Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Boyd, William W. 1841 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 21, 2007, 11:40 am Author: William Henry Perrin (1883) WILLIAM W. BOYD, farmer, P. O. Hutsonville, is the youngest of a family of three children born to Wilson and Mary E. (Sackrider) Boyd. (See biography of John S. Boyd) He was born in Crawford County, Ill., August 26, 1841; he was raised on the home farm and educated from the subscription schools, taught in the old log cabins common in his day. In 1861, he married Miss Fidelia Bailiff, a native of Clark County, Ill. They are the parents of the following children: Henry W., Bruce, Amanda A. and Allen C. Mr. Boyd is one of the most successful farmers and stock-dealers of Crawford County. His farm contains 267 acres of good land. In politics, Mr. Boyd is identified with the principles of the Democratic party. Additional Comments: Extracted From: HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, LAKESIDE BUILDING. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/crawford/bios/boyd646gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb