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James H. Boyd b Aug ? . 1830 in Pa. Wife: Frances  P. Griffith b Dec ? 1837
m Oct 1, 1855 Franklin Co., Columbus, Ohio. Don't know where they lived in
Ohio. Went to Des Moines , Ia. was there when daughter Ida  was born in 1857;
son  William Lincoln was b in 1859 ;and son Frank b 1862; daughter  Dessa Frances
was b Jan 14, 1867 , James was a cabinet maker , then they all went to Chicagp, Ill.
and another daughter Lilly born in 1872.  He was a coffinmaker manufacturer in
Chicago. Then  they all went to Boulder Co in 1874. James built the first Smelter of
Gold and Silver there. Don't have  their death dates, Or James parents or Frances
Parents. I only have children of Dessa's none of the other  Boyd children.Dessa
Frances (Boyd )Newman was my grandmother ,married George Newman lived all
there married life in Denver, Co. Frank Boyd m Mary Kirkbride in Boulder., children ??

I did find a James Boyd 19, b Pa. a chairmaker, living in Cincinnati in the 1850 census
living with a Joseph Clark a chairmaker, several people lived with Clark including a
Lutisia Boyd 40 years old  b Oh, no other Boyds there, her name right after James.
Don't know what happened to her.  Thats all I know of the Boyds so far. That could
have been my James H. Boyd, no proof. 5 years later he could have went to Franklin,
co. Oh. Who was Lutisia, his mother??

Dessamae Curry  DukeCOH@aol.com

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