{{Short description|American politician (1828–1904)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Stephen A. Boyer | image = | alt = | caption = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = Kent County | term_start = 1878 | term_end = 1880 | alongside = Lewin Usilton | predecessor = Jesse K. Hines and Samuel A. Merritt | successor = George W. Spencer and George H. Thompson | term_start2 = 1868 | term_end2 = 1870 | alongside2 = Horatio Beck | predecessor2 = Horatio Beck and William Welch | successor2 = Horatio Beck and William B. Wilmer | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1828|3|31}} | birth_place = Kent County, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1904|4|12|1828|3|31}} | death_place = Middletown, Delaware, U.S. | resting_place = near Massey, Maryland, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Agnes||1902|reason=died}} | children = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}} | signature = }}
'''Stephen A. Boyer''' (March 31, 1828 – April 12, 1904) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Kent County from 1868 to 1870 and 1878 to 1880.
==Early life== Stephen A. Boyer<ref name="msa">{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/kehouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Kent County (1790-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2008-08-22 |access-date=2024-07-06}}</ref> was born on March 31, 1828, in Kent County, Maryland.<ref name="obit2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/middletown-transcript-stephen-boyer-16/150767378/ |title=Stephen Boyer |date=1904-04-16 |newspaper=Middletown Transcript |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="obit3">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/smyrna-times-stephen-boyer-of-middletown/150767849/ |title=Stephen Boyer of Middletown Dead |date=1904-04-20 |newspaper=Smyrna Times |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Career== Boyer was a Democrat. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Kent County from 1868 to 1870 and from 1876 to 1878.<ref name="msa"/><ref name="obit2"/>
Boyer owned several farms near Sassafras, Maryland.<ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-journal-retired-farmer-dead/150767054/ |title=Retired Farmer Dead |date=1904-04-14 |newspaper=The Evening Journal |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Personal life== Boyer married Agnes. His wife died in 1902.<ref name="obit2"/><ref name="wife">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-journal-doings-of-middletown/150768188/ |title=Doings of Middletown Folk |date=1902-06-03 |newspaper=The Evening Journal |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref> He was a vestryman of St. Clements Protestant Episcopal Church in Massey and St. Anne's Church in Middletown, Delaware.<ref name="obit2"/> He moved to Middletown in 1895.<ref name="middletown">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/middletown-transcript-mr-stephen-boyer/150768949/ |title=Mr. Stephen Boyer... |date=1895-08-03 |newspaper=Middletown Transcript |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-07-06}}{{Open access}}</ref> He lived on Cass Street and West Main Street in Middletown.<ref name="wife"/><ref name="middletown"/>
Boyer died on April 12, 1904, in Middletown. He was buried at "Homestead" near Massey.<ref name="obit2"/><ref name="obit3"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyer, Stephen A.}} Category:1828 births Category:1904 deaths Category:People from Kent County, Maryland Category:People from Middletown, Delaware Category:Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Category:Farmers from Maryland Category:19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly