Fourth Generation

50. Joseph John BOYD was born on May 9, 1833 in Fountaindale, , Pennsylvania. He died on Feb 12, 1887 in Loveland, , Colorado. "After his father's (Hiram Boyd) death he lived with his uncle until his marriage to Evaline Gill Gorton on October 13, 1858. She was the daughter of Hezekiah and Alpha Capron Gorton and was born February 22, 1838 in Marion, Ohio. She died December 30, 1889. Joseph John Boyd clerked in the store of William Davids until the Civil War, when he served in Co. B of the Ohio National Guard. In 1873 he moved his family to Loveland, Colorado where he took up 'soldier land'. This was land given by the U.S. Government to veterans of the war. He first raised sheep, then went into cattle raising on a more extensive scale."-E. Berkshire

From Soldiers of Marion Co. OH 1776-1900 Written, edited, and Indexed by David L. Hartline -PP14: Joseph J. Boyd b 1831 Adams Co. PA. enl. Co. B 136th ONG 5-2-1864, dis. 9-11-64 as corp. He later moved to Larimer Co. Colorado. He had a brother Henery L. (MB)

Joseph John BOYD and Evaline Gill GORTON were married on Oct 13, 1858 in Marion, , Ohio. Evaline Gill GORTON (daughter of Hezekiah GORTON and Alpha CAPRON) was born on Feb 22, 1838 in Marion, Marion Co., Ohio. She died on Dec 30, 1889 in Loveland, , Colorado. Joseph John BOYD and Evaline Gill GORTON had the following children:

+104	i.	Willis Gorton BOYD.
+105	ii.	Harry Barton BOYD.
106	iii.	Edwin BOYD was born on Feb 26, 1865 in Marion, Marion Co., Ohio. He died on Jan 17, 1866 in Marion, Marion Co., Ohio. Info from E. Berkshire
107	iv.	Bertha Ellen BOYD was born on Feb 26, 1867. She died on Aug 16, 1869. Info from E. Berkshire
108	v.	Joseph Edward BOYD was born on Dec 6, 1870 in Marion, Marion Co., Ohio. He died on May 27, 1947. "He married May Stitt on May 5, 1903. He seems to have been a wanderer and I know little about him except that he died May 27, 1947 and I heard Cousin Eva refer to him several times as 'Eddie.'"-E. Berkshire
109	vi.	Evelyn Gorton BOYD was born on Aug 25, 1879 in Loveland, , Colorado. She died on Jan 2, 1945 in Estes Park, , Colorado. "Upon her mother's death in 1889 she went to live with her aunt, Martha Boyd Peters, in Marion. This was her mother's deathbed request. Cousin Eva, as we called her, seemed like an aunt to me and I have only happy memories of my association with her. In spite of the distance separating them, she always managed to keep close touch with her bothers and families and, in 1915, when my grandmother died, Eva moved to Estes Park to keep house for her brother Harry."-E. Berkshire