R. A. Boyd ~ Mabel Mannering

Mower Co., MN

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R. A. Boyd, the popular local agent for the Standard Oil Company at Austin, was born in Wisconsin, March 4, 1874, son of Robert M. Boyd, also of Austin.  R. A. Boyd was brought to Mower county when two years of age and was reared on a farm, remaining at home until 1902, when he came to Austin, and engaged in the draying business.  In 1905 he commenced work for the Standard Oil Company, and thirteen months of this service so demonstrated his fitness and ability that he was given charge of the local district, consisting of Austin, Adams, Lyle, Rose Creek, Elkton, Dexter, Renova, Brownsdale, Waltham, Lansing, Corning, Oakland, Moscow and London, in which position he has since remained, dealing in all kinds of illuminating oil, machine oil, naphtha, turpentine and gasoline, and keeping three teams on the road all the while.  Mr. Boyd served three years in Co. G, Second Regiment, M. N. G., and at one time was appointed a member of the school board in Lyle township to fill a vacancy. He is a member of the M. W. A. and the F. O. E.  The subject of this sketch was married March 30, 1896, to Mabel Mannering, and to this union have been born two daughters, Mildred Boyd, born November 16, 1900, and Hazel Boyd, born June 18, 1903.  The family faith is that of the Baptist church.

Source: The History of Mower County, Minnesota by Franklyn Curtiss -Wedge; Chicago [Illinois] : H. C. Cooper, 1911. FHL Film 1000260

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