Frank Boyd ~ Mary P. Kirkbride

Frank Boyd, postmaster at Gold Hill, Boulder County, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1863, and is a son of James H. Boyd and Frances P. (Griffith) Boyd, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Columbus, Ohio. His father, who spent some years in Iowa, removed from there in 1869 to Chicago, where he engaged in the manufacture of coffins. In 1875 he came to Colorado and settled in Boulder, where he built the first smelter in the town. He continued to operate this mill until he retired from business, since which time he has resided in Denver. He and his wife are the parents of five children, namely: Ida Boyd, Mrs. Headley, of Denver; Lincoln Boyd, who is foreman of the Philadelphia smelter in Pueblo; Frank Boyd; Mrs. Dessa Boyd Newman, of Denver; and Mrs. Lillie Boyd Foster, also of Denver.

In the public schools of Chicago and Boulder the subject of this sketch obtained a fair education. For a time he was employed in his father's smelter, after which, in 1880, he went to Leadville and secured employment in the smelter there. Afterward he operated the Cash mine in the gold district, continuing to develop it for five years. In 1890 he bought out George Kirkbride, one of the oldest merchants in the district, and embarked in the general mercantile business which he has since conducted having in stock a full line of dry goods, groceries and hardware.

The marriage of Mr. Boyd, in Boulder, united him with Mary P. Kirkbride, who was born in England and came to Boulder in company with her father, George Kirkbride. They are the parents of two children, Bessie Boyd and Donovan Boyd. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Boyd is active in local affairs. He is chairman of the district Democratic central committee and a member of the county central committee. In 1896 he was appointed postmaster under President Cleveland and still holds the office. Fraternally he is connected with Gold Hill Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a charter member of Bimetal Lodge No. 44, I. O. O. F., in which he is a past officer.

Source: Portrait and biographical record of Denver and vicinity, Colorado: containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., 1898. - FHL Film 1000144 Item 3

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