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 O.W. BOYD - VT >KY >IL >IA

O.W. BOYD, dealer in groceries, queensware, etc.; born in Franklin
County, Vermont, in 1832; his parents emigrated to Kentucky when he was
very young, where he was raised; at the outbreak of the rebellion, he
enlisted in the 22nd Kentucky Inf.; in 1863 he removed to Tazuree
County, Ill.; and remained there until 1865, and then moved to
Muscatine, Iowa, and was engaged as a commercial traveler in selling
groceries; he came to this city in 1874 and engaged in his present
business; he married MRS VENIA CAREY in 1873; has one child, LAURA; Mrs.
Boyd has one daughter by a previous marriage, ALICE CAREY.

Source: History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879
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1850 IA Census Index
Boyd, James  -  ELK RIVER TWP; CLINTON COUNTY, IA

1852 IA State Census Index
Boyd, James  -  ELK RIVER TWP; CLINTON COUNTY, IA

1860 IA Census Index
Boyd, James  -  ELK RIVER TWP; CLINTON COUNTY, IA

1870 IA Census Index
Boyd, James  -  ELK RIVER TWP; CLINTON COUNTY, IA
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Burial Records Boone Co; Iowa

George J. Boyd   B.1842   D.1914
Cemetery: Rose Hill
Town: Luther, Colfax
Possible vet.; Rebecca (Hill) m. 10 Mar 1872; she died 27 May 1910;
Newspaper: Boone Co. Dem., 03 Sep 1914  Relative: son of: James; son of:
Mary E. (Sloan); hus of: Rebecca (Hill); father of: Leslie; father of:
Frank; father of: Carl; father of: Mrs. Mary Rea

Source: WPA - Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.

Note: FROM THE LDS IOWA RESEARCH OUTLINE: Iowa. State
Department of History and Archives. Iowa Cemetery and Grave Registration
Project of the W.P.A. and D.A.R. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah,
1978.(On 21 FHL films beginning with 1022211; computer number 190894.)
This is the most comprehensive cemetery collection for Iowa. The records
are listed by county and then alphabetically by the names of persons
buried in that county.

The Family History Library has two large alphabetical collections of
Iowa obituaries. The original collections are at the Iowa Genealogical
Society, where most of the obituaries were collected. These obituaries
date from about 1850 to 1991. These collections are:

Iowa Genealogical Society (Des Moines, Iowa). Iowa Obituaries,
1860–1982. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987. (On 101
FHL films beginning with 1487572 item 3; computer number 536965.)
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1870 IA Census Index
Boyd, George J. -  WORTH TWP; BOONE COUNTY, IA
Boyd,  James   -   WORTH TWP; BOONE COUNTY, IA

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