J. P. Boyd, M. D.

J. P. Boyd, M. D., of Santa Ana, was born in Buchanan, Virginia in 1854, received his literary education at private schools, taught a few terms, and in 1879 graduated at the University of the City of New York. He practiced his profession in Bedford County, Virginia until 1883 when he returned to Buchanan and practiced as surgeon of the Richmond & Alleghany railroad, until 1888, and then he came to Santa Ana. He has given his whole attention to his profession, and is therefore recognized as an honorable and scholarly representative of the medical fraternity. At the present time he is Secretary of the Orange County Medical Association.

Source: An Illustrated history of southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of their prospects, also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day; Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1890. FHL Film 468743 Item 2

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