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Archie R. Boyd ~ Ella Holdridge

Lenawee County, Michigan

Archie R. Boyd is one of Michigan's most promising young farmers and stock-raisers.  He is an active, thrifty and practical young man, bringing a well-trained intellect to bear on the great agricultural problem of the day, how to till the earth so as to produce the best results without impoverishing the soil.

Our subject was born in Raisin Township, this county, Aug. 10, 1858, in the home that his father had built when the town was in its infancy.  He was carefully reared under the parental roof receiving the advantages of the fine educational system of his native State, and finished by attending the Raisin Valley Seminary, and afterward Adrian College.  After leaving the latter institution he worked at home on the farm until his father's death.  He now owns the old homestead, which contains some 240 acres of fine arable land, on section 15, and keeps the farm up to the same high state of cultivation to which his father had brought it.

Mr. Boyd was married in this township at the residence of the bride's parents, Jan. 1, 1882, to Miss Ella Holdridge, the daughter of Horace and Adeline (Hollaway) Holdridge, a history of whom appears in the Album.  The bride was born in Raisin Township, Sept. 5, 1863, and here received a part of her education, which was completed by a course in the Tecumseh schools.  She is an active and influential member of the Presbyterian Church, and a good, consistent Christian woman.  Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are the parents of two children: Lawrence and Carroll, both bright and interesting little ones, who are the pride of their father and mother.

Mr. Boyd is earnestly interested in the political questions of the day, and holding the same views that his father did concerning the great principles that underlie the Government of this country, supports the tenets of the Democratic party.  Although a young man, he merits and retains the respect and esteem of the entire community, who regard him as one of their best farmers and most upright and honorable citizens.

Source: Portrait and biographical album of Lenawee County, Mich. : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of        prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents of the United States. Includes index; Chicago : Chapman Bros., 1888. -  FHL Film 1000242 Item 1

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