of Iowa · from Ireland (immigrated before Civil War) · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Robert W. Boyd b. 1844
parentsRobert Boyd
Robert W. Boyd⚭ Hannah Snyder
childrenJohn W. Boyd
Source: Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyd (family sketched under Richard Boyd).
Came to America with parents before the Civil War.
Enlisted at Marion, Iowa, Oct. 10, 1862, aged 18, in the Sixth Iowa Cavalry.
Discharged for disability Feb. 10, 1863, at Davenport.
Worked in Linn Co., Iowa, until 1871, then homesteaded in Grant township, O'Brien county.
Pioneer farmer, grain freighter (Primghar to Sheldon).
According to Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa, Sold the first load of wheat in Sheldon.
Married 1878.
Moved to Primghar 1910, then Sutherland 1911.
Republican, school director.
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