O. W. Boyd

BOYD, CAREY

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/15/2004 at 21:08:54

O. W. Boyd, Winterset; dealer in groceries, queensware, etc.; born in Franklin county, Vermont, in 1832; his parents emigrated to Kentucky when he was very young, where he was raised; at the outbreak of the rebellion, he enlisted in the 22nd Kentucky Inf.; in 1863 he removed to Tazuree county, Illinois, and remained there until 1865, and then removed to Muscatine, Iowa, and was engaged as a commercial traveler in selling groceries; he came to this city in 1874 and engaged in his present business; he married Mrs. Venia Carey in 1873; has one child: Laura; Mrs. Boyd has one daughter by a previous marriage: Alice Carey.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 529