Bartholomew-Henry-Union County IN Archives Biographies.....Boyd, Frank P. 1869 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

FRANK P. BOYD.

   Frank P. Boyd, who is serving as a general manager of the Columbus Machine
Works in the city of Columbus, Indiana, has always resided in this state and it
is here that he has worked his way upward in a business career until he now
occupies a position of prominence and responsibility in industrial circles of
his adopted city. His birth occurred in Henry county, Indiana, on the 12th of
August, 1869, and he is a son of Augustus and Fannie (Mallin) Boyd. The father
was also a native of Henry county and the family is one of the old ones of the
state, representatives of the name having been located within its borders from
pioneer times down to the present. It was the great-grandfather of the subject
who, coming to what was then the frontier, settled in Liberty township, Henry
county, and entered land from the government. In its improvement he assisted in
reclaiming the wild region for purposes of civilization, and the members of the
family have always been known as loyal citizens, interested in the material
welfare and substantial upbuilding of the state. The father of the subject is
still living and now makes his home in Cambridge City, Indiana, being a
traveling representative for a fertilizer manufacturing company.

   Frank Boyd was reared upon the home farm in Henry county, Indiana, and there
remained until sixteen years of age. He has, however, practically earned his own
living since six years of age. When a youth of sixteen years he went to Liberty,
where he was employed five years and there he learned his trade. For fourteen
years he was in the employ of M. T. Reeves & Company, gradually working his way
upward as he mastered the business and displayed his capability in discharging
the duties devolving upon him. During the last four years of his connection with
that establishment he served as manager of the wood-working department. The
enterprise was conducted under the name of the National Feeder Company, and the
work which devolved upon Mr. Boyd was of an important character. On the 18th of
February, 1900, he became general manager of the Columbus Machine Works, his
practical and comprehensive knowledge of mechanics and his horough understanding
of the correct principles which underlie such work having made him very capable
in directing the labors of those who served under his supervision.

   In 1895 occurred the marriage of Mr. Boyd and Miss Anna Campbell, a native of
Columbus, who pursued her education in the common and high schools of this city.
They now have an interesting little son, Horace, who was born in April, 1898.
They are members of the Christian church and are deeply interested in its work
and the extension of its influence. Mr. Boyd is now serving as one of the
members of the party. He also belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees, to the
Knights of Pythias fraternity and the Travelers' Association. In politics he has
ever been a Republican, but has never sought or desired political preferment, as
his attention has been fully occupied by his business cares. Gradually he has
worked his way upward and his life record is creditable and honorable. It might
well serve as a source of inspiration to others, showing what can be
accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do and when one is persistent,
honorable and persevering in a chosen field of labor.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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