P.W. Boyd, New Bethlehem, a member of the firm of G.W. Arblaster & Co., was born near Rimersburg, on the old Thompson homestead, now property of Alexander Bols.  He was a son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Thompson) Boyd.  Samuel M.  in 1843 associated himself with J.M. Thompson and Charles D. Hatchison, under the style of Franklin Furnace Company, but owing to the unfavorable tarriff legislation, and during the Polk administration the concern failed.  Mr. Boyd then became bookkeeper
and manager of the Mahoning Iron works of Armstrong county.  Mr. Boyd's health failed in 1860, and in 1868 he settled on a farm near Rimersburg, which was the property of his wife.  He died in 1868 at the age of forty-seven years, leaving a wife and nine children, eight of whom are now living.  Their sons are W.H. Boyd, who now owns the old homestead; J.A.C Boyd, now engaged very extensively in the mercantile business in Uniontown, Fayette county;  L.C. a member of the firm of L.H. Smith Woodenware Co. of Pittsburgh, also manufacturers of brooms, brushes, etc; and P.W. Boyd, a member of the firm of G.W. Arblaster.  Mrs. Mary Jane Boyd is still living at the age of sixty-five years.

William Boyd, Fisher p.o., Mill Creek, a son of William and Mary Laver Boyd, was born in Armstrong County on October 25, 1813.  He was married in 1840 to Mary McNaughton, who was born in 1824.  They have a family of twelve children: Sarah C. Colon (deceased), Washington L., Daniel McC. (deceased), Hannah M.,  William A., Franklin P., Rosanna, Amanda A. (deceased), Matilda M., Stephen E., Rebecca N. (deceased).  Mr. Boyd has been engaged in lumbering and farming the greater part of his life.  He lives on the farm now owned by Frank P. Beck.  His father was born in 1771 and died in 1821.  His maternal grandfather, William Laver, served in the Revolutionary War.

(page 183)  Co E. 62 Reg.   Boyd William, private, July 25, 1861, three years, discharged February 20, 1863, on account of wounds received at Malvern Hill July 1, 1862.  

(page 312), Co. G, 155th Reg. Boyd, William F., private, February 29, 1864, three years, discharged by general order May 31, 1865.

(page 578), History of Highland Township.  The township's earliest school was built about 1823 on the present property of Duncan McNaughton; David Boyd, on whose farm it stood, was the first pedagogue. Boyd was succeeded by Joseph Reid, from near Reidsburgh. The next school house was erected in 1833 on the farm of William Boyd, and was first presided over by Miss Mary Ann Arthurs.  

History of Clarion County Pennsylvania, 1887, Edited by A. J.Davis, Syracuse, N. Y.,  D. Mason & Co., Publishers.
 

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