Alexander Boyd ~ Jane Warden

Wadena Co., MN

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Alexander Boyd, one of the well-to-do and energetic agriculturists of Wadena county, has a pleasant home in section 30 of Thomastown township. He is a man of good education and active public spirit, and has a host of friends in the community where he ha spent over twenty years of his life. His accumulations are the result of his own efforts and his high station and good name are well merited. Mr. Boyd was born in Wisconsin August 21, 1855, and was a son of John and Jane Boyd, both of whom were born in Scotland. The family made their home in Wisconsin for many years, and our subject was reared there and gained his education in the common schools of his native place. He assisted his father on the home farm and continued his studies until he was twenty years of age, and received a good practical training in the calling of an agriculturist. About a year after he attained his majority he decided to establish a home for himself in Minnesota and he accordingly made his way to Wadena county and located in Thomastown township, taking land as a homestead in section 30. He built a log house and a log barn and soon began the improvement of his farm, but being a young man of limited means, he was not able to make very material progress with the work for some time. His determination and perseverance, however, have brought just reward and he is now proprietor of one of the highly cultivated tracts of that locality and owns three hundred and sixty acres of which he crops two hundred acres. He has a good supply of timber and extensive pasture land, and engages successfully in diversified farming, giving particular attention to stock raising. He keeps particular attention to stock raising. He keeps about five horses, twenty or more head of cattle, one hundred sheep and a dozen or more hogs, and for the work of his farm supplies good machinery and all that is necessary for the economical operation of the place. He has a good well on the farm, equipped with windmill, and his buildings are substantial and furnish ample shelter for stock and products. His residence is one of the best in the township and was erected at a cost of twelve hundred dollars. It is surrounded by a grove and is a pleasant and quiet retreat from the labors which have ever been the lot of Mr. Boyd. He has met with good results in all his operations, and now lives in plenty and contentment.

Our subject was married in 1882 to Jane Warden. Mrs. Boyd was born in Wisconsin October 17, 1865. Four children complete the family circle and they bear the following names: Violata Boyd, Mabel Boyd, Lillian Boyd and Ethel Boyd.

Mr. Boyd and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are highly esteemed in Thomastown township and vicinity. Mr. Boyd is a man of broad mind and has served his township in various offices of trust, gaining the confidence of all. He was supervisor of Thomastown township for some time and school treasurer for twenty years. He is a Republican politically but does not take an active part in party matters, lending his influence at all times for the best local government.

Source: Compendium of history and biography of central and northern Minnesota : containing a history of the state of Minnesota also a compendium of biography of central and northern Minnesota; Chicago [Illinois] : George A. Ogle, 1904. FHL Film 1036200

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