Biographical Sketch of John B. Boyer, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** John B. Boyer is a merchant of Fourche a Renault, and is one of the substantially known and respected citizens and business men of Wash- ington County. He is a son of Elisha Boyer, a native of Washington County, who married Ann Love, a daughter of John Love, also of this county. Of their children six are living, as follows: Mary, John B., Frank, Lucinda, Carrick and Burt. John B. was born December 3, 1857, and in youth learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed until 1881, when he commenced his mercantile experience as a dealer in general merchandise, also buying mineral. He has proved himself to be a man of strict integrity, fair and honorable in his dealings, and has thus drawn around him a trade complimentary to his standing as a business man and a citizen. Mr. Boyer was married October 28, 1886, to Miss Lucy LeClere, who was born and reared in Liberty Township, Washington County. They have one daughter, Z. Hazel, born September 9, 1887. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================