CHIEF:  Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock

Richard G. Boyd

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A.D. Boyd / Bessie Dickey

IA to Kimball, S. Dakota

A.D. Boyd, a real-estate and insurance agent of Kimball, is a well known business man of that city. He is a native of Iowa, born in Iowa City on the 12th of September, 1865, a son of W.A. and H.V. BOYD. The year 1882 witnessed the arrival of the family in South Dakota and two years later the father bought land in Brule county and also took up a preemption claim in Douglas county. He farmed during the spring and summer and taught school in the winter, continuing to follow that occupation until he was seventy six years of age. He taught in all sixty-two years, as he began when but fourteen years old, a record which has been seldom equaled. He died on the 12th of January, 1913, rich in years and honor, and is survived by his widow.

A.D. Boyd acquired much of his education at home under the tuition of his father, but also attended the district schools. When not busy with his textbooks the greater part of his time was given to assisting with the work of the farm and after reaching years of maturity he began operating land on his own account. He owned a homestead and also a tree claim and a preemption claim, his holdings totaling six hundred acres. In April, 1909, however, he abandoned agricultural pursuits and took up his residence in Kimball, where he entered the real-estate and insurance field, in which he has prospered. He has sound business judgment and as he is energetic it is but natural that he should succeed.

On the 21st of March,1894, Mr. Boyd married MISS BESSIE DICKEY. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have four children, PEARL, LESLIE, BERNICE and DOROTHY. Mr. Boyd is a republican and in addition to holding a number of township offices while living in the country he is now serving as alderman of Kimball. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a member.  He owns consider- able land both in South Dakota and in Iowa and is also a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator of Kimball. He has gained a competence and is respected by his fellow citizens as an able business man and also as a gentleman whose word is his bond and whose courtesy is unfailing.

SOURCE: "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) pages 970-971

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