Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire
• Census: 1870, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire
• Census: 1885, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa
• Census: 1895, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa
• Census: 1900, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa

Notes:

The D.H. Boyd family migrated from Londonderry, New Hampshire, in the 1870’s, homesteading on a farm north of Ocheyedan. They had a family of eight, of whom Frank J. Boyd was the youngest. Frank farmed the family farm until 1918, when he sold it and bought the mortician and furniture business of William Marshall, and the family moved to town. He worked with the Waltons of Sibley and his son, Robert A. Boyd. An employee of the Waltons at that time, George Wick, recalled that the Waltons had Mr. Boyd furnish the automobile hearse for their funerals, and "Uncle Hugh" Walton did Mr. Boyd’s embalming in the back room of the old store on the east side of the street. As a 19-year-old greenhorn, George Wick sat through many a two- or three-hour session with Mr. Boyd and “Uncle Hugh”, "helping" with the process but mostly listening to Mr. Boyd recounting the early days-the 1800’s. Frank Boyd operated the business for 24 years, and in 1942, it was dissolved.
 Frank married Mary Van Cleve, and they had one son and three daughters. He was intensely interested in the Masonic Lodge and fishing. He died in July of 1943.
 Source: Ocheyedan Post Office Article: “D.H. Boyd, grandfather of Rose Boyd Bruns, succeeded Mr. Ireland as postmaster."

Daniel married Abigail McDUFFEE on 23 Jul 1849 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire. Abigail (daughter of James McDUFFEE and Hannah HAM) was born on 11 Oct 1829 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 20 Mar 1915 in Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa; was buried in Ocheyedan Cemetery, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles Robert BOYD was born on 22 Sep 1850 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 28 Apr 1935 in Denver, Colorado; was buried in Ocheyedan Cemetery, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa.
2. Emma Margret BOYD was born on 28 Dec 1852 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died on 23 Mar 1925 in Scotland, Ontario; was buried in Scotland Baptist Church Cemetery, Scotland, Ontario.
3. Lorenzo Barrows BOYD was born on 15 Mar 1855 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died in 1945 in Larned, Pawnee, Kansas; was buried in Larned Cemetery, Pawnee, Kansas.
4. Nellie Francis BOYD was born on 28 Jun 1857 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1879 in Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa; was buried in Ocheyedan Cemetery, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa.
5. Flora Abbie BOYD was born on 19 Oct 1862 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 15 Mar 1917 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Ocheyedan Cemetery, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa.
6. Luena Hannah BOYD was born on 5 Sep 1867 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 26 Jun 1949 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota.
7. Frank James BOYD was born on 10 Dec 1869 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 19 Jul 1943 in Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa; was buried in Ocheyedan Cemetery, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa.

Robert married Mary Lund TOWNS on 24 Dec 1812. Mary was born on 23 Apr 1791; died on 10 May 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]