Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George W. Boyd and Martha Smith




Husband George W. Boyd 1 2 3

           Born:  - Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: James Boyd (      -Bef 1882) 4 5
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 18 Feb 1846 3



Wife Martha Smith 1 3

           Born: 
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Children
1 M James Smith Boyd 3 6

           Born: 23 Dec 1846 - Upper Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Susan Catharine Detwiler (1852-      ) 3 6
           Marr: 19 Jun 1873 6


2 F Catherine May Boyd 3

           Born: 1848 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1912
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Shrader (      -Aft 1912) 3


3 F Emily Boyd 3

           Born: 3 Mar 1851 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1912
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Mock (      -      ) 3


4 M Smith Boyd 3

           Born: 25 Apr 1853 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 F Mary A. Boyd 1 3 7 8

           Born: 11 Mar 1855 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1912
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Peter Stauffer Loucks (1841-1897) 7 8 9
           Marr: 29 May 1878 1 8


6 M Demsey Boyd 3

           Born: 17 Aug 1857
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1912
         Buried: 
         Spouse: May McMasters (      -Aft 1912) 3


7 F Martha Boyd 3

           Born: 7 Feb 1860 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Metcalf (      -      ) 3


8 M George M. Boyd 3

           Born: 24 Dec 1861 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1912 - Joplin, Jasper Co, MO
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - George W. Boyd


He was born in Tyrone township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he became a prosperous farmer, retiring late in life to Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, where he built a large brick house which was his residence until death. He was a member of the Baptist church and a man of influence.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 694.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 447.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 357.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 488.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 353, 357.

6 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 452.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 446.

8 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 81.

9 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688, 693.


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