Wilson and Jane Patterson Boyd
MRS. JANE BOYD is one of the
popular and intelligent ladies of
Canonsburg. Her father, Zacheus
Patterson, was born and reared in
Cumberland county, Penn.,
where he was married to Margaret, a native of
Adams county, same State,
daughter of David and Jane (Carrick) Waugh.
The young couple made their
home in Cumberland county till 1808, when he
purchased a farm in North
Strabane township, this county, to which they
removed. The parents were
members of the Chartiers Seceder Church, and
the father was an active worker
in the Whig party. They were the parents
of the following children:
John, Robert, David, Stewart, Sarah, Ezra,
James, Josiah, Eliza, Tabitha,
Jane and Mary. Of this family Jane grew
to womanhood and on March
15, 1835, gave her hand in marriage to Wilson
Boyd,
son of Hugh Boyd.
Hugh Boyd, a native of Ireland,
was there married to Elizabeth Scott,
who bore him children as follows:
Mary, Robert, Wilson, Bankhead,
Margaret and Joseph. In 1823
the family came to America, first locating
on Mingo creek, Nottingham
township, Washington Co., Penn., where they
remained some time, thence
removing to the farm now occupied by C. M.
Berry. Hugh Boyd was a Whig
in politics, and in religion a member of the
Seceder Church in Ireland,
having transferred his membership to the
church in Washington county,
Penn., after his immigration. He and his
wife died in South Strabane
township, this county, and both are buried
in the cemetery at Pigeon
Creek.
Wilson
Boyd was born August 9, 1800, near the town of Newtown, Limavady,
County Derry, Ireland, there
receiving his early education. At the age
of eighteen years he immigrated
to Canada, then went to Philadelphia,
thence to Pittsburgh, and
worked on a farm in Washington county, Penn.,
until the arrival of his family,
when he lived with his parents. After
his marriage with Miss Patterson
he settled in North Strabane township,
this county, residing there
fourteen years. They then moved to Somerset
township, where Mr. Boyd died
in 1876. He was a Whig and Republican, and
in religion was formerly a
member of the Seceder Church at Pigeon Creek,
afterward uniting with the
U. P. Church, to which he gave a liberal
support. Mrs. Boyd continued
to reside in Somerset township till
1890,when she moved to Canonsburg
where she has her home. She reared the
following named children:
Robert, David, Elizabeth, Hugh S., Bankhead,
Sarah
M., Mary J., Robert and Anna T. Of
these David enlisted in Company
G, One Hundred and Fortieth
Regiment P. V. I., and was killed at the
battle of Gettysburgh. Elizabeth
was married to Murdoch Smith, and has
one son,
Boyd D. Smith, born March 27, 1878. Hugh S., married to Bell J.
Watson, was licensed to preach
the Gospel August 8, 1876, by the United
Presbyterian Presbytery of
Cleveland, and ordained and installed pastor
of the United Presbyterian
congregation at New Bedford, Lawrence Co.,
Penn., where he remained until
the early part of 1888, when he accepted
the pastorate of the U. P.
congregation at Greensburgh, Penn.; he
graduated at Westminster College,
at New Wilmington, Lawrence Co.,
Penn., in June, 1875, standing
second in a good class. Bankhead was
graduated from Washington
and Jefferson College in June, 1867; he was
licensed to preach the Gospel
by the United Presbyterian Presbytery of
Chartiers in January, 1870,
and died March 7, same year. Sarah M. died
March 2, 1869. Mary J., died
May 27, 1871. Robert died January 17, 1873.
Text taken from page 993 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative
Biographical Record of Washington
County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co., 1893).