Robert M. Boyd ~ 1) Sebenia Cunningham  2) Mary A. Hoffman

Mower Co., MN

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Robert M. Boyd, a retired farmer living in Austin, was born in Janesville, Wis., August 3, 1846, son of Robert and Ellen (Bufton) Boyd, natives of Ireland.  Robert M. was reared on a farm, and remained in Rock county until 1877, when he came to Mower county and located in Austin township.  Later he went to Lyle township, and farmed there until 1895,  when he retired and moved to Austin.  He married for his first wife Sebenia Cunningham, daughter of Richard Cunningham.  She died July 20, 1900, leaving five living children: Mary Boyd; Robert A. Boyd; Ellen Boyd, wife of Joseph Redman; Ormanzo Boyd and Amrelia Boyd.  He was married the second time November 4, 1903, to Mary A. Hoffman, daughter of Jacob Fiezel and Mary Sarah Ott, his wife.  Robert M. Boyd served in the Civil war, enlisting in March, 1863, in Co. B, 37th Wis. Vol. Inf., and serving until the close of the war.

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

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