Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Boyer, Marion 1840 - 
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   MARION BOYER, a veteran of the late war, is engaged in carrying on both the
meat-market and dray business in the village of Dassel, where he located in 1881. He
is a native of Mercer county, Ohio, born January 1, 1840, and is the son of Louis
and Nancy A. (Bowersock) Bover, both of whom were also natives of the “Buckeye
State.” The parents of our subject, in 1855, removed with their family to Crawford,
now Vernon county, Wis., where they remained upon a farm until the death of the
father, in 1857. Later the mother came to Hastings, in this State, and died at St.
Paul in 1887.


   Marion, in 1860, at the age of twenty, was united in marriage with Miss Esther
Buckmaster. with whom he lived upon a farm until the spring of 1862 when the angel
of death invaded his household and snatched away his wife from his embrace. He then
gave up farming, and, August 6, 1862, enlisted in Company D, Thirty-First Wisconsin
Infantry, and served with that well-known regiment until the close of the war. The
first battle in which he participated was that of Peach Tree Creek, in the Atlanta
campaign, and throughout the engagements around the last-named city, and at the
capture of that place. Mr. Boyer was always present with regiment, which did
excellent service. When Sherman cut himself off from his base of supplies and
commenced his memorable march to the sea, the Thirty-First Wisconsin was a part of
his columns, and our subject marched with his company. During the battle of
Bentonville, N. C., when the confederate general, Joseph Johnston, had turned the
flank and surrounded our forces, the regiment, with other’s, faced about and charged
the enemy, during which Mr. Boyer received a bullet and fell to the ground. lying
upon the ground, propped upon his elbow, he essayed to open the cartridge-boxes of
his fallen comrades, and, in spite of his wound, passed the ammunition to his
companions, and while doing so was again hit in the neighborhood of the spine, which
disabled him entirely. His gallant comrades, outnumbered, were forced to retire,
leaving him, as they supposed, dead upon the field, and the rebel line charged over
him. Some time elapsed, and, coming to, he managed to crawl to a tree, but, on
pulling himself erect, found he could not stand, so crawled on all fours toward the
lines of his regiment, about half a mile away, and when his comrades saw him they
came forth and carried him in and placed him in an ambulance. Four or five days
later he moved along with the regiment, and in a month resumed duty. He participated
in all the hardships of that famous march, and wound up with the grand review at
Washington, after which he received his discharge, June 20, 1865, at Louisville,
Ky., and returned to Wisconsin. In the spring of 1866 he came to Minnesota, and
settled in Dakota county, but in 1873 removed to Bird Island, and from there, the
next spring, to Elk River, where he remained until coming here.

  Mr. Boyer, November 28, 1872, again entered the marriage state, being united on
that day with Miss Annie Sheldon, a native of Elk River, Minn., and daughter of
Henry H. and Cynthia Sheldon. Her parents settled in Sherburne county, at Elk River,
in May, 1856, and were among the earliest settlers of that section. By this marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Boyer have two children—Clara E. and Louis.

  Mr. Boyer was quite prominent in the organization of Colfax Post, No. 133, G. A.
R., at this village, and was the first officer of the day. He was a member of the
post at Elk River before coming here. He has been an officer in the Good Templars
order, and is prominent in the prohibition movement.



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Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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