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Samuel F. Boyd ~ Louise Becker - Allegheny Co; Pennsylvania
Samuel F. Boyd, who represents the fourteenth ward in
the common council of Allegheny city, Pa; is a native of the second ward
of that city, having been born there in 1868. His parents are Thomas
M., Sr
and Mary Boyd, old and highly respected citizens
of Allegheny city. While Samuel was still in his early childhood,
the family removed to Shoustown, where he received his first intellectual
training in the Shoustown public schools. It was while living here
that he earned his first money (fifteen cents) by working on the Pittsburg
& Lake Erie railroad bridge. When he was about sixteen years
of age his parents changed their residence to the second ward of Allegheny
city, and there he finished his education in the public schools of the
ward, leaving school at the age of nineteen. He than went into the
bakery of James McClurg to learn the trade, and remained there for four
years. Upon leaving Mr McClurg he accepted a position as assistant
shipper in the house of James B. Scott & Co., No. 328 Second Ave.,
now Follansbee Bros., at Second, Third, Sort and Liberty streets, where
he still continues. Mr Boyd has for many years been a consistent
republican and has never refused to give his aid to any honorable movement
to advance the interests of his party. In February, 1903, he was
elected to the common council from the fourteenth ward, and is now serving
on the committees on public works, water and surveys. He is a member
of the German Lutheran church; Monument Castle lodge, No. 157, Knights
of the Mystic Chain, and Allegheny conclave, No. 212, Independent Order
of Heptasophs. On October 9, 1891, he was married to Miss
Louise Becker, a handsome and accomplished young lady of Reserve
township, Allegheny count, Pa., and one daughter, Naomi, has been born
to them. Mrs Boyd is the daughter of Charles and Louisa (King) Becker,
the father being justice of the peace for twenty-four consecutive years
in his township, and is also ex-captain of the 9th Pennsylvania reserve
corps. Mr Boyd is a modest, unassuming gentleman in his intercourse
with his fellow men, but, nevertheless, he is one with the courage to do
the right as his judgment leads him to see it.
Source: Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal
and genealogical. Vol. 1
Imprint: Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association,
1904.
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