Samuel Boyd ~ Cornelia S. Bowen

Samuel Boyd, deceased, was for forty-six years a member of the Appleton bar, engaged in the practice of law in this city. A native of England, where he was born November 8, 1836. In early childhood his parents moved to the United States and he was reared in and proved himself a devoted and creditable citizen of his adopted country. At the age of sixteen years he entered Lawrence University, at Appleton, Wisconsin, and was graduated in 1859 with the degree of A.B. and later received the degree of A.M. from the same institution. He pursued his law studies at Albany, New York, and was graduated from a law school there in May, 1861, in the following month coming to Appleton which continued to be his home thereafter until the close of a busy and useful life. He was never an aggressive politician but was a hearty supporter of measures universally conceded to be for the public good, and for years was elected by his fellow citizens to positions of responsibility and trust. He served for fourteen years as city attorney of Appleton, and was also justice of the peace, county judge and court commissioner. He was one of the solid men of the Appleton bar and in his earlier years was distinguished for his wit and readiness before a jury and also in the social life and public entertainments for which Appleton has won some fame. It was considered a treat to hear him as a toastmaster or after dinner speaker, all the more so as his wit was never tinctured with malice but easy flowing and exactly to the point. He was enriched through life with the friendship of both the great and the ordinary person and there were no more sincere mourners at his tomb than those who, as neighbors, had mingled with him in the incomings and outgoings of daily life. In his profession he had high ideals and lived up to them, and in his daily walk and conversation were shown the sterling characteristics which made him the worthy man he was.

Judge Boyd was married September 15, 1864, at Rochester, New York, to Miss Cornelia S. Bowen, a native of Lyndonville, New York, and five children were born to them, the eldest daughter, Edna, dying in infancy; the second daughter, Bertha, is the wife of John King, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Florence Helen, the youngest daughter, married Curtis A. Bynum and lives at Fletcher, North Carolina; the two sons, Charles Boyd and Robert E. Boyd, reside with their mother at Appleton. Judge Boyd died March 9, 1907, and his funeral was conducted under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity, of which he had long been a member.

Source: History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin : including a history of the cities, towns and villages throughout the county, from the earliest settlement to the present time by Thomas H. Ryan; Chicago Illinois : Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911. FHL Film 928279

NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other
secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor
listed confirm the facts in original sources.

HOME

Try this Search Engine

Boyd Tavern Foundation

Boyd Trees Data Base

WORLD WIDE BOYDS

Australia
Brazil
Canada
England

France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Norway
New Zealand
Panama
Russia
South Africa
South America
Scotland
West Indies

NOTE TO RESEARCHERS

When you use this site, please keep in mind the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of checking those sources. Accept nothing without further checking. It is our hope that through this collection of data from many sources, you will find a piece of the puzzle that you are working on and that may lead you to other discoveries.

Boyd Trees has been updated. The new file includes 110,000 individuals and over

17, 000 Boyds.

Boyd Trees is a data base devoted to any family tree that includes the surname BOYD. Stop by and take a look at what we have: Link

Do not duplicate in any form without permission of Clan Boyd Society International.