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Hon. C. G. Boyd
~ Fannie L. Thuma
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hon. C. G. Boyd, one of the leading citizens and substantial farmers of
Penn township, has been prominent in business and political life for an
extended period.
The Boyd family is of Irish origin, John Boyd, the father of C. G. being the first of this branch of the family to locate in Pennsylvania.
John Boyd came from Ireland in 1810 and settled in Berks county, Pa., where he became manager of the Gibraltar Iron Works, moving to Lancaster
county to take charge of the Mt. Hope Iron Works, and remaining in the employ of the owners, the Grubbs, for a period of fourteen years. Then
he bought a farm near Mt. Hope, in Penn township, and gave his exclusive
attention to farming until his death, in 1860. He married Catherine Likens, and they had a family of ten children: William (deceased) was
the efficient manager of the Mt. Hope Iron Works for some years; John (deceased) was a merchant in Middletown, Pa.; Mary died unmarried; James
(deceased) was a farmer of Penn township; Anna Jane was the wife of John
A. Beam; Edward and Harriet were twins; Elizabeth is the widow of Eli Lichtenberger; C. G. is the subject of this article; H. C. is a merchant
of Manheim, Pennsylvania.
C. G. Boyd was born in Mt. Hope July 28, 1836, and until the age of eighteen years grew up on the farm, busy with the duties pertaining to
agricultural life, and attending the public schools. Later he attended the State Normal School, at Millersville, in 1855. Mr. Boyd was by nature
intended to adorn public life, for very early he displayed that quickness in learning, that easy
under- standing, that love of study,
which have contributed in no small measure to his continued success. Beginning his public career as a teacher, he continued in that line in
Lancaster county for three years, having charge at different times of schools in both Penn and Rapho townships. Then for five years he was
employed in the store of John Shaffer, at Elstonville, but tiring of this confinement he bought a farm near White Oak, to which he retired for ten years. In 1872 he purchased the farm on which he now resides, at
Fairland, and where he has since enjoyed a comfortable home. Mr. Boyd was
also a competent scrivener.
Mr. Boyd has always been an ardent Republican, and has efficiently filled
many of the township and county offices, serving from 1864 to 1877 as
assessor of Penn township; and for seventeen years after 1859 as collector of the township. So well did he perform the duties of the
offices committed to his care that in 1890 his fellow citizens elected him as the representative of the Northern District in the State
Legislature, and during his term of office he came fully up to their expectations. In 1894 he was elected prison inspector, and has held that
responsible position until the present time, having been re-elected in 1897.
Mr. Boyd was united in marriage with Miss Fannie L. Thuma, and to this union has been born a family of eight children. Alfred T., at home;
Benjamin T., of Denver, Colo.; A. Lincoln, of Oklahoma; Lizzie T., wife of A. G. Shelley; Jacob, a resident of Manheim; Clement T., a farmer of
Penn township; Katie T., at home; and Dora T., wife of Harry B. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are both members of the Lutheran Church of Manheim, and Mr. Boyd is one of the trustees in the same, being also one of the most
liberal of its supporters. He was one of the organizers of the Lititz Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Co., was one of the first directors
of the company, serving as such for three years and was then elected president of same, which position he has filled since 1892. He was also
one of the organizers of the Penn Township Mutual Fire Insurance Association. One of Lancaster county's most respected citizens, his
public career has reflected honor upon the location of his birth as well
as upon the honorable family from which he originated. Mr. Boyd is a man of pleasing personality and great ability, and, being still in the prime
of life, may again become a standard bearer in the ranks of his party.
Source: Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania:
containing
biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative
citizens and many of the early settlers; Chicago : J. H. Beers, 1903
FHL US/CAN Film 908995 Items 1-2
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