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Portrait and biographical album of Mecosta County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent
and representative citizens of the county, together with
portraits and biographies of all the governors of Michigan
and of the presidents of the United States: also containing a
complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement
to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1883

Judith Anne Weeks Ancell
April 6, 2011
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Page 182
BOYD, Byron H.
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Byron H. Boyd, farmer, sec. 33, Deerfield Tp., was born in Allegheny
Co., Pa.,  April 28, 1835.  He is a third child of John and Caroline
(Bathah) Boyd, both natives of New York.  His father was a lumberman
and farmer, and in 1849 went t o Tioga Co., Penn., where he followed
the same pursuits.  He died in Andover, Allegheny Co., the mother died
July 13, 1855, in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Boyd was 14 years of age when he went to the Keystone State with
his parents, and with whom he remained until he was 22 years old.  His
first labor on his own account was as a day hand in a saw-mill, and
again at Williamsport in the same capacity.  N 1865 he was engaged in
reconstructing bridges in the town which were washed out by the flood
of that year.  In 1866 he came to Deerfield and bought 80 acres of
land on sec. 33, where he proceeded to clear the forest preparatory to
establishing a home.  He obtained the land for $3.00 per acre, the
best timber being reserved.  Mr. Boyd has added to his original tract
by purchase until he now owns 160 acres on the same section, 80 acres
(about 37 of which is swamp land) on sec. 29 and 240 on sec. 22.  The
swamp land is well stocked with hemlock, cedar, and black ash timber.

Mr. Boyd was married July 13, 1855, to Hannah A. Dickens, daughter of
Alva and Minerva (Campbell) Dickens, born Dec. 29, 1836, in Tioga Co.,
Penn. The father of Mrs. Boyd was born in Rhode Island, the mother in
Pennsylvania.  The former died in April 1863; the latter May 18, 1883.
Seven of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are living: James C.,
Robert P., Addie V., Fred C., Alma M., Emma J., and Francis H.  Anna
Belle is deceased.

Mr. Boyd is active in the interests of the Republican party and was a
member of the State Republican Convention in 1881.  He has held all
the important township offices.  In religion he is a liberalist.

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