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     David Boyd was born circa 1864 at Ireland.¹ He was the son of James L. Boyd and Margaret (?)¹

     David Boyd was born in November 1825 at Ireland.^1,2 He was the son of William John Boyd and Jane Preston. David Boyd married Mary Hastings circa 1853. David Boyd lived in July 1860 at Sheridan Twp., Calhoun Co., MI.³ He lived in July 1870 at Sheridan Twp., Calhoun Co., MI.¹ He lived in June 1880 at Sheridan Twp., Calhoun Co., MI.⁴

     Occupation: Laborer in 1853 at Ballynamaddy, County Antrim, Ireland.

     David Clare Boyd was born on 26 November 1897 at Jackson Co. (probably), MI.¹ He was the son of Hastings Boyd and Jennie A. (?)¹ David Clare Boyd married Eunice M. (?).² David Clare Boyd lived in April 1940 at 319 Irwin Avenue, Albion, Calhoun Co., MI.² He died in September 1966 at Calhoun Co., MI, at age 68 Dates per SSDI, last residence Albion.

     David Leonidas Boyd was born on 18 April 1887 at Sheridan Twp., Calhoun Co., MI.¹ He was the son of William K. Boyd and Margaret T. Hastings.¹ David Leonidas Boyd married Lulu Mae Wait, daughter of Henry Wait and Nancy A. (?), on 25 December 1915 at Ovid, Branch Co., MI. Occupation: Mechanical Engineer in 1920.² David Leonidas Boyd lived in January 1920 at 118 Austin Avenue, Albion, Calhoun Co., MI.² Occupation: Mechanical Engineer in 1930.³ He lived in April 1930 at 118 Austin Avenue, Albion, Calhoun Co., MI.³ He died on 10 July 1975 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI, at age 88.

     David Lindsey Boyd was born on 5 December 1841 at Spring Mount Townland, County Antrim, Ireland.¹ He was the son of James Boyd and Jane (?) David Lindsey Boyd immigrated in 1869 to Marengo, Iowa Co., IA; per 1900 census.¹ Occupation: Shortly after arrival at Mt. Vernon, went to work in Col. Robert Smyth's lumberyard. Later, was able to purchase half the business and became Col. Smyth's partner. Eventually he bought out Col. Smyth's interest and became sole proprietor. The business was continued by his son James "Jay" Boyd until about 1919.

Was a director of the Mt. Vernon bank (History of Mt. Vernon refers to him as "Banker Boyd".)

Was mayor of Mt. Vernon, 1877-1878.

He married Margaret Craig, daughter of Thomas Craig and Martha Smyth, on 8 December 1870 at Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., IA. David Lindsey Boyd lived at 201 Second Ave., Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., IA. He died on 30 March 1919 at Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., IA, at age 77

Obituary -- The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Tuesday, 1 APR 1919, p.11 (Newspapers.com):

FUNERAL FORMER MAYOR OF MT. VERNON TODAY
______________________________

Special to The Gazette.
MT. VERNON, Iowa, April 1.--
Funeral services were held today for David L. Boyd, pioneer merchant of this community, and at one time mayor of Mt. Vernon, who died Sunday night. He was also at one time a member of the local school board.

Mr. Boyd was head of the lumber company of that name for several years, having risen to the position after having started working as a common laborer. He was born Dec. 5, 1841 in Ireland, the youngest of eight children. He taught school in Dublin for seven years, coming to the United States in 1868. He went to Marengo, coming to Mt. Vernon a short time later.

He was for many years cashier of the Mt. Vernon bank and retired a few years ago. On Dec. 8, 1870, he was married to Miss Mary Craig, also a native of Ireland. Surviving are two sons, Jay and William. His wife died about five years ago.

He was buried in April 1919 at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., IA, Find A Grave Memorial# 142333623.
Note:

In County Antrim, lived in the townland of Spring Mount, in the parish Grange of Dundermot, within the barony of Kilconway.

Was a teacher in the Irish National School system. Taught in Drumadoon school from 1857 - 1866. One of his students was Samuel S. McClure, who later emigrated to New York and became publisher of McClure's magazine. David L. Boyd is mentioned very favorably in Samuel McClure's book in which he recalls his days as an impoverished school student.

Quote from the Biographical Record (Linn County, Iowa), published circa 1901:

"David L. Boyd was the youngest of eight children of James and Jennie Boyd, who resided in County Antrim, Ireland. During his boyhood, our subject attended a model school in his native land, and was later a student in the training school in Dublin. On leaving that institution he successfully engaged in teaching in Ireland for seven years. But the new world had attractions for him, and he determined to come to that country where every man was equal in the eyes of the law, and where all had an equal chance for advancement. In 1868 he bade good-bye to home and friends and went from Belfast to Liverpool, England, from which port he sailed for the United States. Landing in New York, he proceeded at once to Marengo, Iowa, where he remained three weeks and then came to Mt. Vernon, which has since been his home. He began life here as a farm hand in the the employ of James Smyth, with whom he remained three months, and for three weeks he was similarly employed by Colonel (Robert) Smyth. At the end of that time he accepted a position in the lumber yard of Colonel R. Smyth & Co., at Mt. Vernon, and a year later purchased an interest in the business. This partnership continued for some time and he then purchased his partner's interest, and has since continued to be identified with the lumber business of his adopted city. In May, 1900, he took into partnership with him his son Jay C., and under the firm name of D. L. Boyd & Son the business is continued with marked success. On the advent of his son into the firm, he became connected with the banking business as cashier of the Mt. Vernon Bank, and is now holding that position. His intimate knowledge and extensive acquaintance with the people who do business in Mt. Vernon make him a valuable acquisition to the bank. On the 8th of December, 1870, Mr. Boyd was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Craig. Mr. Boyd is a faithful and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is an ardent Republican. For two years he efficiently served as mayor of Mt. Vernon (1877 - 78), and has been a member of the school board for many years, while he is now serving as one of the trustees of Cornell College. He is a very pleasant and courteous gentleman, who takes a deep interest in every enterprise which he believes will be of public benefit, and he stands deservedy high in both business and social circles."

He was granted American citizenship in 1875.

Additional facts that may help lead to his ancestry:

As a younger son, farming the family land was not an option for David. In pursuit of gainful employment, he became a teacher in the National School system, where he taught at the Drumadoon school from 1857 to 1866. Samuel S. McLure, later a successful American magazine publisher, was a student of David Boyd's in Ireland. Writing in his autobiography of his early days attending a National School near his home he recalled that because he was malnourished and tired easily, he would have crying spells in the afternoon, and writes the following:

"I distinctly remember how kind the teacher, Mr. Boyd, was to me when these crying-fits came on, and how considerate the other boys were... Every few years each teacher in the public schools was required to spend six months in Dublin... I can remember when our teacher Mr. Boyd went, and how none of us much cared for the substitute... When Mr. Boyd explained to us boys that the war was between the Northern and Southern states of North America and not between North and South America, that was a great revelation to us... I have so often wondered in the intervening years what had become of this good and kindly man that I was very much pleased when Senator Brackett at the time these memoirs first appeared, wrote me, "I suspect the school teacher whom you mention in your autobiography is my old time friend David L. Boyd, still living in Mt. Vernon, Iowa." I availed myself of the hint and was rewarded by the following communication from the younger Boyd...." (a letter from David's son William W. Boyd follows in the autobiography).


- David's son William Walter Boyd took a trip in 1895 back to Ireland, and wrote a little diary. The only useful tidbits are that he went to the townland of Spring Mount, in Grange of Dundermot parish near Clough, and visited "Uncle Robert" there.

- when my father was a young boy living in northern Ohio, on one occasion his father and grandfather Boyd took a trip to Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan to visit "a cousin".

- I have some information on the Boyds of Lenawee County, but I can't make a connection from it. Possibly our James Boyd (father of David) was another son of the William Boyd who was the Irish progenitor of most of the early Lenawee Boyds

- Our Presbyterian Ulster Boyds were undoubtedly descendants of the "planted" Scots during the plantation under English King James in the early 1600s, from the Boyds of Kilmarnock in Ayr. My dad remembered his grandfather had a little ditty that recited the towns in Ulster through which their immigrant ancestor travelled after arrival in Ireland. The "Bally" names are difficult and foreign to us, and he couldn't remember most of them, but it ended in "Ballymena".

     David R. Boyd was born in 1854 at Lenawee Co., MI.¹ He was the son of William J. Boyd and Mary Ann Neely.¹ David R. Boyd married Capitola Beevers, daughter of Benjamin Beevers and Elizabeth Lee, circa 1878.² David R. Boyd lived in June 1900 at Ridgeway Twp., Lenawee Co., MI.³ He died in 1931 at Lenawee Co., MI. He was buried in 1931 at Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway, Lenawee Co., MI.

     David R. Boyd was born on 20 November 1931 at Wayne Co., MI.¹ He was the son of Leon Jay Boyd and Christina J. Johnstone.¹ David R. Boyd died on 13 February 2000 at Collin Co., TX, at age 68 Dates per SSDI, last residence Frisco.

     David Waite Boyd was born on 17 December 1916 at Albion, Calhoun Co., MI.^2,1 He was the son of David Leonidas Boyd and Lulu Mae Wait.¹ David Waite Boyd married Jean Bovill on 20 June 1942 at Dearborn, Wayne Co., MI, Two sons and a daughter to this marriage. David Waite Boyd died on 13 March 2007 at Calhoun Co., MI, at age 90.

     Donald D. Boyd was born circa 1906 at Calhoun Co., MI.¹ He was the son of John R. Boyd and E. Maude (?)¹

     Donald F. Boyd was also known as "Donny". He was born on 7 April 1938. He married Kathleen Louise McLoughlin, daughter of John Howard McLoughlin and Kathleen Louise McArtor, in 1961 at Lafayette, Walker Co., GA. Donald F. Boyd and Kathleen Louise McLoughlin were divorced. Donald F. Boyd died on 2 January 2006 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, at age 67 dates per SSDI.

     Donald Lincoln Boyd was born on 13 November 1906 at Seattle, King Co., WA.¹ He was the son of Frederick Boyd and Celia Anna Weidenbach.¹ Donald Lincoln Boyd lived on 12 April 1940 at 2407 North 44th Street, Seattle, King Co., WA, Occupation: Electrician at Navy Yard, living with his parents.² He died on 26 September 1983 at King Co., WA, at age 76 Dates per SSDI, last residence Seattle. Death notice in Seattle Daily Times on 27 SEP 1983, p.40, mentions only his brothers Winthrop and Kenneth as survivors.

     Donald Lindsey Boyd was born on 21 February 1897 at Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., IA. He was the son of James Craig Boyd and Mabel May Shirer. Donald Lindsey Boyd began military service on 12 July 1917 at Redwood Falls, Redwood Co., MN, Enlisted, Private, later Corporal, Co. L, 136th Infantry, U.S. Army, France, World War I.

The following places and dates are etched into the aluminum military canteen in his World War I mess kit:

Corporal D. L. Boyd
Company L, 136 Infantry, U.S. Army

Redwood Falls, Minn. July-Sept. 1917
Camp Cody, NM Sept. 1917 - Aug. 1918
Camp Dix, NJ Aug. - Oct. 1918
SS Lycaon Oct. 1918

Liverpool -
Winchester -
Southampton -
LeHavre -
LeMans -     Oct. 1918
Guecelard - Jan. 1919
Pontibault -
Spag -
La Suze -
Gradignan -

Leognan - Bordeaux Feb. - Mar. 1919
Genicayt - Apr. 1919
USS Ohioan - Camp Merritt, NJ Apr. 1919


From www.33rdinfantrydivision.org/136th_infantry.htm :

"During World War I, the 2nd Minnesota was renamed the 136th Infantry but remained in the United States. Later, the 136th Infantry was assigned to the 34th Infantry Division. After completing its training at Camp Cody, New Mexico, the 136th Infantry, as part of the 34th Infantry Divison, was shipped overseas. There it suffered the frustration of having its members dispersed to other units, rather than entering the war as a unit. Thus, while many members of the 136th Infantry saw combat in World War I, it was the fate of the unit simply to provide replacements."

His military heastone application lists his rank as Corporal and his unit as Co. B, 158th Inf. 40th Div.


He ended military service on 29 April 1919; Honorable discharge. He lived on 2 January 1920 at Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., IA, with his parents. 1920 census shows no occupation. He was probably still on Christmas break from his college work at Iowa State College in Ames. DLB 2020.¹ He was graduated in 1922 at Iowa State University, Ames, Story Co., IA; B.Sc. Electrical Engineering. He married Leona Ardys Munsinger, daughter of James Monroe Munsinger and Mary Elizabeth Smith, on 12 June 1922 at Ames, Story Co., IA. Donald Lindsey Boyd lived in 1942 at 356 Dennison Avenue, Elyria, Lorain Co., OH, WW II draft registration. He died on 6 January 1965 at Toledo, Lucas Co., OH, at age 67. He was buried in January 1965 at Ottawa Hills Memorial Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas Co., OH, Findagrave #74848307.

     Donald Lindsey Boyd Jr. was born on 27 May 1923 at Schenectady, Schenectady Co., NY. He was the son of Donald Lindsey Boyd and Leona Ardys Munsinger. Donald Lindsey Boyd Jr. began military service on 12 November 1941 at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, S/Sgt., U.S. Army Air Corps, Assam, India. He was graduated in 1949 at Hiram College, Hiram, Portage Co., OH; B.A., Math & Physics.

He married Olive Rodgers Wendell, daughter of Earl Sylvester Wendell and Olive Kirkendall Rodgers, on 24 November 1949 at Akron, Summit Co., OH. Donald Lindsey Boyd Jr. died on 18 October 2008 at 4336 School Road, New Carlisle, Clark Co., OH, at age 85

Obituary:

Donald Lindsey Boyd passed away peacefully October 18, 2008 at his home north of New Carlisle, Ohio. He was born May 27, 1923, eldest son of Donald L. and Leona Ardys (Munsinger) Boyd. He was raised in North Canton and Elyria, Ohio and graduated from Elyria High School, class of 1941. Donald served in the China-Burma-India theater, Assam Province India, in World War II, with service from November 1941 to December 1945. Upon return from the war he attended Hiram College and received a Bachelor's degree, with a double major in mathematics and physics. Donald married Olive R. Wendell on November 24, 1949 and to this marriage six children were born. After working a year as a high school teacher, Donald was employed for 32 years in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry as a design engineer, retiring in 1984 from Bristol Compressors, Bristol, Virginia. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Olive Boyd, his brother James of Toledo, Ohio, his children Donald, Mary Dodds, Elizabeth Persinger, David, James, and Margaret Jenkins, grandchildren Chela Lucia, Lauren Moore, Emily Boyd, Sasha Rittenhouse, Gabriel Dodds, Jarrod Persinger, David Boyd, Stephanie Boyd, James Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, John Jenkins, and Aaron Jenkins, and four great-grandchildren, all of whom will miss him dearly. A private memorial service to scatter his ashes on the farm that he loved and lived on for the past 45 years will be held on his next birthday.

He was cremated in October 2008 and his ashes were scattered in the orchard of the farm he loved and lived on for 45 years. Findagrave #70638369.

     Doris M. Boyd was born circa February 1917 at Lenawee or Jackson Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Harlow James Boyd and Hazel B. Sayles.¹

     Dorothy R. Boyd was born on 30 January 1917 at Colorado.¹ She was the daughter of James Ellis Boyd and Ruth P. Strome.¹ Dorothy R. Boyd married Ernest E. Kaster circa 1938.¹ Dorothy R. Boyd lived on 22 April 1940 at Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA.¹ She lived in 1998 at Wyoming. She died on 10 September 1999 at Natrona Co., WY, at age 82 Dates per SSDI, last residence Casper. She was buried in September 1999 at Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, San Bernardino Co., CA, Findagrave #39927998.

     Eberle N. Boyd was born on 7 September 1862. He was the son of William Boyd and Rachel W. Delancey.

     Edith Boyd was born on 2 November 1909 at Weld Co., CO.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel K. Boyd and Zillah Adelaide Harrison.¹ Edith Boyd married Irving LeRoy Payne, son of John Christian Payne and Mary Ellen Graves, on 6 September 1934 at Greeley, Weld Co., CO.² Edith Boyd lived in April 1940 at LaGrange Precinct, Weld Co., CO.² She died on 22 June 1998 at Greeley, Weld Co., CO, at age 88.

     Edith Capitola Boyd was born on 3 May 1914 at Detroit, Wayne Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Leon Jay Boyd and Christina J. Johnstone.¹ Edith Capitola Boyd died on 7 April 2007 at Jackson Co., MI, at age 92 Dates per SSDI, last residence Brooklyn.

     Edith Maude Boyd was born in December 1877 at Calhoun Co. (probably), MI.¹ She was the daughter of William K. Boyd and Margaret T. Hastings.¹ Edith Maude Boyd lived in June 1900 at Sheridan Twp., Calhoun Co., MI.² She died on 20 December 1968 at Wayne Co., MI.

     Edward L. Boyd was born on 23 April 1884 at Tennessee. He was the son of Elbert Boyd and Arabella Bacon. Edward L. Boyd married Elizabeth Fulkerson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Fulkerson Jr. and Florence DeVault, circa 1915, no children. Edward L. Boyd died in August 1967 at age 83.

     Elbert Boyd married Arabella Bacon.

     Eliza Boyd was born circa 1857 at Lenawee Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Boyd and Mary Jane (?)¹

     Elizabeth Boyd was born in January 1844 at Greene Co. (probably), OH.¹ She was the daughter of William Boyd and Frances Rees. Elizabeth Boyd married Isaac Swigart, son of John Swigart and Mary Krise, on 28 October 1863 at Greene Co., OH, 1900 census indicates 2 children born, 1 living. Elizabeth Boyd died after June 1900 at Greene Co., OH.

     Elizabeth Boyd was born circa 1854 at Lenawee or Calhoun Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of David Boyd and Mary Hastings.¹ Elizabeth Boyd married Lewis F. Griffin on 1 May 1873 at Calhoun Co., MI.

     Ellen Boyd was born in February 1852 at Bath Twp., Greene Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of William Boyd and Frances Rees.¹ Ellen Boyd married Isaac Krise circa 1870.²

     Elnora Boyd was born circa 1867 at Lenawee or Calhoun Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of William J. Boyd and Jane (?)¹ Elnora Boyd died before June 1880 at Sheridan Twp., Calhoun Co., MI.

     Emma A. Boyd was born circa September 1859 at Lenawee Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Boyd and Mary Jane (?)¹

     Emma Frances Boyd was born on 27 April 1905 at Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., MI. She was the daughter of Matthew Boyd and Emma Barber. Emma Frances Boyd married Chauncey V. L. Harrison, son of LaVerne C. Harrison and Lillian May Vedder, on 30 October 1924 at Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI. Emma Frances Boyd died on 1 February 1986 at Wauchula, Hardee Co., FL, at age 80.

     Emma O. Boyd was born in August 1870 at Ohio.¹ She married Harry Everett Gunn circa 1891.¹ Emma O. Boyd died on 3 April 1941 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., OH, at age 70.