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John L. Boyd / Marceline La Flech
John L. Boyd / Marceline La Flech Dallas County, Texas
John L. Boyd, one of the most enterprising and successful business men
of Dallas, Texas, was born in Franklin county, New York, in 1848, and is
a son of Benjamin and Sophia (Guyette) Boyd. The parents were Canadians
by birth, and were devoted to agricultural pursuits. They reared a family of eight children, six of whom survive. John L. received his
education in the common schools, and at the age of fifteen and a half years he enlisted in the service of his country. March 31, 1864, he
joined Company H, Ninety-eighth New York Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Weed commanding. He met the regiment at City Point, Virginia, and from
that time he led a life of active service. He participated in the fight at Cold Harbor, where Colonel Weed was killed. He was in many other
noted engagements, and after the surrender took part in the grand review
at Washington, District of Columbia. At Petersburg he received a serious
wound, from which he was a long time in recovering. He returned to his home in Franklin county, New York, and remained there one year, and then
went to Springfield, Illinois, where he operated a sawmill until his removal to Dallas in 1876. Since coming to this city he has been engaged
in the manufacture of lumber, and has erected some of the finest buildings in the place. He employs from forty to sixty-five men, and
does a business of $80,000 a year, and has assisted very largely in the development of the business interests here, being senior member of the
firm of Boyd & Webster.
Mr Boyd was married to Marceline La Flech, a native of New York, in 1869. Seven children have been born to them: Louise was educated at
the Ursuline Convent; Barbara Ann is a pupil in the Convent at the present time; Cora Alice, Cicely Ellen, John Edwards, Irene and
Josephine. The family are all of the Roman Catholic faith, and belong to the Church of the Sacred Heart. Mr Boyd is a member of Dix Post,
G.A.R., of which he has been Commander. He attended the grand Encampment at Boston, and is now Assistant Quartermaster-General of
Texas. He has always voted the Republican ticket. He has not taken an active interest in political questions further than to exercise his
right of suffrage.
Source: Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas ... :
containing a history of this important section of the great state of
Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time ...
and biographical mention of many of its pioneers and also of prominent
citizens of today; published: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co., 1892. -
FHL US/CAN Film 1000602 Item 5
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