Descendants of
Alexander H. Boyd and Anne Overholt
A Genealogical Record
of the Descendants of Jacob Beidler - Author:
A. J.
Fretz, Call Number:
CS71.b443. This book contains the history of the Biedler
Family who settled in eastern
Pennsylvania. Bibliographic Information: Fretz, A. J.
Biedler Family History. Privately
Published Milton, NJ 1903. Page 349
Rev. John D. Overholt 1795-1878
married Elizabeth Stauffer 1804-1842.
Married 2nd Mary Bixler.
1. Agnes Overholt (1822)--m.
Abraham Bechtel.
2. Jacob S. R. Overholt (1826-1901)--m.
Susan K. Hugus.
3. Anne Overholt (1829-1894)--m.
Alexander
H. Boyd.
4. Elizabeth S. Overholt;
unmarried
5. Christian S. R. Overholt;
unmarried
6. John S. R. Overholt--m.
Maria O. Frick.
7. Aaron S. R. Overholt--m.
Sarah A. Overholt.
Anne Overholt,
b. in Westmoreland Co., Pa., Apr. 11, 1829; d. May 18,
1894; mrd. Alexander H.
Boyd, Feb. 14, 1847. He was b. in Fayette Co., Pa.,
Apr. 30, 1823; d. July 27,
1901. P. O., Munster, Ill. Farmer. Presby.
Children:
1. Elizabeth Boyd (1847-1884)
m. George McFadden.
2. Isabelle Boyd (1849)- m.
Nicholas Weaver.
3. Mary A. Boyd (1851)--m.
Alexander H. Patterson.
4. Nancy Boyd (1859-1860)
5. Christian C. Boyd (1862)--
m. Lorinda Merritt.
6. Margaret G. Boyd (1864)--
m. W. E. Swift.
7. Frances A. Boyd (1867).
Boyds in Index of
book
Boyd, Albert M. 85
Boyd, Alexander H. 94
Boyd, Anna J. 86
Boyd, Anna M. 96
Boyd, Azalia, B. 86
Boyd, Beasie M. 85
Boyd, Christian C. 95
Boyd, Cora M. 85
Boyd, Elizabeth 95
Boyd, Fannle 76
Boyd, Frank H. 85
Boyd, Frances A. 96
Boyd, Harry E. 85
Boyd, Isabella 95
Boyd, James S. 85
Boyd, James H. 150
Boyd, John C. 86
Boyd, Jonathan M. 96
Boyd, Lorinda M. 94
Boyd, Margaret G. 96
Boyd, Mary A. 95
Boyd, Mary A. 119
Boyd, Max D. 86
Boyd, Nancy 95
Boyd, Ralph H. 86
Boyd, Rice 98
Boyd, Ruth V. 86
Boyd, Samuel 86
Boyd, William M. 96
JOHN FRANK BOYD, a Representative
from Nebraska; born in Connellsville,
Fayette County, Pa., August
8, 1853; moved with his parents to Henry
County, Ill., in 1857; attended
the public schools and Abingdon (Ill.)
College; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced
practice in Galva, Ill.; moved
to Nebraska in 1883 and settled in
Oakdale, Antelope County;
prosecuting attorney of Antelope County,
Nebr., 1888-1894; judge of
the Ninth Judicial District Court of Nebraska
1900-1907; moved to Neligh,
Antelope County, Nebr., in 1901; elected as
a Republican to the Sixtieth
Congress (March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1909);
unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first
Congress; resumed the practice
of law in Neligh, Nebr., until 1929, when
he retired and moved to Los
Angeles, Calif.; died in Los Angeles,
Calif., May 28, 1945; interment
in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Source:
Biographical Directory of
the American Congress, 1774-1949: The
Continental Congress September
5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The
Congress of the United States
From the First to the Eightieth Congress
March 4, 1789 to January 3,
1949, Inclusive, Washington, DC:United
States Government Printing
Office, 1950. page 876