James Rutherford Boyd and Margaret Emerson

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Husband James Rutherford Boyd ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Oct 1790 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
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           Died: 29 Dec 1865 4
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         Father: John Boyd (Abt 1761-1799) 5
         Mother: Mary Williams (1761-1844) 5 6

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Eliza Keller (1803-1828) 7

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   Other Spouse: Eliza Sloan (1800-1886) 1 3 - 3 Feb 1831 4

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Wife Margaret Emerson ³

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           Died: 24 May 1824 4
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Children

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1 F Mary Boyd ⁴

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         Spouse: Dr. William S. Cresap (      -      ) 4

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2 M John R. Boyd ⁴

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           Born: 26 Dec 1815 4
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           Died: 26 Mar 1862 4
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         Spouse: Caroline E. Truman (      -      ) 4

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3 F Sarah Ann Boyd ⁴

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           Born: 29 Mar 1818 4
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           Died: 8 Oct 1854 4
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         Spouse: John B. Bratton (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - James Rutherford Boyd

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He learned the trade of cabinet-making, at Trenton, New Jersey, and for many years successfully carried on that business. He served as third sergeant in Captain Richard M. Crain's company, the Harrisburg Artillerists, in the war of 1814, and for a long time was a member of the borough council.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 145.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 115, 342.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 115.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 117.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 114.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 529.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 117, 342.