History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 422, Astoria Township
R. W. Boyd, farmer. The gentleman here named is the
youngest son of John Boyd, a pioneer of this county. He was born
in Astoria in 1843; grew up amid pioneer associations and received a
good common-school education. In April, 1869, he was married to
Miss Anna B. English, daughter of John English, well-known boot and
shoe dealer of Astoria.
