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Clan Boyd Society, International Obituary of John Boyd - 27
Feb 1907, Robinson (IL) Argus
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Obituary of John Boyd - 27
Feb 1907, Robinson (IL) Argus
John Boyd died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Jane Smith, near
Danville, Feb. 21st, aged
84 years, 7 months and 10 days. Deceased
was one of the early pioneers
of Crawford county. His father Archibald
Boyd and wife came from North
Carolina in the early part of the last
century, stopping for a few
years in Orange county, Ind. and then to
this county in 1818, locating
near the present town of Porterville.
There the family was reared
and the parents died. The subject of this
sketch grew to manhood, married,
and reared a family in this county,
moving to the vicinity of
Danville in 1861(?),living there until his
death. He is survived
by five children, two sons and three daughters,
and a number of relatives
and friends. He was the youngest brother of
the late James Boyd of the
vicinity of Trimble and uncle of W.M. Boyd,
of that town.
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