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William Boyd
William Boyd, deceased, was a native of Kentucky, born in 1791, and came to Indiana with his parents in 1811. He was married in this county to Polly Owens, who died five years later. In 1824 he was married to Mrs. Ruth Young, daughter of William and Martha Martindale, who was born in Spartanburg District, S. C., Oct. 2, 1793. They had a family of three children — Mary A., Nancy and William M., and Mrs. Boyd had one child by her former marriage — Martha Young. Mr. William Boyd was an industrious, hard-working man. He had a fine farm, which he cleared and improved, it being all wild land when he bought it. He was a faithful soldier in the war of 1812, and his widow receives a pension for his services. Politically he was a Republican. He was at the time of his death a member of the Christian church. He died in 1846. Mrs. Boyd's parents removed to Ohio when she was a little girl, and later to Wayne County, Ind. Her father was noted for his vigor and spryness, and lived to be 100 years old. She is his youngest and only living child.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2