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William
H. Boyd ~ Anna Maud Judkins
Cuyahoga
Co; OH
William Howard. Boyd.
That the Cleveland bar contains some of the ablest and
brightest minds of the legal profession in America is a statement
requiring no special proof. Among so many who have justly earned
the laurels of the profession, individual distinctions are mainly based
upon special lines of service within the profession. During the
twenty-five years he has practiced at Cleveland, William H. Boyd has
come to rank among the leaders of the bar and in the opinion of men well
qualified to judge he ranks with hardly a superior as a trial lawyer
between New York and Chicago. It was the possession of thorough natural
talent and hard working industry that brought Mr. Boyd to his present
place rather than influential connections and bestowed advantages during
his youth. He is a native of Southern Ohio, having been born at Fairview in Guernsey
County, August 11,1864. He is a son of GEORGE W. BOYD and MARY A. BOYD.
He grew up in a rural community, attended district schools and also the
public schools of Fairview. Like many professional men he did his
time as a teacher. He taught school four years. In 1888 he
began the study of law under private instruction at Clairsville, Ohio.
He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1890 and the same year located at
Cleveland. Mr Boyd is a member of the well known law firm of
Westenhaver, Boyd & Brooks, with offices in the Garfield Building.
Though he came to Cleveland a comparative stranger, Mr Boyd soon found
himself and after a few preliminary experiences became recognized as one
of the most resourceful advocates before a jury among the younger generation. He possesses
exceptional powers as an orator both in court and in the public forum,
and these qualities, combined with a broad knowledge of the law, has
given him his numerous important relations with the legal profession of
Northern Ohio. By dint of long practice he has acquired the power
of swiftly formulating his arguments and is at the same time one of the
most concise and powerful pleaders before a court of jury. With
him his professional work has always been supreme, and lacking the time
to give to outside interests he has always declined to become a director or officer in any corporation and his public record has also
been brief. While living in Southern Ohio he was clerk of the
Village and Township of Flushing during 1888-89. In 1897-98 he
served as assistant director of law of Cleveland. In July and
August,1891, he was acting police prosecutor in Cleveland during the
absence of Mr Fielder, the regular prosecutor. In politics he is a
republican and has given invaluable service to his party as an exemplar
of fairness and honesty. In 1905 he was republican candidate for mayor
of Cleveland against the late Tom L. Johnson.
On September 7,1892, he married MISS ANNA MAUD JUDKINS, of Flushing,
Ohio. Mrs Boyd died at Cleveland September 23,1908. Their daughter
MILDRED A. BOYD died January 22, 1911. There is one surviving daughter,
MARY G. BOYD. Mr Boyd is a member of the Euclid Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church and belongs to the Cleveland Athletic Club, the
Tippecanoe Club, the Western Reserve club, and is a Mason and Knight of
Pythias.
Source: BOYD, William H.
(b. August 11, 1864) from Cleveland - Special Limited Edition, The Lewis
Publishing Company, Chicago & New York,1918
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