REVEREND JAMES BOYD - WESTMORELAND CO; PA
Reverend
JAMES BOYD was a missionary among the Indians. He and his
family
lived in a log cabin which was six miles away from the nearest
family.
One day their fire went out and Mr. Boyd walked the six miles to
the
nearest cabin to get a shovel full of hot coals. This he kept
replenished
from time to time along the way, until he got home. Mrs.
Boyd
owned the only darning needle in the area and other women would
frequently
borrow it.
Once
when Mr. Boyd was away hunting, Mrs. Boyd, who was afraid of the
Indians,
saw them through the open door of their cabin, at which her
oldest
boy was playing. Thinking the Indians might kill them she was
terrified.
Fortunately Mr. Boyd returned with a deer he had killed which
they
fed to the Indians.
Samuel Boyd Craig was of this family.
Source:
200 Years of History in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania
By The Bicentennial History Committee.
Published
by the New Alexandria Bicentennial Committee in Cooperation
with
the Community of New Alexandria, Pennsylvania.
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Karen
from Ohio, USA