WILLIAM BOYDEN, a son of Asa Boyden, was born in Dummerston, Vt., March 27, 1808.  He was prepared for college, partly, in Dummerston, under the tuition of Rev. Hosea Beckley, and, partly, at the academy in Brattleboro, Vt.  After graduating, he was employed in teaching, about a year and a half, in Loudon Co., Va., two years in Windsor, Ct.; and, six months, in Waterford, Pa.  During the summer of 1832, he read law with Hon. John Phelps, in Guilford, Vt., and, in the autumn of the same year, removed to Staunton, Va., where be continued his studies in the Law School of Judge Briscoe G. Baldwin, until his decease, which occurred, from an affection of the brain, April 23, 1833.

"His highly cultivated mind and engaging manners, secured him the warm esteem of his fellow-students, and elicited the respect of all who knew him." --Staunton Spectator, April 26, 1833.
  

Source:  Class of 1827, of Dartmouth College;  Proceedings at their meeting in July, 1852; and Brief Notices of the Members.  Lynn:  W. W. Kellogg, Printer Over the Depot, Typographic Hall, 1853.

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