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Per the Sullivant book:

William Starling Sullivant, the eldest of three sons, was raised at the frontier village of Franklinton which his father had founded. As a young man, William attended a private school in Jessamine County, Kentucky, and later Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, before entering Yale. He was graduated from Yale College in 1823 and was engaged in successful business affairs of the city of Columbus, Ohio. The early death of his father, Lucas Sulllvant, compelled him to take charge of his father's business affairs and property interests, in which he demonstrated an aptitude for management. His interest in botany became his chief interest, and before his death he had become America's foremost bryologist. He was married three times, first to Jane Marshall of Kentucky in April, 1824, who died within a year. He married his second wife, Eliza Griscomb Wheeler in November of 1834, and she died in August of 1850. His third wife was Caroline E. Sutton who survived him. By all three marriages, William had thirteen children.

Cholera.

The William S. Sullivant family had fled the city of Columbus to stay at a farm near Mt. Vernon during a cholera outbreak, but Eliza did not escape the disease.

New York County, NY census index:

1800 has an Eliphalet, but no Josiah

1810 ditto

1820 has an E. Wheeler in the 10th Ward

1830 has an Elipalet (sic) in the 10th Ward

1840 has a Mr. Wheeler in the 17th Ward

1850 has an Eliphalet in the 17th Ward.

Michael L. Sullivant, the second son of Lucas Sullivant and Sarah Starling, was born August 6, 1807 in Franklinton. He was educated at Ohio University in Athens, and Central College, Danville, Kentucky. Very early in life, Michael selected farming as a profession. The fine tract of land which he inherited from his father's estate afforded the opportunity to carry out his farming objectives. He engaged largely in the raising of cattle and drove them to eastern markets for sale. Michael operated his large farm near Franklinton until 1854 when he relocated to Ford County, Illinois. In Illinois, he secured a large amount of land at government prices and became one of the leading farmers of the day at his Burr Oaks estate. He died January 28, 1879, leaving a widow and several children.

NOTE: 1860 census shows the Michael Sullivant family living at Franklinton, and all the children born there (Ohio), so the actual relocation of the family to Ford County, Illinois obviously occurred after that date. DLB 2010.

Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 [database on-line]. (Ancestry.com.)

Obituary -- Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Thursday, 1 OCT 1987, page 2 (Newspapers.com):

WILLIAM SHIRER BOYD

Private disposition for William Shirer Boyd, 84, has taken place. Boyd, a resident of Belen, died Wednesday. He is survived by a son, Dan Boyd of Belen; a daughter, Mary Boyd-Ellis of California; a brother, Dick Boyd of Iowa; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Boyd was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Belen. At his request there were no services. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the choir of the First United Presbyterian Church of Belen. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., is in charge of arrangements.

Obituary – Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California; Thursday, 4 FEB 2010, page A6 (Newspapers.com):

Patrick Craig Boyd

(Pat)

Resident of Berkeley

Patrick was born April 2, 1942 in Waterloo, Iowa and died peacefully January 27, 2010 in Berkeley, California after a long illness.

Pat was born and grew up in Waterloo, Iowa, the middle of three sons born to Meg and Dick Boyd. He married Joy Drennen in 1965 and they moved to Berkeley, CA in July of 1972 with their two daughters, dog, and cat.

Pat had many jobs, but he was always a teacher at heart – mainly because he himself was a voracious learner and loved nothing better than to find out something new and share his excitement about whatever that was with others. (Some called them Dad-facts.) Whether he was teaching English and reading Hamlet’s soliloquy out loud, making perfect gelato, or using the Excel macros he created to accurately estimate a construction project, Pat was adaptable, creative, and willing to give anything his best shot. He was also an avid amateur geologist and had an amazing ear for accents and language, but what most remember about him is his sense of humor – especially in the face of adversity.

Had he lived in Shakespearean England, Pat would have been a Bard – traveling from town to town acting out the bawdy parts with grand gestures, silly voices, and waggling eyebrows. His coping tool for difficult situation was humor, and he often held it up like a lantern against the darkness that pops up in life. He was always able to wring something funny out of tragedy or stress, many time turning the mood instantaneously.

Pat is survived by all the people whose lives he touched in ways large and small, including but certainly not limited to his two daughters Annie and Jessica, his granddaughter Katie, his older brother Michael and Mike’s wife Verlaine, his younger brother Matt, his nieces and nephew Margot, Kelly and Josh – and countless students, formal or informal, along the way. Though he and Joy divorced, they remained friends and in close contact.

There will be a gathering on Sunday, February 7th, at the home of a family friend in Berkeley. For more information, please email spottyhorse@gmail.com.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to your favorite cause in Pat’s name. He’d have liked that.

Obituary – The Courier, Waterloo, Iowa; Monday, 5 OCT 2015, page A10 (Newspapers.com):

D. Michael Boyd

D. Michael Boyd, 78, artist and Cornell Professor Emeritus, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2015, from complications of a fall, exacerbated by Alzheimer’s and heart disease. He was born on Nov. 27, 1936, in Waterloo, and graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, with honors in art, in 1959. Upon graduation he moved to Ajijic, Mexico, and then to New York City.

He came to Cornell in 1968, where he taught basic design courses in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis in the College of Human Ecology until his retirement in 1995. During this time he continued to maintain a studio in New York City and to pursue an active career in art. His first major exhibition was at the max Hutchinson Gallery in New York. Since then he has mounted over 50 one-person exhibitions, most recently in Zurich and Milan. His art is included in over 400 public or private collections, including those of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Vanguard Collection and the David Rockefeller Collection at Chase Manhattan Bank. Among other honors, he was awarded a Yaddo Fellowship and was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome.

An avid reader, he was also an enthusiastic hiker, a frequent traveler to Europe, and an accomplished, but secretive, jazz pianist.

He is survived by his wife of 60, Verlaine Boyd, and by his daughter Margot Boyd of New York City; brother Matthew Boyd of Waterloo; sister and brother-in-law Carol and Harris Sonnenberg of Fayetteville, Ark.; five nieces and two nephews.

Donations in his honor may be made to Hospicare in Ithaca, N.Y., or to the Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org).