OHIO BOYDS
Generation No. 1
1. Delilah1 BOYD
was born Abt. 1824 in Pa.. She married (1)
Elias SHAFFER Bef. 1850.
She married (2) James EDINGER 7-June-1855 in
Darke Co. Ohio. She
married (3) Jacob LEAR 12-September-1876 in Darke
Co. Ohio by A.G. Clark J.P..
Marriage Notes for Delilah
BOYD and James EDINGER:
James Edinger to Delilah Shaffer
on 7 June 1855 by Mahlon Martin, J.P.
Licence issued on 4 June 1855.
This would be Delilah's second marriage.
Marriage Notes for Delilah
BOYD and Jacob LEAR:
Darke Co. Marriages 1851-1898
Delilah Edinger married Jacob
Lear 12 Sep 1876 by A. G. Clark, JP
Children of Delilah BOYD and
Elias SHAFFER are:
2 i. Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth2
SHAFFER, born
19-August-1851 in Erie, Erie Co.,
Pa.; died
22-November-1937 in Osgood, Darke Co., Ohio.
She married Jacob
Washington BOYD 10-May-1868
in Webster, Darke
Co., Ohio, USA.
Notes for Jacob Washington
BOYD:
Jacob W. Boyd was born 27
May 1843 at Montgomery Ferry, Perry Co. PA. he
was the son of Joseph Wesley
Boyd Sr. and Catharine (Bair) Boyd. Jacob,
along with his family, left
Perry Co. PA. in 1853 for Darke Co. Ohio.
Settled in York Township near
the town of Brock, Ohio. At the age of 18,
he served 3 years in the Civil
War. Jacob, with his brothers, Joseph,
Isaac and father, Joseph Sr.,
mustered in the Civil War together in the
same Company. Jacob was a
private in Co. E 40th. Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He was wounded at Kenesaw
Mountain, Ga. and in December 1864 was
transferred to Co. E 51st.
Ohio Veteran Volunteers. He was discharged in
3 October 1865 at Victoria,
Texas. Jacob W. Boyd was 5 feet, 5 1/2 inches
tall and had dark complexion,
gray eyes and brown hair.
In the 1870 Darke Co. census,
list his occupation as a laborer, most
likely a farm laborer. Jacob
W. Boyd married on the 10th. May 1868 at
Webster, Ohio to Margaret
Elizabeth Shaffer, daughter of Elias & Delilah
(Boyd) Shafer. In the 41 years
of marriage, they lived in the counties of
Darke, Mercer and Paulding.
The only land found that they had owned was
in the towns of Payne and
Osgood, Ohio. The house and lot in Payne, Ohio
was traded to his sister &
brother-in-law, Susannah & Elijah Shook, for
the lot that they had owned
in Osgood, Ohio. Jacob & Margaret E. Boyd
lived out the remainder of
their lives in Osgood, Darke Co. Ohio. Jacob
W. Boyd died on the 1 Feb
1909 and Margaret Boyd died 25 Nov 1937,
Osgood, Ohio. Both are buried
at Yorkshire (Mendenhall) Cemetery, Darke
Co. Ohio.
Jacob Washington Boyd &
Maggie (Shaffer) Boyd
Notes & Comments on their
Bible
By: Michael O. Reck
September 8, 1998
The Bible of Jacob & Maggie
Boyd was given to me by my Grandmother,
Margaret E. (Pearson) Reck
about 10 years ago (ca. 1989). The Bible was
worn and with no cover. The
entries made in the Bible was from my
Great--great grandfather,
Jacob W. Boyd. Three pages contained
information that was incomplete.
The pages are faded and also worn from
age and from mis-handling
of the Bible through the years.
The Bible has no forward to
tell of the year it was published. It was no
ordinary Bible. It was called
"A Complete Analysis Of The Holy Bible". It
had 1,056 pages before it
came to the written information of the Boyd Family.
Page 1: Family Record Births
The first page is incomplete.
Written in Jacob's hand, in ink, list his name and birth.
Jacob W. Boyd, born
May 27th. AD 1843
Second is his wife, Margaret
Elizabeth (Shaffer) Boyd's name and birth in ink.
Maggie E. Boyd, born
Aug. 19th. AD 1851
Next list their firstborn
child:
Armenta May Boyd, born
Jan'y. 1st. 1869
Next written in pencil and
faded and hard to read, list second born
daughter:
Ida Belle Boyd, born
March 7th, 1871
Written in Ink, is the next
child: a daughter:
Norah Jayne Boyd, born
April 12th., 1873
In faded pencil is written
the first son born:
Harry Alberta Boyd,
born May 9th., 1875
Jacob & Maggie had five
(5) more children but were omitted from the Bible Record.
See below:
Nellie S. Boyd, born
Nov.4th, 1880
Catharine Delilah Boyd,
born Jan. 24, 1883
Charles Franklin Boyd,
born Sept. 18, 1885
Arthur Boyd born Sept
29, 1888
Florence M. Boyd, born
Dec. 15, 1891
There may have been another
child in between Harry & Nellie. No proof has
been documented as of 1998.
Page 2: Marriages
The only marriage listed is
for Jacob & Margaret Boyd.
Jacob W. Boyd and Maggie
E. Shaffer was married May the 10th. 1868
by Nathan Hole, Esqr.
Page 3: Deaths
There were only two entries
made in this section. The first done in ink
and the last in pencil, which
my grandmother said that Florence (Boyd)
Geiger made this entry in
pencil with no date.
Possibly years after Arthur
Boyd died.
Armenta May Boyd died
December AD 1871
Arthur Boyd died
3 ii. Lewis SHAFFER, born Abt. 1854.
Child of Delilah BOYD and James
EDINGER is:
4 i. Hannah2 EDINGER, born 1859.
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William Boyd of Darke Co. Ohio
From: moreck@Juno.com (Michael
O Reck)
Descendants of William BOYD
Generation No. 1
1. William6 BOYD
(Thomas5, Thomas4, John3, Samuel2, John1) was
born 1813 in Perry Co. Pa..
He married Mary Jane EDINGER Abt. 1838 in
Miami County, Ohio..
Notes for William BOYD:
William & Mary BOYD were
members of the Methodist Church at Brock, Ohio.
William BOYD donated land
for the Old Brock Cemetery (Also known as BOYD
Cemetery.). It is located
in the southwest quarter of section 33, York
Twp. State Rt. 127 adjoins
it on the west (1 mile west of Brock, Ohio)
Darke Co. Ohio Deeds records,
Vol. N-2 page 55, Oct. 6, 1851. In 1840 &
1850, William & Mary BOYD
lived in York Twp., Darke Co. Ohio. In 1860,
Mary & William lived in
Richland Twp., Darke Co. Ohio, and had a
Beamsville, Ohio post office
address. Property value $3,360.
Children of William BOYD and
Mary EDINGER are:
2 i. Thomas M.7 BOYD, born 1839 in
Miami Co. Ohio.
He married Sarah E. SHAMO.
Notes for Thomas M. BOYD:
Thomas M. Boyd, son of William
and Mary Jane:
farmer, Sec 10: P. O. Dexter;
owns 80 acres of land; born in Miami
county, Ohio, in 1839; came
to Iowa in 1865; married, in 1865, Miss Sarah E.
Shamo, of Pennsylvania; has
five children living; Mr. Boyd is a man of considerable
prominence in his neighborhood;
has been constable two years.
3 ii. John BOYD, born
1842.
4 iii. Susannah BOYD,
born 1844.
5 iv. Abagail BOYD,
born 1846.
6 v. William H. BOYD,
born 1848.
7 vi. Franklin BOYD,
born 1849.
8 vii. James C. BOYD,
born 6-September-1855 in
Darke Co.
Ohio; died 18-October-1878 in Age: 23 yrs. 1 mo. 12 days.
Notes for James C. BOYD:
Cemetery Inscription:
Boyd, James C. Died Oct. 18,
1878 Age: 23 yrs. 1 mo. 12 days
Burial: Old Penn Ct., Penn
Twp, Madison County, Iowa
"Remember youth as you pass
by
As you are now so once was
I
As I am now so you must be
So prepare to meet in Heaven
with me."
9 viii. Joseph BOYD, born 1854; died 1874 in age: 21 yrs 6 mo. 2 days.
Notes for Joseph BOYD:
Cemetery Inscription:
Boyd, Joseph G. Died
19, 1874 age: 21 yrs 6 mo. 2 days
Burial: Old Penn Ct., Penn
Twp, Madison County, Iowa
10 ix. Martha J. BOYD, born 1855.