Born April 16, 1837. George married Sarah A. Matheson on December 29, 1869. Died June 28, 1917 in Duncombe, Webster, Iowa.
Photo taken from John Boyd's Civil War era pocket book that he carried with him during the war. This photo replaces a previous photo that was believed to be George and his wife. It was taken from a family photo album that someone had incorrectly identified the pair as George and Sarah Ann Matheson.
They had six children:
Grace Elizabeth b. October 5, 1870 Osco, Henry Co., Illinois m. Douglas Garrett
Elwood D. b. July 8, 1872
Susie L. b. October 15, 1874 m. Beem
Jessie M.
George W.
Ruth G. b. Webster Co., Iowa m. Clyde I. Bixler
He died August 1917.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Webster and Hamilton Counties, Iowa. The Lewis Publishing Company, 113 Adams Street, Chicago. 1888.
George Y. Boyd
George Y. Boyd, section 35, Colfax Township, was born in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1837, a son of John and Susan L. (Yardley) Boyd, who were also natives of Pennsylvania. His father was of Irish parentage, and his mother's ancestors were from England, and came to America in a very early day, settling in William Penn's colony, the village of Yardleyville being named in honor of this family. John Boyd was a merchant, and for upward of thirty years was engaged in business in the same store in Bristol. In 1853 he sold out and moved to Huron County, Illinois, locating near Cambridge on a farm, where he lived a few years, and then moved into the town of Cambridge, where he lived until his death, February 2, 1877, his wife having preceded him in 1864. He and three of his sons were soldiers in the war for the preservation of the Union. George Y. Boyd enlisted in the spring of 1861 at the call for three months' men, but was not accepted. In August, 1861, he again enlisted for three years in Company C, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, and participated in a number of skirmishes, in one of which he met with an accident which injured his spine, and he was sent to the marine hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio. At the end of a month, in February, 1863, he was discharged and returned to his home in Illinois. After his recovery, February 24, 1865, he again enlisted in the same company for one year or during the war, and was discharged from the service October 31, 1865. He has since drawn a pension for services rendered his Government. After the close of the war he engaged in farming near Cambridge, Illinois, until December, 1871, when he came to Iowa, and settled on section 36, Fremont Township, Hamilton County, where he lived until July, 1878, when he moved to his present farm in Webster County, where he owns forty acres of good land. In addition to attending to the cultivation of his farm he has for thirteen years been an agent for the Farmers' Insurance Company of Cedar Rapids, and has done a profitable business in that line. Mr. Boyd is one of the representative men of his township, and has filled a number of responsible offices. He was township clerk four years. In politics he is a strong Republican, and takes an active part in protecting the interests of his party. December 29, 1869, he was married to Sarah Matheson, a native of Canada, born in Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Armour) Matheson, who moved to Iowa in 1869, and now live in Buena Vista County. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have six children – Grace Elizabeth, Elwood D., Susie L., Jessie M., George W. and Ruth G.
