Emanuel Boyer

BOYER, SHANKS

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 10/20/2010 at 15:35:13

Boyer, Emanuel was born in York county, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1844, and remained in that county until thirteen years of age, when with his parents he moved to Lima, Indiana. Here he made his home until 1881. The greater part of the time that he resided in Indiana he was engaged in farming. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. E, Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served one year. In 1881 he came to Spencer and located. He is a Democrat in politics, and has held the position of chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee, is a member of the City Council, and a member of the township board of trustees. He was married in 1865 to Miss Margaret Shanks. They have two children, Edward and Charles.

Source: A History of Clay County, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889.