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Marriage: Children:

  1. George L. Boyd: Birth: SEP 1854 in New York State, USA. Death: 1928 in Benton County, Iowa, USA

  2. William Alexander Boyd: Birth: 1857 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. Death: 1931 in Benton County, Iowa, USA

  3. John M. Boyd: Birth: FEB 1859 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. Death: BET 1910 AND 1915 in Iowa, USA

  4. Mary E. Boyd: Birth: JUN 1860 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. Death: BET 1910 AND 1920 in Nebraska, USA

  5. Abraham Fulton Boyd: Birth: JAN 1863 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. Death: 1936 in Benton County, Iowa, USA

  6. Margaret Boyd: Birth: ABT JUL 1867 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. Death: FEB 1891 in Benton County, Iowa, USA


Notes
a. Note:   History of Benton Co., IA, Western Historical Co., Chicago, 1876, p. 597: "Boyd, William, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Dysart; born in Ireland in Jan., 1812; emigrated to America in Dec., 1848; came to Benton Co. in 1855; has 440 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. Married Sarah Stringer in 1853; she was born in Ireland in 1817 [sic probably 1827]; they have six children - George L., William A., Mary E., John M., Abram F. and Margaret. Republican; members of the Presbyterian Church. Is Township Trustee. Mr. Boyd is the oldest settler of his neighborhood, and has made the fine improvements on his farm by his own industry." [she could not have been born in 1817, or her last child was at age 49; her baptism is 24 Aug 1828].
  Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851 on Ancestry.com: the ship "Harrisburg", from Belfast to New York, arr. 11 Dec 1848: William Boyd 32; Moose Boyd 26
  1850 census, New York Ward 14, New York, NY, Ancestry.com p. 148 of 598: William Boyd 34 Ire baker apparently single, living with Edward Sheeler 24 Ger painter, John Boyd 41 Ire baker, with children of John's: Mary Jane 13, Margaret 9, and John 7 all NY.
  1856 Iowa census, Benton Co.: Wm Boyd 36 Ire Agr 166 ac; S. (f) 24 Ire; G. (m) 1 NY; J. (m) 16 Ire; J. (f) 8 Ire. All members of the family have been residents in the state for 1 year.
  1860 census, Bruce Twp, Benton Co., IA: Boid, William 47 Ireland, Sarah 30 Ireland, Jane C. 12 Ireland, George L. 6 NY, William 4 IA, (Jane C. is too old to be one of their children.)
  1870 census, Bruce Twp, Benton Co., IA: Boyd, William 59 Ireland, Sarah 39 Ireland, George 15 NY, William A. 13 IA, John M. 11 IA, Mary E. 9 IA, Abraham 7 IA, Maggie 4 IA
  1880 census, Bruce Twp, Benton Co., IA: Boyd, William 68 Ireland (both parents Ireland), Sarah 51 Ireland (both parents Ireland), John M. 21, Fulton 17.
  1885 Iowa census, Benton Co.: Boyd, William T86N R12W Section 32 SE of SE 73 farmer IRE; Sarah 55 keeping house IRE; Fulton 22 son b. Benton Co.,IA
  [1885 Landowner's Map: William A. Boyd is in north half of northwest quarter of Section 3, Monroe Twp., Benton Co., IA (Monroe is T85N R12W). This entry is William's son, William A. Boyd, who is shown in the 1880 census as the household next to Andrew Milne.]
  Rampton Cemetery Section 8 of Monroe Township, Benton County, Iowa: Boyd, William 20 Jan 1812 4 Feb 1897
 

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