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Dr. William
Swan Boyd ~ Catherine Winegardner
Benton County, Iowa
William S. BOYD, M.D. – A little more than twenty one years ago the subject of
this sketch, Dr. W. S. Boyd, then a young, well read and enthusiastic
physician, came to Vinton and tendered his services as a medical man to
the citizens of that community. He had at that time been practicing his
chosen profession nearly five years, being a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he was born June 20, 1814. Being raised on
a farm in a sparsely settled portion of the state, his early advantages for receiving an education were none of the best, his instructions being
limited to the commoner English branches. At twenty he entered the Washington Academy, and remained two years, making the best possible of
the time and opportunities thus afforded him. He studied medicine for three years and six months with Dr Thomas Brinker at
Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania, and then attended three courses of lectures at the Cleveland (Ohio) Medical School, graduating in the
Spring of 1849. He then opened an office and commenced the medical practice at West Salem, Wayne County, Ohio, where he
re- mained until the Fall of 1854 when he located at Vinton, Iowa, and was the first
regularly educated physician that settled in Benton County. Since his
residence in Iowa he has had a large and extensive practice, meeting with uniformly good success, and doing a large amount of charity work.
He has performed many difficult surgical operations, which entitle him to the reputation he has well earned, of being a bold, skillful and
successful operator.
Dr Boyd has been married three times, his first wife (see below) living only about one month after they were married. He has four children living, his
oldest son being married and practicing medicine in Clinton County, Iowa, where he is gaining quite a reputation in his profession.
Source: A. T. Andreas' illustrated historical atlas of the state of Iowa,
published: Chicago : Lakeside Press, 1875 - includes biographical sketches -- History of the State of Iowa / by W. W. Clayton -- List of
post offices in the United States -- County histories -- 1875 census of Iowa (statistical only) -- Patrons of the state atlas -- Business
directory of the patrons. Includes index.
FHL US/CAN Film 980875 Item 1
William Swan Boyd / Catherine Winegardner, Benton Co; Iowa
W. S. Boyd Dr., physician and surgeon; born in Westmoreland Co., Penn.,
June 20, 1814; lived in Pennsylvania 30 years, and received his education; studied medicine and graduated at Cleveland in 1849; he practiced his profession in Ohio until 1854, when he came to Vinton, and has practiced his profession here for twenty-three years, a longer time than any physician in Benton Co. Married Catherine Winegardner in Ohio, in March, 1853; she was from Pennsylvania; they have four children-John R., Rachel A., Willoughby W. and Cornelia S.; they have lost three children.
Source: The History of Benton County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, a biographical directory, war record of its volunteers, history of Iowa;
Chicago: Western Historical Company 1878- FHL US/CAN Film 934930
WILLIAM SWAN BOYD
I have some loose Bible pages for William
Swan BOYD, born 20 June 1804.
Listed are his marriages: (1) Mary Jane SLOAN, 30 Jan 1839; (2)Eliza
CAROTHERS, 5 August 1840; and (3) Catharine WINEGARDNER, 27 March 1853;
his children, some baptisms, and deaths. I also have newspaper
clippings. One is his obituary with some handwritten notes about his
birthplace and date of immigration. These were in The United States
Biographical Dictionary ---Iowa 1878, which contains his biography
(below). I would love to see these reunited with a descendant, and maybe
knock down a brick wall. I wish I could find a treasure like this to
make a dent in my
brick wall. Delores Christensen, in Oregon.
deenbob "at" involved.com
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