Dr. E. A. Boyer

BOYER, WILEY, BARNES, YOUNG, SCOTT

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 1/9/2002 at 18:32:08

BOYER, DR. E. A., Sec. 28; P. O. Tracy; was born in Uniontown, Frederick county, Maryland (what is now Carroll county), in 1816; he made his home there until he was eighteen years of age; from eighteen until he was twenty-one years of age he traveled more or less; he then went to Noble county, Indiana, but remained there only a short time; in 1840 the doctor came to Iowa, and located in Van Buren county; he came to this county in April, 1843, and removed his family here the following May, and still lives within one-quarter mile from where he first settled; he owns 1,500 acres of land in this county; owns a general store at Tracy, and a drygoods store in Oskaloosa, under the firm name of Boyer & Barnes; he married Miss Mary Wiley, of Windsor county, Vermont, in 1840; they have eight children, named Mary, (now Mrs. J. R. Barnes,) William E., Richard M., Frank D., Ella (now Mrs. Dr. E. B. Young) E. A. Jr., Frances H. and Thomas; lost one daughter, Annie E., (wife of Dr. David E. Scott,) of Oskaloosa.

Source: History of Mahaska County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1878.
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