Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Boyer, Charles E
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Charles E. BOYER, contractor Lockport. Mr. BOYER was born June 5, 1813, in Reading, Penn.; 
in 1837, he came West, and located in Chicago, engaging at once in mercantile life; in 1839, 
he came to Lockport and commenced business in connection with Messrs. Ayers & Iliff, under 
the firm name of Ayers, Iliff & Co.; he soon withdrew from the firm, and took a contract 
on the I. & M. Canal; in the Fall of 1844, he went to Galva, and engaged in a similar work; 
in 1850, he went to California and remained two years; during his stay, he took a contract 
on the Bear River Canal, and later on the levee at Sacramento City; returning to Lockport in 
the summer of 1852, he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the I. & M. Canal, and had 
charge of the Eastern Division ; this position he held some ten or twelve years; the last 
years of his life were devoted mostly to dealing in real estate ; the Jacksonville Division 
of the A. & St. Louis R. R., extending from Bloomington to Jacksonville, was built under his 
immediate supervision. He was married April 14, 1840, to Elizabeth RUNYON, a native of Ohio; 
has had five children, three living - Erurna B., Julius A. and Florence G.  Owns 263 acres. 
Mr. BOYER was a stanch Democrat, though be took but little active interest in politics. He was 
chosen a member of the Legislature in 1863, and at the time of his decease, which occurred 
Sept. 21, 1868, he was a candidate for a seat in the State Senate. His accomplished wife and 
family reside in one of the most eligible properties in the city.


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

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