Husband Albert Darlington Boyd 1
Born: 31 Dec 1845 - Menallen Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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Died: Bef 1912
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Father: William Boyd ( - ) 2 3
Mother: Jane C. Burgess ( - ) 3
Marriage: 21 Sep 1872 4
Wife Annie Elizabeth Patterson 4
Born: - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA
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Died: Aft 1912
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Father: Robert Patterson (1808- ) 5
Mother: Lucinda Winchell ( - ) 5
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1 M Edward Wilson Boyd 4
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2 M Samuel Patterson Boyd 4
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3 M Albert Darlington Boyd 4
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4 M Wallace Burgess Boyd 4
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5 F Mary Elizabeth Boyd 4
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Spouse: Charles S. Bowman ( - ) 4
General Notes: Husband - Albert Darlington Boyd
He was educated in the public schools, alternating his winter terms of study with summer work on the farm. He obtained a good English education, and when a young man taught several terms in the township schools of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and one year in Connellsville. He supplemented his public school study with two terms at Morgantown Academy (West Virginia), and while still teaching began the study of law under the preceptorship of Judge Alpheus E. Wilson. He prosecuted his legal study with all the energy of his nature, and in 1869 passed the required examinations and was admitted to the Fayette county bar. he made rapid progress in his profession after locating at Uniontown, was admitted to all federal and state courts of the district, and commanded the patronage of the best class of clients. His natural oratorical gifts brought him into prominence as a public speaker, which in turn so impressed the rank and file of his party that in 1871 he was chosen the Democratic candidate for district attorney. He was elected by a handsome majority, serving with distinction until 1874. He then retired to private practice, and did not again appear prominently in public life, save as chairman of the Democratic county committee until 1898, when he was elected state senator by an overwhelming majority from the district comprising the counties of Fayette and Greene. He ably represented his district in the senate, served on important committees. and as a legislator added to the fame already gained as a lawyer. He continued in active practice until his death. Senator Boyd was learned in the law, and seemingly carried the contents of his valuable law library in his head so ready was he with quotation of precedent in cases of similar import, printed and used as judicial authority. He had a large practice, and was so unselfish that his memory was lovingly cherished by men then young at the bar whom he helped with their first cases. Among the older strong men of the bar he stood without a superior, either in legal attainment or in political prominence. He began practice at the age of twenty-four, and in his second year successfully prosecuted a murderer defended by the ablest Uniontown lawyers. For many years he was engaged in nearly every noted criminal case in Fayette County, either for the prosecution or for the defense. He gradually withdrew from criminal practice and devoted his talents to civil law, securing even higher position in that branch of his profession than as a criminal lawyer.
His estate, "Locust Hill," in the east end of Uniontown, was purchased shortly after his marriage.