History of The Families of McKinney-Brady-Quigley
Author: Belle McKinney Hays Swope, 1905
Eleanor Gilmore Herr,
b. Feb. 18 1866, educated in private schools at
Harrisburg and Farmington,
Connecticut; m. Apr. 26, 1887, John
Yeomans BOYD, b. Aug.
19, 1862, at Danville, Penna., son of James BOYD and
Louisa Yeomans BOYD.
His grandfather, John C. BOYD, was a pioneer in the
iron and coal business of
the upper Susquehanna valley, who married
Hannah
Montgomery, of Danville,
Penna. His mother is a daughter of
Rev. John W.
Yeomans, D. D.,
Presbyterian minister of Pittsfield, Mass., North Adams,
Mass., Danville, Penna., and
president of Lafayette College, who married
Letitia B. Snyder.
John Yeomans BOYD was educated in private schools at
Sunbury and Harrisburg, entered
Princeton in 1880 and was graduated in 1884.
Since then he has been continually
engaged in the wholesale anthracite coal
business, with varied interests
in coal and iron. He and his wife are members
of the Pine Street Presbyterian
church of Harrisburg, where they reside.
To John Yeomans BOYD and Eleanor Gilmore Herr BOYD were born four children:
1. James Boyd, b. July
2, 1888.
2. Andrew Jackson Herr
Boyd, b. Feb. 29, 1892.
3. Eleanor Gilmore Boyd,
b. Feb. 18, 1894.
4. Louisa Yeomans Boyd,
b. Mar. 7, 1896.