"The History of Bedford and Somerset
Counties," by Blackburn & Welfley. 1906.
Vol. 2, p. 143 - 1783
Quemahoning twp, Somerset County tax list. James
BOYD, horses, 1; cattle,
1; sheep, 2; houses, 0; number of persons, 0.
Vol. 2, p. 144 - 1783
Milford twp, Somerset County tax list. James BOYD,
horses, 2; cattle, 3; sheep,
5; houses, 1; number of persons, white, 3.
Vol. 2, p. 263 - Civil
War rolls. Company A, 10th regiment PA reserve
corps. Chauncey F. F. BOYD,
private. Discharged May 26, 1863, for wounds
received at South Mountain,
Md., Sept. 14, 1862.
Chauncey is mentioned again
on p. 269 - "Marching through Maryland, they
encountered a part of Lee's
army at South Mountain, on Sept. 14th. The
engagement which followed
was a triumph for the Union arms the enemy being
routed with a great loss.
The loss of the division was 417 men, but Company
A's loss was only two, these
being private Benjamin F. Heckart, killed, and
private Chauncey F. F.
BOYD, badly wounded."
Vol. 2, p. 275 - Civil
War rolls. Company I, 52nd regiment PA
volunteers. William
BOYD, private. Mustered into service Sept. 26, 1864.
Vol. 2, p. 301 - Civil
War rolls. Company D, 133rd regiment PA volunteer
infantry. Samuel D. BOYD,
sargeant. Company organized Aug. 19, 1862 and was
mustered out of service May
19, 1863.
Vol. 2, p. 491 - Newberry Methodist
Church in Addison Twp. " Among the
preachers were: Revs. Robert
Hanna, John White, James Wilson, John
Everhart, Robert BOYD,
Jacob Snyder, and others."
Vol. 2, p. 624 - B.
F. Boyd served two terms as burgess of Ursina borough
after its incorporation in
1872.
Vol. 2, p. 655 - In the
Elk Lick twp. history. "Boynton, on the old
Douglas BOYD farm,
dates from 1880, when Dill Watson & Co located a large
steam saw mill near the old
sugar camp of this farm. Some lots were sold,
and fifteen or twenty houses
built. The mill has long been abandoned but
the town in there to stay."
Vol. 3, p. 162 - "Jacob Picking,
Jr. married October 1, 1903, Miss Ruey F.
BOYD, born Aug. 16,
1881 in Franklin County, daughter of Alexander BOYD and
Emma (McCreary) BOYD. Alexander
Boyd was a contractor of Plate Glass Works.
He and his wife had children
as follows: Frank, Charles, Grace, Samuel,
Ruey F., Effie and Ford."
Vol. 3, p. 465 - " Mary Lochrie
of Windber, born 1872, married Thomas BOYD
of West Virginia; and they
have eight children."
Vol. 3, p. 501 - "Jeremiah
Engle married in 1838, Christina, daughter of
James and Catherine
(Baer) BOYD. Christina (Boyd) Engle died in 1893, aged
eighty-six." Jeremiah Engle,
born June 26, 1816, died in 1871.
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THOMAS ALEXANDER BOYD, a Representative
from Illinois; born near
Bedford, Adams County, Pa.,
June 25, 1830; attended the public schools;
was graduated from Marshall
College, Mercersburg,Pa., in 1848; studied
law in Chambersburg, Pa.;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in [p.877] Bedford, Pa.; moved
to Lewistown, Ill., in 1856 and engaged
in the practice of law until
1861; during the Civil War enlisted in the
Seventeenth Regiment, Illinois
Infantry, in 1861 and obtained the
commission of captain; member
of the State senate in 1866 and was
reelected in 1870;elected
as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and
Forty-sixth Congresses (March
4, 1877-March 3,1881); was not a candidate
for renomination in 1880;
resumed the practice of law; died in
Lewistown, Fulton County,
Ill., May 28, 1897; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source:
page 877. 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.
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