This is from a Nebraska newspaper.
George F. Boyd the subject of this
sketch was born at Pennsville,
PA, 5 February 1876 and died at his home in
Oakdale, Nebraska Friday,
7 July 1911, aged 35 years, 5 months and two
days. His death was
caused by typhoid fever and his sickness was of only a
week's duration.
In the spring of 1899 Mr. Boyd
graduated from the law department of the
University of West Virginia
and a few months later came to Oakdale to accept
a place in the office of J.F.
Boyd. He was elected county attorney of
Antelope county in 1904, but
refused a renomination and gave up the practice
of law. Eight years
ago he purchased an interest in the Antelope County
Bank at this place and his
energy and business ability raised the
institution from an obscure
country bank to one of the strongest and most
prominent in this section
of the state. Three years ago he purchased controlling
interest in the bank and was
the president until last November, when the institution
was sold to its present owners.
A few years ago Mr. Boyd became
interested in raising thoroughbred stock and
at the time of his death he
was the owner of one of the finest herds of
Duroc Jersey hogs in the state.
His plans included the establishment of a
herd of Shorthorn cattle and
he owned several fine specimens of the breed.
His real estate interests
were extensive and his investments and business
transaction were characterized
by a shrewdness that marked him as a man of
superior judgment.
That "death seeks a shining
mark" has been a strangely persistent impression
amongst all nations.
Mr. Boyd was verily a "shining mark," a strong man cut
off in his prime, "unfulfilled,
deprived of the residue of his years" and
the sudden nature of his taking
off sent a thrill of regret, not only
through Oakdale, but the entire
county, for he had a wide acquaintance and a
host of warm friends.
His industry and loyalty to
the best interests of his home town and surrounding
country are well known, and
his progressiveness contributed much toward making
Oakdale what it is today.
Brief funeral services were held at the home Saturday
morning, and the remains were
taken to his old home at Connellsville, PA for interment.
George Frank BOYD m Mabel Elma
RICHARDSON 14, JULY 1909 Battlecreek, NE
one child Lenevieve L. BOYD
b. 16, December 1910 Oakdale, NE. Mabel Richardson
BOYD d. 17, September 1920
buried Forest Lawn Omaha NE in the masonic section.