A. D. Boyd Biography


	This biography appears on pages 970-971 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				A. D. BOYD. 

	A. D. Boyd, a real-estate and insurance agent of Kimball, is a 
well known business man of that city. He is a native of Iowa, born in 
Iowa City on the 12th of September, 1865, a son of W. A. and H. V. 
Boyd. The year 1882 witnessed the arrival of the family in South Dakota 
and two years later the father bought land in Brule county and also 
took up a preemption claim in Douglas county. He farmed during the 
spring and summer and taught school in the winter, continuing to follow 
that occupation until he was seventy six years of age. He taught in all 
sixty-two years, as he began when but fourteen years old, a record 
which has been seldom equaled. He died on the 12th of January, 1913, 
rich in years and honor, and is survived by his widow. 

	A. D. Boyd acquired much of his education at home under the 
tuition of his father, but also attended the district schools. When not 
busy with his textbooks the greater part of his time was given to 
assisting with the work of the farm and after reaching years of 
maturity he began operating land on his own account. He owned a 
homestead and also a tree claim and a preemption claim, his holdings 
totaling six hundred acres. In April, 1909, however, he abandoned 
agricultural pursuits and took up his residence in Kimball, where he 
entered the real-estate and insurance field, in which he has prospered 
He has sound business judgment and as he is energetic it is but natural 
that he should succeed. 

	On the 21st of March, 1894, Mr. Boyd married Miss Bessie Dickey. 
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have four children, Pearl, Leslie, Bernice and 
Dorothy. Mr. Boyd is a republican and in addition to holding a number 
of township offices while living in the country he is now serving as 
alderman of Kimball. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian 
church, of which he is a member He owns considerable land both in South 
Dakota and in Iowa and is also a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator of 
Kimball. He has gained a competence and is respected by his fellow 
citizens as an able business man and also as a gentleman whose word is 
his bond and whose courtesy is unfailing.