JAMES BOYD - PA to OH
JAMES BOYD, Darby Township,
farmer, P.O. Plain City, was born in
Washington County, Penn.,
June 5, 1826, and moved with his parents to
Madison County in 1831, locating
in this township in 1852. He was a son
of JAMES and MARTHA (MILLIKIN)
BOYD, natives of Pennsylvania. Our
subject's education was limited
to the common schools of this county. He
early began the work of a
farmer, and has since spent his life in that
useful occupation. He owns
a farm of 356 ½ acres of land, near Plain
City, where he resides. He
married, November 20,1864, to ANN E.
WILLIAMS, a native of Franklin
County, Ohio and a daughter of Ebenezer
Williams. They have three
children - EMMA, JAMES GRANT, and ROBERT
COLFAX. Mr Boyd was a Whig
until the formation of the Republican Party,
since which he has been a
Republican. His grandfather, Col. Millikin, an
officer in the war of 1812,
was a surveyor by profession, and at one
time owned 2,200 acres of
land here.
Source: The History of Madison County, Ohio, W.H. Beers, 1883
Thanks to Karen from Ohio, USA