he was not married
but taking care of his mother. His
father was SAMUEL, who was
born 16 Oct 1777. He came to Randolph County
in 1825. He married NANCY
VERNER,who died in 1832. They had nine
children: SAMUEL L., SARAH,
MARGARET, MARY, ABIGAIL and REBECCA.
Samuel's second wife was MARGARET
SKELLY, the d/o Wm and Jane
(Blackstock) Skelly. Samuel
and Margaret's children were: WILLIAM V.,
JOHN S., SARAH, RACHEL, and
MARGARET L. Margaret Skelly was born 14 Jun
1802 in Chester Dist,SC.
John S' grandfather was WILLIAM BOYD,who left
N. Ireland for the US c 1776
arrving in Charleston. (1894)
BOYD,ROBERT was born 07 Nov
1843 in Randolph County. During the Civil
War he was in Co K 5th IL
Cav. In 1866 he married MARION BICKETT, the
d/o John. She died in 1880.
Robert owned a farm. His children were: MARY
J., MAGGIE B., JOHN H., SAMUEL
L. and ROBERT E. Roberts father was
SAMUEL L. born in SC, his
mother was JANE GIBSON born in IL. This couple
also had another son in the
Civil War which died in action. Roberts
paternal grandfather was SAMUEL
L. BOYD,SR. who was born in Ireland in
1777. He married in SC to
a NANCY. They came to IL in 1825. Samuel Sr
and Nancy had one other son
named JOHN. On Roberts maternal side was
grandfather Robert GIBSON
who came to Washington Co, IL early and
married there. He had nine
children: Mary, Robert, Nancy, James, Jane,
Samuel, William and Margaret
(1894)
HAMILTON,JOHN B. was born in
Coshocton Co, OH in 1839. During the Civil
War he was in Co G of the
18th IL Inf, he was wounded. On 01 Oct 1868 he
married SARAH M. BURNS, the
d/o Stewart and Sarah (Gillespie). Sarah was
born 19 Apr 1841. Their children
were: Sarah Ella and William John.
John's father was named JOHN
and he was born in Ireland. His mother was
ISABEL BOYD who was born in
OH. Both parents died in OH. They had 13
children: JOHN B., THOMAS,
JOHNSTON, MARGARET, JANE and ALEXANDER (d in
Civil War). (1894)
MATHEWS,ROBERT was born 05
May 1814 in Ireland, He came to the US in
1836 to NY and on to PA.
In 1838 he arrived in Randolph County. He
married REBECCA BOYD on 04
Aug 1842. They had 7 children: NANCY J.,
JAMES, THOMAS M., ROBERT J.,
MARY E. and WILLIAM G. Robert's father was
Thomas, who came to the US
in 1840 through New Orleans. Thomas married
Nancy Ross in Ireland, she
died c 1864. Thomas died in 1874 at the age
of 73. Their children
were: Robert,Thomas, James, William J, Joseph,
Hugh, Adam, Jennie, Alexander
(all coming to the US) and Nancy (stayed
in Ireland). (1875)
THOMPSON, ROBERT P. was born
in Randolph County in 1838. In 1863 he was
a surveyor who helped with
a map of Randolph County. He married NANCY
MILLER on 11 Mar 1873, the
d/o JOHN and NANCY (BOYD). Robert's children
were: Ada and 2 infants who
died. His parents were James and Mary
Thompson who came to RC in
1818. There known children were: Robert and
JD. (1894)
WRIGHT,JOHN K. was born in
1824 in the southwest corner of VA, the
eldest of 12 children born
to Stephen Wright and Margaret Kelley, being
of German and Irish ancestry.
The family lived in Preble County, OH
until 1843 when they migrated
to Randolph County where Stephen Wright
had acquired farm land eight
years previous. In 1848 John K. Wright
married LUCINDA BOYD who was
a native of Randolph County. Of eleven
children, eight survived to
adulthood including Elizabeth B., Margaret
Ann, William K., George Washington,
James Andrew Jackson, John W.,
Joseph Luther, and Ida Clementine
(1875).
[note at the end of the bios
is a date (1875) refers to the 1875 Atlas
of Randolph Co, (1894) refers
to a book of Bios published in Chicago in
1894.]
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HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS
NATHANIEL BOYD - BUREAU COUNTY, IL
NATHANIEL BOYD, CONCORD.
CHARLES S. BOYD was a merchant
tailor in New
York City till 1920, when
he closed out business and came to Illinois
with his former partner in
the tailoring business, John Dixon. They
came most of the distance
to the State with ox teams, and when they
landed in Springfield, Ill.,
Mr. Boyd erected the third cabin there.
From 1820 till 1830 he resided
at Springfield, and would work at his
trade whenever he could during
the summer, and would often get paid for
his work in cattle, so during
the fall he would drive the cattle to the
lead mines around Galena,
and sell them to the miners, then stay and
work at the mines during the
winter, and would then again return to his
home. However, in 1830,
he came to Bureau County, Ill., and bought the
claim of John Dixon at Boy's
Grove, and remained there till 1840, when
he removed to Princeton. (More
of his early settlement will be found in
the General History.)
During the Black Hawk war he removed his wife and
daughters to Ft. Clark, now
Peoria, but he and two of his sons remained
on the farm and made a crop
of corn. Mr. Boyd was married in New York
City to ELIZA DIXON, a sister
of John Dixon, and their three eldest sons
were born before coming West,
but their two daughters and youngest son
were born in Springfield,
Ill. The following are the names of the
children: CHARLES, ALEXANDER,
NATHANIEL, ELIZABETH, JOHN H. and
ANGELICA. The residence of
Charles is not known. Alexander, Nathaniel
and Mrs. Angelica Paddock,
widow of Dr. S. A. Paddock, reside in Bureau
County. Elizabeth is
the wife of Ebenezer Chamberlin, of Jameson, Davis
Co., Mo. John H. Boyd
went to California with the early gold hunters,
then to Australia, but for
many years has been on the Island of Tahiti,
one of the Society Islands,
as a trader with the natives. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Charles S. Boyd died
in Princeton, Ill. NATHANIEL BOYD was born
October 01,1820, and with
little exception has resided here since, and
most of his life has been
engaged in farming. He now owns in Concord
Township a farm of 425 acres.
He was married in this county March 12,
1845, to MARY A. CUMMINGS,
who was born February 20,1827, the daughter
of Thornton Cummings. Mrs.
Boyd died September 20,1866. She was the
mother of the following children;
FRANCES, born January 13,1847, wife of
Charles WETHERELL, of Bureau
County; ROXANNA, born September 2,1848,
wife of Harry RAWSON, of Bayard,
Iowa; JOHN W. BOYD, born April
03,1850, now of St. Louis,
Mo.; COMMA, born January 18,1860, at home;
HENRY, born December 25,1862,
died June 13,1882 and also three
daughters, who died while
small. In political matters Mr. Boyd is
identified with the Republican
party.
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