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Abiram Boyd
Abiram Boyd was born on a farm near Jacksonburg, Wayne Co., Ind., April 28, 1820, the youngest son of James and Margaret (Mitchell) Boyd, the latter having died in 1822. His father was one of the first settlers of Wayne County. He was married a second time to Hester Ruby, who died in 1871. To them were born six children, of whom five survive. He had by his first wife four children, all still living. James Boyd died in 1862.
Abiram Boyd has followed farming the greater part of his life, residing in the township where he was born until 1876. He then came to Cambridge City, having previously connected himself with the First National Bank of that place, being a Director and for a while President of the bank. In 1882, in connection with John K. Smith, Lewis T. Bond and James A. Boyd, established the Western Wayne Bank, of Cambridge City, of which our subject is President. He was married in 1840 to Nancy, daughter of Emsley Hoover. They have three children — Martha C., wife of John K. Smith; Melissa J., wife of Lewis T. Bond, a Director of the bank, and James A., also a Director of the bank, but residing on a farm near East Germantown. Nancy Boyd died in 1874: while on a visit in New York State.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2