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       York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History

York Borough:
STEPHEN GILL BOYD is the oldest child of JOHN C. and MARTHA (FARMER)
BOYD, and was born in Peach Bottom Township, this county, on the 6th day
of December, 1830.  On his paternal side he is descended from an old
Scotch-Irish family that emigrated from the County Antrim. Ireland, in
the year 1736, and his maternal grandparents emigrated from Shropshire,
England, in the early part of the present century, and settled near
Darlington, Hartford Co., Md.  During the minority of Mr. Boyd, his
summers were devoted to working on his father's farm, and his winters to
attending the district school. Upon reaching his majority he repaired to
York, and entered, as a student, the grammar school of the late Dr.
Andrew Dinsmore, and spent his time, until he was twenty-seven years of
age. mainly in teaching, obtaining academic instruction at various
educational institutions, principally at White Hall Academy in
Cumberland County, Penn., and at Bryansville Academy in his native
township, and in managing his farm, for several years farming in summer
and teaching a district school in winter. In his twenty-seventh year,
Mr. Boyd, in order to obtain a more thorough education, removed with his
family to Lancaster. Penn.,and for a term became a student at the
Millersville State Normal School, then under the management of Dr.
Wickersham. From this time until 1866, he devoted his time exclusively to
teaching and study, teaching in Lancaster County, Lancaster City, and in
Wrightsville, in this county. In the spring of the year last referred
to, at the request of Prof. S. B. Heiges, who was then county
superintendent of schools of this county, he came to York and joined him
in the management of a normal school,organized for the benefit of the
young teachers of the county, with which school he was connected as one
of its principal teachers for four years. In the fall of this year
(1866) he was elected to a seat in the house of representatives, and was
re-clected the ensuing year. In the spring of 1869, he was elected
county superintendent of schools to succeed Mr. Heiges, and in 1871 he
was clected to the presidency of the Peach Bottom Railway Company, which
latter position he filled for the term of six years, and until the road
was completed and put into operation from York to Delta. In the spring
of 1877 Mr. Boyd, in conjunction with some of the more enterprising
citizens of Hartford and Baltimore Counties, undertook the organization
of a company to construct a railroad from Delta to Baltimore, and on the
21st day of January, 1884, this road was completed and opened to
traffic.  Mr. Boyd's conduct as a representative was characterized by a
deep interest in all legislation calculated to promote the educational
interests of the State and the material interests of his own county.
During his first term he finally prepared and secured the passage of the
bill to incorporate the York and Chanceford Turnpike Company,in which
company, after its organization, he served as a director until his
removal to Baltimore, in 1878. During his second term he prepared and
secured the passage of the bill to incorporate the Peach Bottom Railway
Company, and during this term also he took an active part in the passage
of the bill giving to the nonaccepting school districts of the State,
their forfeited appropriations from the State treasury, for the last ten
years prior to its passage, and had the pleasure of seeing Manheim
Township, in this county, accept the system during his first year as
county superintendent. In his second year in the office of county
superintendent he co-operated with the board of school control of the
borough of York in the reorganization of the schools of the borough,
favoring a comprehensive and thorough course of study, and the borough
superintendency. Mr. Boyd, since his withdrawal from the management of
the Maryland Central Railroad, in the autumn of 1884, has been engaged
in educational work, having adopted the educational platform as a
profession. In addition to his labors on the platform, he frequently
appears in print as an essayist, and is the author of a work on the
signification of Indian local or place names. Much of his life has been
given to the study of literary and scientific subjects, and no small
part of it to the promotion of the material interests of his county.

York Borough
1863,Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanded by Col.W.H. BOYD.

Wrightsville Borough and Hellam Township
W.S. BOYD, mercantile business.

Carroll Township
1870, S.G. BOYD, county superintendent.

Fawn Township
JOHN A. BOYD son of DR. THOMAS BOYD, of Lancaster County, Penn., was
born January 5, 1811, in Fawn Township, where he has since lived,with
the exception of three years, which he spent in Harford County, Md.  His
father died in 1836.  In 1861 Mr. Boyd was married to MARGARET ANDERSON,
daughter of Nathaniel Anderson, of York County, Penn. Mr. Boyd moved to
his present farm of 116 acres with his parents in 1824, and at the death
of his father inherited the farm, and has lived on it ever since.

Fawn Township
FELIX C. HERBERT son of Gideon and Mary Herbert, of York County, Penn.,
was born in 1803, in Harford County, Md., and came to York County,
Penn., when very young. He moved to his present farm of seventy acres,
in 1825, and has lived there since. He was married, in 1825, to Rachael
Harrison, who died in 1855, leaving eight children: William Richard,
Sarah. Mary J., Salome, Rebecca, Elfie and Henry. His second marriage was
in 1857, to ANABEL M. BOYD, daughter of DR.THOMAS BOYD, of Lancaster
County, Penn. Mr. Herbert has held the offices of commissioner and
auditor of York County. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
of Fellowship, Mr. Herbert has always taken a prominent interest in
local polities, frequently representing his township in Democratic
conventions. He voted first for Andrew Jackson for president.

Lower Chanceford Township
JAMES BOYD (deceased) son of JOHN BOYD who emigrated from the north of
Ireland about 1774, and located in Chester County. When twenty-eight
years old James Boyd moved to Wrightsville, and engaged in the lumber
business with his brother Robert.  He came to Lower Chanceford in 1855,
and purchased the John Kilgore farm, containing 600 acres, and began
farming, which he continued until 1865, when he built the "Oakland
Valley Mills," located about one mile from McCall's Ferry. He was
married, in 1844, to ANN C. SCHROEDER, a native of Germany, who
immigrated to this country with her parents at the age of twelve,and
settled at Stoney Run, near York. They had five children: ROBERT,JAMES
M., JOHN C., ISAAC N. and MARTIN L. BOYD.  MR. JAMES BOYD ,who died March 17,
1883, was a prominent member of the Lutheran Church of Wrightsville,
before moving to Lower Chanceford, and took an active interest in
erecting the church of his denomination in that town. He was afterward
prominently identified in the erection of the Methodist Episcopal Church
at Centreville. Mrs. Boyd resides at the home near Centreville.

Lower Chanceford Township
ISAAC N. BOYD is a son of JAMES and ANN C. (SCHROEDER) BOYD, of Lower
Chanceford, and was born March 12, 1853. at Wrightsville, and at the age
of twenty-five commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Jacob R.
Spangler, of York. He graduated from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Baltimore, and in 1880 commenced the practice of medicine in
Lower Chanceford Township,where he is also engaged in farming and
milling, and at the mill built by his father. He was married, March 16,
1881, to MARY E. VANHYNING, of Chanceford Township. They have two
children: LULLA A. and MINNIE K. Dr. Boyd is a representative citizen,
and served as tax collector for his township in 1882-83.

Lower Chanceford Township
ROBERT BOYD son of JAMES and ANN C. (SCHROEDER) BOYD, was born at
Wrightsville December 4, 1846, and was educated at the public schools.
At the death of his father he became manager of the homestead property,
being executor of his father's estate. In 1879 and 1880 he was inspector
of elections; in 1881 he was elected road supervisor of Lower Chanceford
Township, and re-elected the next year. He was married, September 28,
1865, to MARTHA J., daughter of Daniel ROBINSON, of Dauphin County. They
have had nine children: JAMES F., ISAAC N., JOHN E., ANNIE C., MAGGIE
J., LIZZIE J., ROBERT D., JESSE W. and BERTIE M. Mr. Boyd is a member of
Harbor Lodge No. 333, I.O.O.F., of Safe Harbor, Lancaster County. He and
his family are members of McKendrie Methodist Episcopal Church of Lower
Chanceford. Mr. Boyd is a descendant of a highly respected family, who
settled in Lancaster County about 1835.

Lower Chanceford Township
WILLIAM J. ILGENFRITZ, the eldest son of William Ilgenfritz and
Elizabeth B. Donalson, married, January 11, 1883, to MISS ANNIE J.
BOYD. They have one child--WILLIAM BOYD ILGENFRITZ.

Manchester Township
HENRY V. GRESS, M.D. born in Lancaster County, November 3, 1846. His
parents were John and Elizabeth (Von-Nieda) Gress, both of whom are
dead, the father dying when Henry V. was but a year old. They were
natives of Lancaster County and of German descent. September 20, 1870,
he was married, at York, to ELLA BOYD, of Columbia, Penn., a daughter of
JOHN BOYD. of Scotch-Irish descent. Four children were born to them:
RAY, GUY, GRACE and ELIZABETH B. Both parents belong to the United
Brethren Church. Dr. Gress was elected school director in 1882. He was
also one of the organizers of the Provident Life Association of
Baltimore, Md., and has been one of the directors since its organization
in 1882.

Peach Bottom Township
ROBERT T. FRY son of Elias and Martha (Groff) Fry, was born at York
Furnace, January 20, 1855. His parents are natives of Lancaster
County, but came to York Furnace in 1854, where they still reside.
Robert was married, May 18, 1880, to ELLA E. BOYD daughter of R.K. BOYD, of
Lower Chanceford, and has one child--ELIAS K. He has held the offices of
clerk of Lower Chanceford and assessor of Peach Bottom Township. His
present occupation is that of general merchant at Coal Cabin, on the
Tide Water Canal.

Source:A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania. n.p.,1886.
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                   Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches, 1868

JOHN BARDSLEY, City Treasurer of Philadelphia, was born September 5,
1836, near Manchester, England, and came to this country in 1842 with
his father, James Bardsley, and family. In 1862 he married MISS EMILY
BOYD, of Germantown, To them was born a daughter, LIZZIE, in 1863. His
wife died in 1864. He married again, in 1872, Miss Mary K. Pierce, who
is still living. One daughter, Mabel, was born to them in 1873. His
daughter Lizzie was married to Charles B. Paettyman, of Dover, Delaware,
on January 17, 1889.

Source:Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Encyclopedia of Contemporary
Biography of Pennsylvania,Vol. II. Bethlehem, PA: Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, 1868.
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Pennsylvania Women in the Revolutionary War

Northumberland: REBECCA BULL, daughter of Colonel and Mary Phillips
Bull, married CAPT. JOHN BOYD, of the Revolution.

Source:Egle, William Henry. Some Pennsylvania Women during the War of
the Revolution. Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1898.
 

Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Penna
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WILLIAM BOYD came from Virginia some time about the close of the
Revolution, making the journey to his new home on the west border of
Bullskin on pack horses.  He brought with him several slaves and six
negro children were registered as being born to these slaves from 1795
to 1809, namely, Andrew, Millie, Ben, Prissie, Samuel and Alexander, but
of their subsequent history nothing can be here said. William Boyd was a
man of considerable education and served for a number of years as
justice of the peace.  He died in 1812 and was interred on his
homestead.  His family consisted of eight children: THOMAS; JOHN;
ROBERT; JAMES; WILLIAM; JEREMIAHJ, and a daughter who married James
BARNETT of Connellsville and Stewart H. WHITEHILL, who resided on the
Mounts place many years. After 1812, THOMAS BOYD lived on the homestead
where he carried on the distillation of liquor at an early day.  He was
a popular man among his fellow citizens. Two of his sons: WILLIAM BOYD
and RICHARD BOYD are yet residents of Bullskin township.  Other sons,
JOHN BOYD, RANDOLPH BOYD,THOMAS BOYD and RICE BOYD, have died or
removed.  THOMAS BOYD SR. died in 1855; JOHN BOYD, the second son, died
in 1857 at Connellsville; ROBERT BOYD moved to Menallen township; JAMES
BOYD died in Tyrone township; WILLIAM BOYD moved to Ohio; JEREMIAH BOYD
became a physician and after living in Louisiana a number of years,
moved to Washington.

Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L.H. Everts and Company, 1882.
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Uniontown

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A.D. BOYD. What a man makes of himself, and not what he is made by the
aid of family or the influence of friends, is a record that he can
proudly leave behind him for the inspection of the world; and the field
of action in which a life career of activity or usefulness may be carved
out, need not be national in its dimensions. Such has been the fortune
of the subject of this sketch.  He has won for himself the position in
life he now holds through his own efforts. ALBERT D. BOYD is a native of
Menallen township and was born December 31, 1845,and is the son of
WILLIAM BOYD and JANE BURGESS BOYD.  His grandfather, ROBERT BOYD, was a
native of Fayette county, Penna, and served one term as associate
judge.  His great great grandfather BOYD came to the Shenandoah Valley,
Virginia, thence he removed and settled near Connellsville.  WILLIAM
BOYD, his son and A.D. BOYD's father, was raised a farmer and followed
that pursuit for a livelihood. WILLIAM  BOYD died in 1880.  His wife,
JANE BURGESS BOYD, was born in Maryland. Albert D. Boyd was raised on a
farm and educated in the common schools, and attended an academy for a
few sessions.  He read law with Judge Willson, and was admitted to the
bar March 1,1869.  He was elected district attorney and served as such
from 1871 to 1874.  He was twice chairman of the democratic central
committee of Fayette county.  With his splendid executive ability,
energy and push, his appointments were generally designated as "the
right man in the right place." He was married in 1872 to MISS ANNIE E.
PATTERSON, daughter of Robert Patterson, a native of Ireland, from
whence he emigrated in about 1815.  Mr Boyd has five children: ALPHEUS E.
BOYD, SAMUEL P. BOYD, ALBERT D. BOYD,WALLACE B. BOYD, and MARY E. BOYD.
A.D. Boyd is a good lawyer, a good speaker, is making a fine record, and
is rapidly rising toward the head of his profession.  He enjoys a large
practice, and is highly respected at the bar.

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DR JOHN BOYD is of a family that has produced a number of eminent,
professional men, as well as men of note, gentlemen and scholars.
His grandfather, WILLIAM BOYD, came from Kilmarnock, Scotland, and
brought a grant for several hundred acres of land covering the present
site of the city of Halifax.  This grant bore the seal of James VI, King
of England; but his sympathy for the American colonists during the War
of the Revolution caused the forfeiture of his lands to the crown.
His father, REV. EBEN L. BOYD, was a noted preacher in South Berwick for
many years. His eldest son, DR. EBEN L. BOYD, was a graduate of
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and had an extended reputation throughout the
Eastern states as an able physician and surgeon, having performed some
very wonderful surgical operations in his day.  He died at Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania. Dr John Boyd was a man of considerable reputation, not
only as physician and surgeon, but as a preacher of the word of God.  He
was born in South Berwick, Maine, July 11, 1817, and was a son of REV.
EBEN L. BOYD and SARAH FRAZIER BOYD. He was married to MARIA A. STEVENS,
daughter of Joseph Stevens of Boston.  For eighteen years (?) and was at
the time of his death Inspector at the Custom House in Boston.  His
wife, Clarissa Cushing, was a lineal descendant of Caleb Cushing, the
latter coming over in the Mayflower and whose portrait can be seen at
the Independence Hall Museum in Philadelphia. Dr John Boyd was educated
in the school of South Berwick, and afterwards read medicine with Dr
Charles Trafton of the same place.  In 1835 Dr Boyd had a call to the
ministry at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and subsequently preached at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Hampton and Kennebunk, Maine.  He was a
strong advocate of temperance and delivered lectures through Maine in
the interest of her first prohibition laws.  In 1848 on account of
failing health, he accepted an agency for the American and Foreign Bible
Society, and visited and preached at many of the principal Baptist
churches throughout the state.  He was the pastor at Wilkesbarre for
about five years, and later for about the same length of time pastor of
the Baptist church at Washington, Penna.
He came to Uniontown in 1864 and devoted himself to the practice of
medicine, and built up a lucrative practice.  He continued to preach at
Uniontown up to the time of his death.  He was endowed by nature with a
strong mind, was a hard student, great reader, well versed in literature
and a good thinker.  For fifty six years he was a devout Christian and
his faith in the promises of God was firm and secure, and died in full
trust and hope in them.  He was full of love and charity for his fellow
men. In his library are some of the oldest books extant: a priestly
Bible published in 1634; Oyer and Terminer of the city of London
published in 1730; Court of the Gentiles published in 1674; and some
very valuable medical works.  He kept a handbook of his practice of
medicine, and registered every dose of medicine that he ever gave.  He
also kept a register of all the patients he ever treated: giving a full
history of each case in all its different stages. The pension officials
at Washington would often come to Dr Boyd for dates and facts in the
history of applications for pensions.  He was made a life member of the
American Baptist Missionary Union, Boston, September 30,1846.
He had in his possession the family coat of arms which is several
hundred years old.  The children of Dr Boyd are five in number: JOHN
BOYD,who died soon after the war at the age of twenty two years; EBEN L.
BOYD, died in infancy; SARAH F. BOYD, died November 4,1882, at the age
of twenty seven; MRS MARIA F. GRIBBLE, and MRS CLARA F. JOHNSON  are the
living children, and both reside with their mother at Uniontown.  Dr
Boyd spent the last moments of his life in helping the sick: having gone
out at 4:30 AM to see a patient, returning home at 9:30 AM and with a
severe attack of hemorrhage, passed away February 27, 1889, "full of
years and full of honors."  His remains rest with those of other members
of the family at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

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EBENEZER FINLEY WOODWARD, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser, was born
in Dunbar township, Fayette county, Penna, September 11, 1840, and is a
son of David Woodward and MARY BOYD Woodward.  His grandfather, Caleb
Woodward, came from Chester county, Penna, to near New Salem early in
the present century.  He was born in 1799 and died October 18, 1856, and
was married to Phebe McCarty and had six children, five daughters and
one son.  Mrs Woodward was born in 1780 and died December 4, 1856.  His
father, Davis Woodward, was born in Menallen township, June 11,1806, and
died April 6,1882.  He was a farmer and stock dealer, a truthful man and
a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. On November 2,1828, he
was married to PHEBE BOYD, a daughter of JUDGE ROBERT BOYD and REBECCA
(WORK) BOYD.  They had thirteen children.  One of their daughters,
Rebecca Woodward, married Hon Charles S Beatty, member of the
Pennsylvania legislature.  Mrs Woodward was born April 13, 1810. Her
grandfather, WILLIAM BOYD, was a native of Ireland and settled in Tyrone
township.  His father was killed by the Indians on the Potomac River,
April 13, 1757. Ebenezer F. Woodward was reared on a farm and received
his education in the common schools and has since been engaged in
farming and stock raising.  On March 25, 1869, he was married to Elma
Cox, daughter of George Cox.They have had ten children born and named as
follows: Elizabeth Woodward, born January 15, 1870; Dempsey Woodward,
born March 5, 1871; George Woodward, born June 28, 1873; Mary Woodward,
born March 2, 1875; Jessie Woodward, born November 12, 1876; Jennie
Woodward, born November 1, 1878; Finley Woodward, born November 8, 1880;
Belle, dead; Joseph Woodward,July 29, 1884; and Elma Woodward, May 10,
1887.  Mr Woodward is road commissioner of Dunbar township and is a
member of the K of P, and the J O of U A M at Leisenring.  He is a
member of the Presbyterian church and is a prudent, careful and reliable
businessman.

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WILLIAM B CHALFANT.......In June, 1860, he was married to Ellen E
Fowler, daughter of John and Elizabeth Fowler of Westmoreland county,
Penna.  To them were born seven children, of whom five are living:
MOLLIE CHALFANT (MRS EDGAR L. BOYD)Mollie Chalfant,............
 

Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of  Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, editorially managed by John M. Gresham,assisted in the
compilation by Samuel T. Wiley, A Citizen of the County, Compiled and
Published by John M. Gresham & Co.  Chicago: 1889
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Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Penna
p488
CHRISTIAN REIST, a native of Lancaster County, settled in the Boyd
neighborhood about 1800 and died in 1827.  He had three daughters, two
of whom married THOMAS BOYD and Simon Roughcorn, and the third remained
single, all of them long since deceased.
 

Tyrone, Upper and Lower Townships, Fayette County, Penna

p805
STEWART STRICKLER........... The children living in Fayette County are:
Mrs Maria Strickler BOYD;..........

Source: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia,
L.H. Everts and Company, 1882.

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