James Smith Boyd and Susan Catharine Detwiler

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Husband James Smith Boyd ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Dec 1846 - Upper Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: George W. Boyd (      -      ) 1 3 4
         Mother: Martha Smith (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 19 Jun 1873 2

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Wife Susan Catharine Detwiler ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1852 - Bullskin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Samuel Detwiler (      -1888) 1 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Fretz (1828-Aft 1912) 5

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Children

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1 M Albert Mason Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 18 Aug 1874 - Upper Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 2 6
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         Spouse: Melissa McBurney (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 19 Sep 1907 6

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2 M Harry Ellsworth Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 3 Oct 1875 or 1876 2 6
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         Spouse: Della Cram (      -      ) 6

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3 M Frank Hanby Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 3 Jan 1878 2 6
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         Spouse: Laura Humphreys (      -      ) 6

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4 F Bessie Marie Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 7 Jul 1879 2 6
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         Spouse: Edward Anderson (      -      ) 6

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5 M Samuel Detwiler Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 31 Oct 1881 2 6
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         Spouse: Mattie Keller (      -      ) 6

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6 F Ruth Van Gundy Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 14 Oct 1884 2 6
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7 M John Clyde Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 22 Oct 1885 2 6
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Anna Josephine Boyd ^{2 6}

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           Born: 12 Sep 1887 2 6
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         Spouse: Mark Bohrer (      -      ) 6

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9 M Ralph Harper Boyd ⁶

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           Born: 31 Oct 1890 6
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10 F Azalia Belle Boyd ⁶

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           Born: 1 Apr 1893 6
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11 M Max Dewey Boyd ⁶

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           Born: 15 May 1896 6
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General Notes: Husband - James Smith Boyd

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Mitchell Co, KS - a farmer

He attended the local public school and grew to manhood on the home farm. After his marriage he lived two years on his father's farm, then until February, 1855, lived at Detwiler's Mills as manager of Grandfather Detwiler's farm, and also did the mill hauling. In 1855 he moved with his family to near Cawker City, Kansas, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land. He prospered, and in 1893 purchased an additional two hundred and forty acres on which he moved and lived until 1906. In that year he sold his one hundred and sixty acre farm and bought one hundred acres near Wichita, Kansas. He devoted himself mainly to raising alfalfa. He also conducted a line of general farming operations on his two farms. He was a Republican in politics and served on the school board for many years. He was a member of the United Brethren church.

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

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

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

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

5 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 451.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 358.