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Samuel was with his brother, Joseph, when Joseph was struck by lightning herding cattle on the Boyd ranch in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Samuel returned with Joseph's body for his burial in Omaha.
Samuel appears in the 1880 Federal Census three times. He is listed singularly as a stock dealer at Fort Fetterman, Wyoming and at North Platte River, Wyoming. He is also listed living with his wife and son in Denver, Colorado.
The Fort Fetterman, Wyoming cattle ranch was owned jointly by Samuel and his brother James E. Boyd. In 1883, their nephew, Harvey C. Boyd, was gored to death by a cow on the ranch.
In 1887 Samuel is listed in a Chicago city directory, working at the commission house of Boyd, Paxton & Boyd. The commission house was formed in 1886 by James E. Boyd, William A. Paxton and Samuel Boyd.
In 1889 Samuel and his family moved to the Pacific Northwest.
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Samuel was with his brother, Joseph, when Joseph was struck by lightning herding cattle on the Boyd ranch in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Samuel returned with Joseph's body for his burial in Omaha.
Samuel appears in the 1880 Federal Census three times. He is listed singularly as a stock dealer at Fort Fetterman, Wyoming and at North Platte River, Wyoming. He is also listed living with his wife and son in Denver, Colorado.
The Fort Fetterman, Wyoming cattle ranch was owned jointly by Samuel and his brother James E. Boyd. In 1883, their nephew, Harvey C. Boyd, was gored to death by a cow on the ranch.
In 1887 Samuel is listed in a Chicago city directory, working at the commission house of Boyd, Paxton & Boyd. The commission house was formed in 1886 by James E. Boyd, William A. Paxton and Samuel Boyd.
In 1889 Samuel and his family moved to the Pacific Northwest.
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