Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Boyd, William O. 1836 - ************************************************ 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, 3:30 am Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Boyd, William O. Resides at Ames, Iowa; born December 18, 1836, at Stuartstown, Tyrone, Ireland; father, James Boyd (born at Armoy, County Antrim, Ireland), mother, Elizabeth Walker (born Stewartstown, County of Tyrone, Ireland). Married to Ella Doney, January 4, 1870; children: Emma Helen, Stuart Douglas, Edith May, Alice Ellen. Enlisted August 16, 1864, at Rochester, Minn., Company H, Eleventh Minnesota Infantry, Twentieth Army Corps, under General Thomas; served in battle at Nashville; principally engaged in guarding railroad bridges in Kentucky and Tennessee; appointed Corporal and Sergeant; discharged June 26, 1865, at Fort Snelling, Minn. Settled in Caledonia Township, O'Brien County, Iowa, 1876, moving family here five years later. His birthplace was near the ancestral home of William McKinley. 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/boyd59nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb