Boyer, L. D. bio

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 471, Banner Township
L. D. Boyer is a native son of Fulton Co. His father, Caleb Boyer, was a native of Ohio, and his mother, Olive Boyer, nee Waldron, was born in New York State. They were among the early settlers of this county. They located near Lewistown in 1832. L. D. attended the common schools of the county when a boy and gathered a fair education. For some time his occupation was running a saw-mill. He is engaged in farming at present in company with his two younger brothers. They have a fine farm and own it jointly.