Rev. Dr. John Carnahan Boyd, D.D. and Martha "Mattie" McFarland

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Husband Rev. Dr. John Carnahan Boyd, D.D. ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Rev. John Calvin Boyd D.D. 4
           Born: 16 Jan 1832 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1903 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4
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         Father: William Boyd (1794-1846/1853) 2 6 7
         Mother: Jane Carnahan (1803-1902) 2

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   Other Spouse: Margaret A. "Maggie" Lindsay (      -      ) 2 3 8

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Wife Martha "Mattie" McFarland ^{3 4 8}

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            AKA: Margaret MacFarlane 2
           Born:  - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: 16 May 1869 3 4 8
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         Father: Col. John McFarland (1800-1886) 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Elder (1813-1840) 10

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Children

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1 M William McFarland Boyd ^{3 4 8}

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         Spouse: Jessie Neely (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Dr. John Carnahan Boyd, D.D.

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He received his academic education at Jacksonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and Jefferson College, Canonsburg, and entered the Theological Seminary of Allegheny in 1854, graduating in 1858. He was licensed April 4, 1857, and was ordained April 14, 1858. He was pastor of St. Clair, Allegheny County, after his ordination, and was corresponding secretary of the board of publication. He was a delegate to the first Pan-Presbyterian Council in 1877, a professor and editor of the Evangelical Repository in 1881-85, and was later associate editor of the United Presbyterian. Some of his publications were: "An Anniversary Discourse," "The History of the Synod of Pittsburgh," and the "History of the Second Associate Reformed Presbytery of Pennsylvania."

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General Notes: Wife - Martha "Mattie" McFarland

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She was born and reared on the McFarland homestead in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and educated in the Ladies' Seminaries of Washington and Blairsville, Pennsylvania.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 243, 459.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1020.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 80.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 363.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 243.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 423.

7 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 49.

8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 459.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 361.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 362.