Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Boyd, James
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

James BOYD, farmer; P. O. Wilmington; was born in the Isle of Man Feb. 3, 1813, and is 
the son of James and Ann (NEEN) BOYD; his father was a tailor by trade, but was engaged 
in farming, Mr. BOYD was engaged in working on a farm owned by a Bishop of the Episcopal 
Church, and in May, 1851, with his wife, Ann KENNAUGH, born in the Isle of Man, in May, 
1813, emigrated to America and landed in New York City; thence to Fairport, Painesville 
and Cleveland, Ohio; in May, 1855, came to Illinois and settled in Lake Co.; here engaged 
in farming until 1859; then to Will Co., and settled on a farm owned by William TRAINOR; 
lived there one year; he then purchased forty acres of the present farm he now owns at 
$25 per acre; Mr. BOYD has made all the improvements on his farm, it being very wild when 
he first settled here; when he first came to America he was worth about $7; with hard 
labor, he is to-day one of the successful farmers of Custer Twp. Five children.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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