Inez Elzadro Follon was one of ten children born to William S. Follon (1814-1885) and Candace Howe (1816-1871). William Follon was the son of Thomas Follon and Lucy Carpenter. After his father died in Ohio, William took his family to Lafayette Co. Wisc where his mother had gone to be near her Carpenter family. Four children were born to William and Candace while in Wisconsin before they moved to Clayton Co. Iowa around 1858. After Inez's mother Candace died in 1871 in Clayton Co. William moved again, this time to Kansas where several other daughters resided.
Inez met George Boyd while in Kansas and they married in Cedarville, Smith Co. in 1872. Inez and George were one of the first ten couples to marry in the newly created Smith County in 1872.
George was a publisher and owned several newspapers. Many of the family members were editors and printers and worked in the newspaper business. Their son Walter inherited the newspaper at Kensington. Frank inherited the Phillipsburg newspaper. Frank's son McDill "Huck" Boyd ran the Phillipsburg newspaper later on. Frank's wife, Mamie Alexander, was a popular journalist in Kansas. See her autobiography, "Rode a Heifer Calf Through College", about her early years as a journalist and the newspaper business.
At least nine children were born to George and Inez. They are: Loretta, born 1873; James, born 1875; Franklin, born 1878; George Walter, born 1880; Warren, born 1883; Rosa, born 1886; Martha Mabel, born 1889; Oren W., born 1894, and Nina, born 1898.
Inez met George Boyd while in Kansas and they married in Cedarville, Smith Co. in 1872. Inez and George were one of the first ten couples to marry in the newly created Smith County in 1872.
George was a publisher and owned several newspapers. Many of the family members were editors and printers and worked in the newspaper business. Their son Walter inherited the newspaper at Kensington. Frank inherited the Phillipsburg newspaper. Frank's son McDill "Huck" Boyd ran the Phillipsburg newspaper later on. Frank's wife, Mamie Alexander, was a popular journalist in Kansas. See her autobiography, "Rode a Heifer Calf Through College", about her early years as a journalist and the newspaper business.
At least nine children were born to George and Inez. They are: Loretta, born 1873; James, born 1875; Franklin, born 1878; George Walter, born 1880; Warren, born 1883; Rosa, born 1886; Martha Mabel, born 1889; Oren W., born 1894, and Nina, born 1898.
Inez Elzadro Follon was one of ten children born to William S. Follon (1814-1885) and Candace Howe (1816-1871). William Follon was the son of Thomas Follon and Lucy Carpenter. After his father died in Ohio, William took his family to Lafayette Co. Wisc where his mother had gone to be near her Carpenter family. Four children were born to William and Candace while in Wisconsin before they moved to Clayton Co. Iowa around 1858. After Inez's mother Candace died in 1871 in Clayton Co. William moved again, this time to Kansas where several other daughters resided.
Inez met George Boyd while in Kansas and they married in Cedarville, Smith Co. in 1872. Inez and George were one of the first ten couples to marry in the newly created Smith County in 1872.
George was a publisher and owned several newspapers. Many of the family members were editors and printers and worked in the newspaper business. Their son Walter inherited the newspaper at Kensington. Frank inherited the Phillipsburg newspaper. Frank's son McDill "Huck" Boyd ran the Phillipsburg newspaper later on. Frank's wife, Mamie Alexander, was a popular journalist in Kansas. See her autobiography, "Rode a Heifer Calf Through College", about her early years as a journalist and the newspaper business.
At least nine children were born to George and Inez. They are: Loretta, born 1873; James, born 1875; Franklin, born 1878; George Walter, born 1880; Warren, born 1883; Rosa, born 1886; Martha Mabel, born 1889; Oren W., born 1894, and Nina, born 1898.
Inez met George Boyd while in Kansas and they married in Cedarville, Smith Co. in 1872. Inez and George were one of the first ten couples to marry in the newly created Smith County in 1872.
George was a publisher and owned several newspapers. Many of the family members were editors and printers and worked in the newspaper business. Their son Walter inherited the newspaper at Kensington. Frank inherited the Phillipsburg newspaper. Frank's son McDill "Huck" Boyd ran the Phillipsburg newspaper later on. Frank's wife, Mamie Alexander, was a popular journalist in Kansas. See her autobiography, "Rode a Heifer Calf Through College", about her early years as a journalist and the newspaper business.
At least nine children were born to George and Inez. They are: Loretta, born 1873; James, born 1875; Franklin, born 1878; George Walter, born 1880; Warren, born 1883; Rosa, born 1886; Martha Mabel, born 1889; Oren W., born 1894, and Nina, born 1898.
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