Joseph Boyd and Rhoda Axtell

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Husband Joseph Boyd ¹

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           Born: 22 Apr 1808 - County Cork, Ireland 1
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         Father: James Boyd (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Jane Haggertie (      -      ) 1

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Wife Rhoda Axtell ¹

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           Died: 1874 - ? Mercer Co, PA 1
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• Note: This may be the same person as : Rhoda Axtell.

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Children

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1 M Ezra Boyd ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - New Vernon Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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         Spouse: Sophia A. Hadley (      -      ) 2

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2 F Caroline Boyd ^{1 2}

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3 M George Boyd ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 May 1844 - New Vernon Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Martha J. Elliott (1858-      ) 1

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4 F Euphemy J. Boyd ²

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            AKA: Euphramy J. Boyd 1
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         Spouse: Robert Dunlap (      -      ) 1

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5 M William H. Boyd ^{1 2}

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6 M Milton E. Boyd ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Boyd

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He was employed on the canal from Franklin, PA, to Meadville for three years, and also on a canal near Cleveland. He bought land in New Vernon Township, Mercer County, PA, where he lived for over fifty years. He helped to build the Mercer court-house. He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1825, and for twenty years was blind in one eye and was later totally blind. He was a man of exceptionally good memory, pure character and an earnest, Christian. He was a stanch Republican, and was taken to every election.

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General Notes: Wife - Rhoda Axtell

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She died after a lingering illness of twelve years. She was a devoted member of
the Presbyterian Church.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1110.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1067.