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CHIEF: Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock |
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CHIEF: Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock |
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Thomas Alexander Boyd Adams County, Pa to Illinois THOMAS ALEXANDER BOYD, a Representative from Illinois; born near Bedford, Adams County, Pa., June 25, 1830; attended the public schools; was graduated from Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa., in 1848; studied law in Chambersburg, Pa.; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [p.877] Bedford, Pa.; moved to Lewistown, Ill., in 1856 and engaged in the practice of law until 1861; during the Civil War enlisted in the Seventeenth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, in 1861 and obtained the commission of captain; member of the State senate in 1866 and was reelected in 1870;elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,1881); was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1880; resumed the practice of law; died in Lewistown, Fulton County, Ill., May 28, 1897; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Source: page 877.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949:
The Continental Congress September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The
Congress of the United States From the First to the Eightieth Congress
March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949, Inclusive, Washington, DC: United
States Government Printing Office. NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.
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