John BOYD  

     B 24 JUN 1838 in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio 
    
     D 1909 in LaGrange Co., Indiana  
         
     M 2 March, 1865, Albion, Noble o., Indiana 
       To -  
       Amanda LANDIS 
     B 15 SEP 1846 in Eden Twp., LaGrange Co.,In.          D 1931 LaGrange County, In.
       
       both John and Amanda are buried at the Bethel
       Cemetery in LaGrange County, Clay Township             

     Children
     Estella (Della) BOYD b: ABT. 1866 in Indiana
     Alma BOYD b: ABT. 1868 in Indiana
     Dayton BOYD - Spanish American War Veteran
                 b: 1871 in Indiana 
                 d: 1923 LaGrange, In. bur. Bethel 
     Canton BOYD b: 30 DEC 1873 in Indiana
                 d: Sept 11, 1896 bur. Bethel Cem.  
     Anna E. BOYD b: 1876 in Indiana
                  D: 1912 bur at Bethel Cem. 
     Clarence BOYD b: JUL 1879 in Indiana
     Bessie E. BOYD b: 6 AUG 1881
                    d: 1916 bur at Bethel Cemetery
     Loren M. BOYD b: 1886 d: 1916 bur. Bethel Cem.

Jan  1842  Moved to Noble Co., In.
Oct  1854  Moved to Clay twp., LaGrange Co., In.
1858-1862  John worked on a salary
Aug  1862  John enlisted in the Army, Co. B.                     88 Indiana Volunteers Infantry.
           In the battle of Perryville, Ky
           Discharged for disability.
1865-1867  He farmed in Noble Co., In
           Came to Clay twp. where he farmed for two
           years.
1867-1875  Also worked at carpenter trade.
1875-1880  He took a contract of improving
           700 acres of land in NE part of 
           Clay Twp. known as "Hobbs Marsh".
1880-      Returned to farm in Clay twp.
Spring     Moved to LaGrange on North Canal Street
           where they lived the latter years of
           their lives.  He did carpenter work for
           some years and then retired.
           John and Amanda were members of the Lupold
           German Baptist Church (Dunkard)
           Amanda remained in the home after her 
           husbands death and tenderly cared for her
           several children who came home ill and
           died there.
           Amanda was of a kind and sweet disposition
           interested in people and their whereabouts
           She kept in touch and visited relatives               and friends. Even with all the sickness 
           and deaths in her family, she always wore
           a smile and kept up her cheerfulness to
           the end.   She once remarked that she
           did not believe in inflicting her troubles
           on others but did her grieving by herself.


"HOBBS MARSH"

From "LaGrange and Noble County History"
Volume in Public Library, LaGrange, In

This was a large marsh in Clay twp. and one of the 
most extensive of huge deposits of muck and decaying
vegetable matter.

While ditching in this marsh, Mr. John Boyd discovered the preserved skull of a mastodon but other portions had disappeared. The bones were found about 3 feet beneath the surface.  He was offered as much as $75.00 for them but refused to sell and exhibited them at Ligoneer, and LaGrange and other places in Indiana.  He finally sold them for a small
amount.


John's biography appeared in the LaGrange County history:

JOHN BOYD, son of James and Catherine (Engel) Boyd, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 24, 1838. His parents were natives of Somerset County, Penn. 

The subject, from the time he was twenty, worked on a salary until in August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was in the battle at Perryville, Ky.,and served with his regiment until discharged for disability. 

After his marriage, March 2, 1865, at Albion, he farmed two years in Noble County, then came to where he is now living, in this township. He farmed two years, then worked at carpentering until 1875, when he took a contract of improving 700 acres of land in the northeast part of the township, returning to his farm in the spring of 1880. 

Mr. Boyd is one of the inventors of a patent buggy-top adjuster, and also invented a patent hay rack. 

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are members of the German Baptist Church, and parents of seven children, viz., Estella, Alma, Dayton, Canton, Ann E., Clarence and Bessie E. 

Mrs. Amanda Boyd is the daughter of Michael and Mary (Colt) Landis, natives of Ohio, and parents of three children. She was born in Eden Township, this county, on the 15th of September, 1846.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township


[In Frances' notes it states that he also invented an
ironing board.]







CHILDREN OF JOHN BOYD

AND AMANDA LANDIS











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