DANIEL M. BOYD/MARTHA DICKEY-ROCKINGHAM CO; NEW HAMPSHIRE
DANIEL M. BOYD, one of the
foremost citizens of the town of London-
Derry, was born April 23,
1858, on the farm on which he now resides, a
son of MASON and MARY HARDING
(DODGE) BOYD. The Boyd family is an old
and respected one in this
section of the state.WILLIAM BOYD,grandfather
of our subject, who died in
Londonderry in 1825, at the age of
sixty-nine years, was born
in this section, either in Antrim or
Londonderry. He was a farmer
and well known and respected citizen. He
was a member of the Washington
Society and of the Presbyterian church.
He married MARTHA DICKEY,
also of an old family, who was born in
Londonderry in 1780. They
reared three children, namely: CALVIN; MARIA,
who married Horace P.WATTS,
and MASON.
MASON BOYD was born in Londonderry,
N. H., August 28, 1821, and spent
his life here engaged in farming,
stock raising and lumbering. Popular
with his fellow citizens,
he was elected representative to the
legislature and also served
as special appraiser of real estate in
Londonderry. He married MARY
HARDING DODGE, a native of Eden, Vt., and
of their seven children there
are now four survivors, namely: MARTHA J.,
who is unmarried; ABBY E.,
wife of Frank S. Crowell, of Bedford, N. H.;
DANIEL M., subject of this
sketch, and EMMA D., who is the widow of Fred
A. Young.
DANIEL M. BOYD was reared and
educated in Londonderry and has been
a farmer and dairyman ever
since beginning industrial life. He has a
fine and valuable farm and
keeps from 80 to 100 cows, producing on a
daily average about 100 cans
of milk, of eight and a half quarts each,
all of which he ships to Melrose
Highlands, Mass. In addition to this,
he carries on extensive operations
in lumber, buying tracts of timber,
which he converts into the
marketable product. He is a stockholder in
the First National Bank of
Derry. Mr. Boyd has served as appraiser of
real estate and as representative
to the legislature. In the last
senatorial election, as the
republican candidate, he had a plurality of
over 300 votes over his nearest
competitor; but as the law required a
majority over all, the election
went to the legislature and he lost by
two votes only. Had the law
been then as it now is he would have been
senator. Mr. Boyd is a member
of Echo Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of
Londonderry Grange. An enterprising
and public spirited citizen, he
takes a keen interest in whatever
is calculated to promote the welfare
of the town, and is ready
to lend his aid and influence to a worthy
cause. On May 7,1884, Mr.
Boyd was united in marriage with MISS HATTIE
P. MULLINS, of Londonderry.
He and his wife attend the Presbyterian
church and are popular members
of the best society of the town.
Source: History of Rockingham
County, New Hampshire and Representative
Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett,
Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago,
Ill., 1915
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