Background
Boyter was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1848 or 1849.
Boyter was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1848 or 1849.
He served as a soldier at Fort Cameron, Utah, and returned to Scotland after being discharged from the Army in 1875. In 1879, Boyter was married to Alice Bryant (Davey) Boyter, a native of Wales born in 1858. They had several children, including Rosella Sophia (born October 1880), Mary Davey (born August 1883), Georgina (born 1885), William (born 1887), Arreta (born November 1889), Carlisle (born March 1893), Alexander, Junior.
(born March 1897), and George Davey (born c 1900).
Working as a stonemason, Boyter built a number of houses in Beaver using local bricks and "pink tuff" rock from nearby hills. Henry Boyter and Philo Boyter also worked as stonemasons in and around Beaver.
A number of Boyter"s works are listed on the United States. National Register of Historic Places ("NRHP"). In the NRHP nomination form for his Alexander Boyter House (built 1882), the nominator described Boyter"s stonework as "fabulous." In the NRHP nomination for his Gale House, the nominator noted that Boyter"s style was "characterized by a herringhone chisel pattern on the smoothed rock faces and raised, square mortar joints.".