Isaac D. Boyd ~ Ida L. Russell

Winona Co., MN

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Isaac D. Boyd, a retired farmer of St. Charles, was born in Addison, Steuben County, N. Y.,  November 27, 1842,  son of William and Mary Jane (Eaton) Boyd. He was brought to St. Charles township as a boy, and after finishing his education took up farming.  In March, 1865, he enlisted in Company H, First Minnesota Battalion, and served until the close of the war. After his return he devoted his life to farming on the old homestead until 1908  when he retired and took up his residence in the village. Isaac D. Boyd was married January 7, 1874, to Ida L. Russell, born March 13, 1852, in New Hampshire, daughter of William K. and Martha C. Russell. This union has been blessed with five children: George H. Boyd, who died in 1894 at the age of sixteen; Emily Boyd, now Mrs. Charles A. Crist, of Montana; Robert R. Boyd, of Globe, Ariz., Jay Clinton Boyd, of Idaho; and Ida May Boyd at home.

Source: The history of Winona County, Minnesota by Franklyn Curtiss -Wedge and William Jay Whipple; Chicago [Illinois] : H. C. Cooper, 1913. FHL Film 1036194 

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