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Samuel Boyd
~ (1) Lydia Rudy (2) Rachel Shidler
Holmes County, Ohio
Samuel Boyd (deceased), son of Thomas and Sarah (Sherlock) Boyd, was
born in County Antrim, Ireland, September 10, 1814, and came to America
with his parents. He received an ordinary education and took up farming as an occupation. In 1858 he was united in marriage with Miss Rachel SHIDLER, daughter of John Shidler, a native of Washington County, Penn., an early
settler of Berlin Township, and two children were born to this union. Mr. Boyd was formerly married to Miss Lydia RUDY, a native of Pennsylvania, who born him six children, four of whom are still living. He was an active member of the Democratic party, and filled various township offices. He died in 1883, having become one of the wealthy and influential men of the township. The children by the first marriage are Sarah Boyd, wife of John Hoover, in Kansas; Sophia Boyd, wife of Joseph Lemon, in Benton, Salt Creek Township; Henry
W. Boyd, a farmer in Berlin Township, married to Miss Nevada, daughter of Alfred Snyder. The children by the second marriage are James Mayland Boyd, a
farmer on the homestead, married to Miss Ollie Lewis, daughter of Alfred
Lewis, in Berlin Township, and John H. Boyd. Mrs. Boyd carries on the farm in connection with
her children. She is a devout and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Wayne and
Holmes, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families: Chicago :
J.
H. Beers & Co., 1889. - FHL Film 1000349 Item 3
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