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Robert
Boyd ~ (1) Celia Stone (2) Helen Pitcher
Cook
County, Illinois
BOYD, ROBERT
was born July 15, 1841, in Albany, N. Y., son of JESSE C.
and ELSIE (NOBLE) BOYD. His grandfather, JAMES BOYD, was a member
of the New York Legislature, and an ardent supporter of William L.
Marcy. The
Boyds were early settlers in the Mohawk Valley. Robert came West
with his parents in 1849. At the age of twenty he became a clerk in a
general store in Dixon, but after six months rejoined his brothers in
Chicago, later obtaining an interest in the firm of James Boyd &
Bros., bankers and brokers. James removed to New York in 1865,
when Robert and Charles L. continued as Boyd Brothers. In 1867,
with some others, Robert started in Aurora, Ill., a bank, which
afterward became its Second National, but sold out his interest after
about six months, and took the position of confidential clerk for a
large woolen house; and upon its
re-organization after the fire became a member under the style of Biddle
& Boyd. Early in 1877, as a result of the long-continued financial
pressure, that firm was dissolved: and, after being two years out of
business, in January,1879, Mr. Boyd became the manager of the Fidelity
Safe Deposit Company, of Chicago, where he has since remained. In 1864
he was married to Miss CELIA STONE, who died of consumption (TB) in
1869, leaving two children: ROBERT, JR., born in 1866, and WILLIAM born
in 1868. In 1874 he married Miss HELEN PITCHER, of Lewis County, N. Y.,
by whom he has had one child, ALEXANDER, in 1876. He moved to Hyde Park
in 1875. He joined the Masonic Order in 1863, and is a member of the
Apollo Commandery. He is a Republican in politics.
Source: page
546, Andreas, A. T. History of Cook County, Illinois: From the
Earliest Period to the Present Time, Chicago, IL: A. T. Andreas,1884
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