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George T. Boyd ~ Ada Tapley

Sutter Co., California

As the history of any country is written, we find that the men possessing clear foresight, and the wisdom to choose the right field of endeavor–the field for which they are by natural inclination, temperament, and personal gifts best fitted–and then to work that field with the best that is in them, are the men who succeed, and whose biographies are necessarily interwoven with the up building of their communities. Among these men of constructive enterprise in Sutter County must be mentioned George T. Boyd. A native of the county, born in Yuba City, July 10, 1884, he is the son of C. R. and Clarinda Bliss (Carpenter) Boyd, also born in Sutter County, and descendants of old pioneer stock.

George T. Boyd received his early education in the public schools of Yuba City; and after finishing at the Marysville High School he studied for two years at the University of California. In 1906, he became associated with the Farmers’ Cooperative Union of Sutter County, the firm also carrying on a commercial banking business where he held the position of cashier. On the organization of the First National Bank of Yuba City in 1912, Mr. Boyd became vice-president and cashier, as well as cashier and secretary of the Savings Bank of Sutter County, organized simultaneously with the First National Bank; and since then he has been active in carrying on the affairs of the two institutions, whose operations are an important factor in the business and agricultural life of the county., In addition to his banking activities, he was an organizer and is a director and treasurer of the California Canning Peach Growers. He is a director of the Yuba County Chamber of Commerce, director and secretary of the Sutter Holding Company, and director and treasurer of the Boyd Farms Company. Keenly interested in civic affairs, he was a member of the board of trustees when Yuba City was incorporated, and has always been in the vanguard of all projects organized or promoted for the advancement of the city and the further development of the county’s resources, being known alike for the breadth of his interests and for his disinterested devotion to worthy causes.

The marriage of Mr. Boyd, which occurred in Marysville on January 1, 1907, united him with Miss Ada Tapley, a native of Marysville, and a daughter of Dr. J. F. Tapley, a prominent physician of Marysville. Two children have blessed their union, Gordon Boyd and George Boyd. Prominent fraternally, Mr. Boyd is a member of Marysville Lodge, No. 783, B. P. O. E., and of the Woodmen of the World, and belongs to various branches of Masonry, being a member of Enterprise Lodge, No. 70, F. & A.M.; Washington Chapter, No. 13, R. A. M.; Marysville Commandery, No. 7, K.T.; and Marysville Pyramid, No. 23, A. E. O. Sciots; and a charter member of Ben Ali Temple, A. A.O. N. M. S., Sacramento. Formerly he was a member of Islam Temple in San Francisco.

Source: History of Yuba and Sutter counties, California : with biographical sketches by Peter J. Delay; Los Angeles : Historic Record Co., 1924. FHL Film 1000133

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