HISTORY OF EARLY CHICAGO, MODERN
CHICAGO AND
ITS SETTLEMENT EARLY CHICAGO,
AND THE NORTHWEST.
Cook County, Illinois History
page 361 - FIRST WARD
BOYD, John
page 425 - COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
The Chicago Medical College
was organized in March, 1859, under the
auspices of the trustees and
charter of the Lind Observatory, becoming a
department of the Lind University.
In the spring of 1864 it separated
itself from the University,
and adopted the name of the" Chicago Medical
College." Five years later,
by agreement between its trustees and those
of the Northwestern University,
it became the medical department of the
latter institution. In 1870
its splendid building on the corner of
Prairie Avenue and Twenty-Sixth
Street was erected. Following is the
first college faculty under
the new management:
H.W.BOYD, M.D.
page 490 - SETTLEMENT
In 1836 JOHN BOYD settled
at, what is now Canfield.
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BOYD, ROBERT DEMPSEY, physician,
was born April 28,1847, in Uniontown,
Penn., of JOSEPH and ELVIRA
(MCMILLAIN) BOYD. The family moved to
La Salle County, Ill., in
1854, where the elder Boyd still resides, and
where Mrs. Boyd died in 1878.
Having received an academic education, R.
D.Boyd removed to Chicago
in 1869, where he commenced business as a
druggist. In 1875 he began
to study medicine in Rush Medical College,
where he graduated in the
class of 1878. He then sold out his store and
entered on the active practice
of his profession. After nearly four
years' resilience in Albany,
Ill., Dr. Boyd returned to Chicago in 1881,
and located in Hyde Park,
where he still remains, and where he has
succeeded in building up a
lucrative practice. In 1873 Dr. Boyd was
married to MARY ARRELL, of
Monongahela City. who died in 1880, leaving
one child, RALPH BOYD, born
in 1875. Dr. Boyd is a member of the
Presbyterian Chuch.
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VELIE, JACOB W., secretary
and curator of the Chicago Academy of Science,
was born in 1829 in Montgomery
County, New York; son of Philip J. and
Betsey (Wilbur) Velie. Grandfather
Velie was born in Holland, and, after
his arrival in the United
States, married CATHERINE BOYD,
a native of the State of New
York, and of Gaelic ancestry.
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No. 1,046, American Legion
of Honor, was instituted November 16, 1882,
with a charter list of twenty-three
members, as follows: Mrs.MELVINA F.
BOYD, William S. Gee, William
Everett, Otis S.Favor, George H. Leonard,
ROBERT BOYD, Charles H. Arms,
George Willard, George H Waite,Wilhelm
Bodemann, Elisha C. Ware,
Edward S. Hunt, James Stephen, Mrs. Mary F.
Donahoe, Joho A. Pettigrew,
Andrew McAdams, John L. Bennett, Charles L.
Norton, Leslie Lewis, Charles
A. Dewey, Lucius W. Parsons, CHARLES L.
BOYD, George H. Chapman and
JAMES BOYD. The ceremony of institution was
performed by Deputy Grand
Commander CHARLES L.BOYD. The officers for
1883 are:William S. Gee, commander;
Otis S. Favor, vice commander;
CHARLES L. BOYD, past commander;George
Willard, orator; Lucius W.
Parsons, secretary; Charles
L. Norton, collector; John L.
Bennett,treasurer; William
Everett, chaplain; JAMES BOYD, guide; James
Stephen, warden; George H.Waite,sentry.
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ROYAL ARCANUM.-- Hyde Park
Council, No. 582, Royal Arcanum, was
instituted April 21, 1881,with
twenty charter members. The officers were
Otis S.Favor,R.; Dr.W.H.D.Lewis,
P.R.; C.L.BOYD ,V.R.; George H.
Leonard, orator; Walter D.Crosman,
secretary; Charles L.Norton,
collector; G.E. Harris, treasurer;
J.Kearney Rogers, guide; Abner T.
Hinckley,chaplain.
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The MENDELSSOHN CLUB of Hyde
Park was organized in October,
1866, with Joseph N. Barker,
president; Henry V. Freeman and F. W.
Norwood, vice-presidents;
E. Ryan Woodle, secretary, and Goodrich Q.
Dow, treasurer; and under
the musical tutelage of Prof. C. J.Smith. At this
time the club averaged about
thirty-five members, and was a social
organization. The ensuing
year the club was re-organized and an
impressario, Frederic W. Root,
employed. The officers were: H. N.
Hibbard, president: Joseph
N. Barker, and F. W. Norwood,
vice-presidents; Charles Leverett
Norton, secretary, and G. Q. Dow,
treasurer. This tenure of
office continued with the change of J. N.
Barker to the presidency in
1878, until 1881, when W. J. Fairman became
president and so remained
until 1882. The present officers are: Joseph
N. Barker, president; Homer
N. Hibbard, vice-president; CHARLES L.
BOYD, secretary; Goodrich
Q. Dow, treasurer; M. L. Bartlett,musical director;
Mrs. M. L. Bartlett, accompanist;
and the object of the club is musical
proficiency and vocal culture.
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BOYD, CHARLES LANSING
was born in 1843 in Albany, N. Y., of JESSE C. and
ELSIE (NOBLE) BOYD. His family
came West in 1849 and settled in Chicago.
In the year 1860 Charles went
to clerk for his brother JAMES, banker and
broker, at Chicago. About
1863 he was admitted into the firm of JAMES
BOYD & BROS.; and after
the removal of James to New York City in 1865 he
and Robert continued as Boyd
Bros.; then Robert going to Aurora in 1867,
he carried on the business
as Charles L. Boyd until the fire. After that
event he used the style of
the Exchange Bank, and made a specialty of
purchasing mutilated and charred
currency, being about the only large
buyer. Upon the failure of
the First National Bank of Washington, in
1873, Mr. Boyd organized,
in co-operation with the National Bank of
Commerce of Chicago, a bureau
of redemption of mutilated currency. But
when the Government organized
its department for the same purpose about
1874, he went into building
at Grand Crossing.He became a deputy to
Collector Kimball in 1876,
and to Treasurer Huck in 1877. From
September,1877, to January
1, 1884, he was employed as an expert in
winding up the affairs of
the "Bee-hive" Bank, under Receiver Ward, and
is now a mortgage and investment
banker, 154 Lake Street. In 1865 Mr.
Boyd was married to MELVINA
F., a daughter of the late William LOCK, a
merchant tailor of Chicago
since 1838. They are the parents of four
children--JAMES, born in 1866:
EMMA L., in 1869; ELSIE N.,in 1875;
HANNAH L., in 1879. Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd are members of the First
Presbyterian Church of Hyde
Park, and Mr. Boyd is secretary of its board
of deacons.
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BOYD, ROBERT was born July
15, 1841, in Albany, N. Y., son of JESSE C.
and ELSIE (NOBLE) BOYD.
His grandfather, JAMES BOYD, was a member
of the New York Legislature,
and an ardent supporter of William L. Marcy. The
Boyds were early settlers
in the Mohawk Valley. Robert came West with
his parents in 1849. At the
age of twenty he became a clerk in a general
store in Dixon, but after
six months rejoined his brothers in Chicago,
later obtaining an interest
in the firm of James Boyd & Bros., bankers
and brokers. James removed
to New York in 1865, when Robert and Charles
L. continued as Boyd Brothers.
In 1867, with some others, Robert started
in Aurora, Ill., a bank, which
afterward became its Second National, but
sold out his interest after
about six months, and took the position of
confidential clerk for a large
woolen house; and upon its
re-organization after the
fire became a member under the style of Biddle
& Boyd. Early in 1877,
as a result of the long-continued financial
pressure, that firm was dissolved:
and, after being two years out of
business, in January,1879,
Mr. Boyd became the manager of the Fidelity
Safe Deposit Company, of Chicago,
where he has since remained. In 1864
he was married to Miss CELIA
STONE, who died of consumption (TB) in
1869, leaving two children:
ROBERT, JR., born in 1866, and WILLIAM born in
1868. In 1874 he married Miss
HELEN PITCHER, of Lewis County, N. Y., by
whom he has had one child,
ALEXANDER, in 1876. He moved to Hyde Park in
1875. He joined the Masonic
Order in 1863, and is a member of the Apollo
Commandery. He is a Republican
in politics.
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CALHOUN, JAMES CLINTON
was born in May, 1824, in West Charlton, Saratoga
Co., N. Y., son of James and
MARION (BOYD) Calhoun. Both Boyds and
Calhouns are of Scotch origin.
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BOYD, SAMUEL settled at Morgan
Park in November, 1880. He was born in
Tyrone County, Ireland, May
10, 1841, came with his parents to the United
States in 1844, and was raised
near Zanesville, Ohio. In July, 1861, he
enlisted in Company B, 8th
Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted
to Second Lieutenant; mustered
out in the fall of 1864. He is interested
in raising and dealing in
cattle, being one of the firm of Boyd Brothers, Wyoming
Territory. In 1874 he married
Miss SADIE FRANCES MIDDLETON, a native
of Columbia, Tenn. They have
one son, JOSEPH M. BOYD.
Source: Andreas, A. T. History
of Cook County, Illinois: From the
Earliest Period to the Present
Time,Chicago, IL: A. T. Andreas,1884
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Chicago Irish Families
WALSH, JOHN J. born May 12,
1876 or 77, in Queenstown,Co. Cork of John J.
and Mary Walsh, married June
16, 1909 to NORA A. BOYD born April 11,
1881 in Fuerty, Co. Roscommon
of WILLIAM and MARGARET BOYD, witnesses:
Joseph P. Devine and Elizabeth
Burns
BOYD, SUSIE, age 71 yrs., born
in Belfast, Ireland, died Feb. 8, 1904 at
1256 W. 32nd st., of organic
heart disease, widowed, a resident of Ill.
for 14 years, buried Oakwood.
Source: Records of Holy Name parish, marriages 1908-1913.