Obrien-Scott County IA Archives Biographies.....Boyd, Fletcher C. 1847 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 4, 2006, 3:26 am Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Boyd, Fletcher C. Resides at Lucas, S. D.; born June. 9, 1847, at Moline, Ill.; father, John A. Boyd (born February 12, 1810, at Plattsville, Pa.), mother, Elizabeth Boyd (born same place June 18, 1810). Married to wife, Eleanor E., November 12, 1873; children: Maud E., Mabel E., Charles U. and Ladie E. Enlisted at Davenport, Iowa, in Company A, Eighth Iowa Infantry, Third Brigade, Third Division, Sixteenth Corps; participated in battles at Fort Pillow, Memphis, Siege of Mobile, Spanish Fort, Ala.; wounded in foot and lost left thumb and metacarpal bone in last named battle, April 8, 1865; discharged April 20, 1866, at Selma, Ala. Settled at Paullina, O'Brien County, Iowa, July, 1888. Member M. W. A. and G. A. R. Additional Comments: Extracted from: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa COMPILED BY Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA 1909 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/obrien/bios/boyd56nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb