Hugh W. A. Boyd ~ Margaret Longley

Hugh W. A. Boyd, farmer, P. O. Fostoria, born February 27, 1845 in Jackson Township, this county, is a son of David Boyd, a pioneer blacksmith of Jackson Township. Our subject received his education in the common schools of Jackson Township, was reared on a farm, and has been engaged in agriculture all his life. He married in 1869, Margaret Longley, a daughter of John Longley, and to this union were born Cora A. Boyd, Ella R. Boyd, Kittie M. Boyd, Anna M. Boyd, and Perry O. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican. He has held the office of school director, and for fifteen years has held continuously one of the following offices: trustee, township clerk, assessor and justice of the peace.

He enlisted in 1863 in Company C, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served six months, then re-enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry (100 days men), then re-enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war; he was a non-commissioned officer. Mr. Boyd is a member of the G. A. R. As a farmer he has been successful, and is the owner of a good farm on which he has a fine residence.

Source: History of Seneca County, from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 : embracing many personal sketches of pioneers, anecdotes, and faithful descriptions of events pertaining to the organization of the county and its progress by W. Lang; Includes index. Microfilm of original published: Springfield, Ohio : Transcript Printing, 1880. - FHL Film 1000340 Item 2

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