Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Boyd, Joseph 1822 - 
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Author: W. A. & Slocum & Co. (1882)

JOSEPH BOYD.—The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this volume,
was born in County Antrim, Ireland, June 22, 1822. At the age of twenty-three
years he emigrated to the United States, first locating in New York, where he
resided until June 24, 1850, when he took passage on board the steamer Commodore
Preble, for California, via the Straits of Magellan and Panama, arriving in San
Francisco, February 15, 1851. His first employment in the Golden State was as a
fireman, but afterwards reverted to his trade of baker, which he had acquired in
New York, continuing in this under the style and firm of Edington, Boyd & Co.,
afterwards Boyd & Miller. In October, 1858, he came to Contra Costa county,
purchased the property on which he now resides, comprising one hundred and
twenty-eight acres, situated one mile south of San Pablo, and is now engaged in
farming. He married in San Francisco, August 8, 1856, Miss Rosanna Hodge, a
native of Antrim, Ireland, and has no issue. It is a pleasure to state that Mr.
Boyd is much respected by his neighbors, a sure sign of his honesty, worth and
integrity.

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.


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