Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Boyd, John W. 1820 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com November 25, 2005, 12:53 am Author: W. A. & Slocum & Co. (1882) JOHN W. BOYD.—Born in Southampton, England, March 22,1820, where he received his education, learned the trade of blacksmithing, and resided until 1859. In that year he emigrated to Australia, but at the end of a year proceeded to the Society Islands where he sojourned six months; he then came to California, located on San Pablo creek, and followed his trade there until 1873, when he established himself at Pinole, taking J. A. Fraser into partnership in 1875. Married November 5, 1867, to Catharine Rowley, a native of England. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; ALSO, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS 1882. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/boyd19bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb