Sempronius Hamilton Boyd:

1.   Robert Boyd, in Chester Co. PA by 1725, d. there 1748, m. Jennet _____
 2.  John Boyd, d. Chester Co. 1750, wife Lettice ________
  3.  Robert Boyd II, d. Davidson Co. TN, 1793, m. Anne ________
   4.  William G. Boyd, b. 1774, d. Williamson Co. TN, 1841, m. Martha Edmiston
    5.  Marcus M. Boyd,  b. 1803, d. Greene Co. MO 1866, m. Eliza H. Hamilton
     6.  Sempronius Hamilton Boyd
 

Sempronius Hamilton Boyd, a Representative from Missouri; born near
Nashville, Williamson County, Tenn., May 28, 1828; son of Marcus Boyd,
moved to Missouri in 1840 with his parents, who settled on a farm near
Springfield, Greene County; educated by private tutors; moved to
California in 1849, where he prospected for gold and taught school;
returned to Missouri in 1854; clerk of the court of Greene County
1854-1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced
practice in Springfield, Mo.; mayor of Springfield in 1856; during the
Civil War raised the Twenty-fourth Missouri Infantry and served as
colonel until his election to Congress; elected as an Emancipationist to
the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); appointed
judge of the court of the fourteenth judicial district in 1865; member
of the Republican National Committee 1864-1868; delegate to the
Republican National Convention at Baltimore in 1864; interested in
building and operating the Southwest Pacific Railroad 1867-1874; elected
as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3,
1871); operated a wagon factory 1874-1876; resumed the practice of law;
appointed Minister Resident and consul general to Siam by President
Harrison on October 1, 1890, and served until October 26, 1892; leaving
his son, Dr. Robert M. Boyd, United States chargé d'affaires to the same
kingdom.  died in Springfield, Greene County, Mo., June 22, 1894:
interment in the Hazelwood Cemetery. He was founder and president of the
First national bank of Springfield, Mo.

Howard V. Jones  howard.jones@uni.edu