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BENJAMIN BOYD - ILLINOIS
BENJAMIN BOYD, a prominent
citizen and wealthy farmer of Tennessee
township, is a son of WILLIAM
and ELIZABETH (STEVENS) BOYD. He was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania,
April 14, 1821, and was reared and
educated in his native state.
In the spring of 1843, he removed with his parents, to Fayette County,
Ohio, where he followed farming until he came to McDonough county, Illinois,
in the fall of 1868. He purchased then, a farm on section 26, Tennessee
township, on which he has since resided. He was united in marriage
in Fayette County, Ohio, September 05, 1844, with MARY LOWDERMAN, a native
of Ohio, and daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Lawderman. Mrs. Lowderman
died in Ohio, July 01, 1880. In 1882, Mr. Lowderman came to this
county to reside with his children, and died here December 28, 1884.
His remains were taken back to Ohio for burial. MR. and MRS. BOYD
are the parents of six children: KATE, married to J.F. WADDILL, of Tennessee
township; MARY ANN; SAMUEL W., married to EVA WHITE, living in Colchester
township; WILLIAM T., married to HATTIE GUMWALT, also living in this township;
ELIZABETH ELLEN BOYD, wife of JOSEPH KING, lives in the same town, and
JOHN. Mr. Boyd owns 240 acres of land and
carries on farming and stock
raising. He has been township trustee four terms, and is one of the directors
of the Industrial Home Insurance Company, of Industry. Mr. Boyd's
father, WILLIAM BOYD, died in 1872, in Pickaway County, Ohio. His
mother, Mrs ELIZABETH BOYD, died in the same place, May
7, 1864.
Source: History of McDonough
County, Illinois : together with sketches
of the towns, villages and
townships, educational, civil,military and
political history, portraits
of prominent individuals, and biographies
of the representative citizens,Continental
Historical Co., Springfield,
Illinois, 1885
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Thanks to Karen from Ohio,USA
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