Clan Boyd Society, International
Judge Robert Boyd, Whitley County to Laurel County, KY
JUDGE
ROBERT BOYD was born in Whitley County, KY, December 11, 1833. His
ancestors,
who are traced back to Scotland, came to America at an early date and first
settled in Virginia, but afterward moved to Whitley County, KY, of which
state his parents, SAMUEL and MARY A. (SEARS) BOYD, are natives.
Samuel Boyd was a farmer by occupation, and was one of the most reliable
and enterprising men of his day and community; he served in the war of
1812. Judge Robert Boyd was the sixth in a family of seven children;
he was brought up in Whitley County, and in early life attended the common
schools, but finished his education at Centre College, Danville, KY.
In 1855 he commenced reading law with Judge Green Adams, of Barboursville,
KY, but in 1856 Mr Boyd was elected
circuit
court clerk of Whitley County, and in 1858, during his term of office,
was admitted to the bar. His term of office expired in 1862. The
following year he located in London, Laurel County, and began the practice
of his profession, which he successfully continued until 1867, when he
was elected to the State Senate from the Thirty-eighty Senatorial District,
being re-elected in 1871. In 1875 he was the Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, making an active race. The following year he was a delegate to
the National Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, being a candidate the same
year for Congress from the Ninth Congressional District but was defeated
by a small majority. In 1884 he was a delegate to the National Convention
at Chicago from the Eight District. In 1886 he was elected Circuit
Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District, of which office he is the present
incumbent. He has been one of the most substantial practitioners
of the legal profession in eastern Kentucky, both professionally and financially,
being popular
socially.
His political preference has always been with the Republican party, for
which party he has been an earnest worker. He has never married,
but to all appearances is as happy as those who have a home blessed with
wife and children.
Source:
Source: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,1885
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Kind
Regards,
Karen
from Ohio,USA
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