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 653, Farmers' Township
Wilford E. Boyer was born Sept. 20, 1845, in Fayette Co., Pa.,
and is the son of Frederick Boyer, of Bureau Co., Ill. Mr. Boyer was
married April 5, 1866, to Eliza J. Miner, daughter of John F. Miner, of
McDonough Co. He is a prominent farmer and stockraiser of Farmers'
township, on section 16. He has filled the different township offices,
and is the present Supervisor. Mr. and Mrs. Boyer have 7 children, -
Lucy, Parkie, Miner, Mary, Susie, Annie and Ethel. Mr. B. is a man of a
literary turn of mind, and keeps well posted in the current affairs of
the day. P. O., Table Grove.
