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CHIEF: Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock |
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CHIEF: Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock |
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Albert D. Boyd ~ Annie E. Patterson Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania A.D. BOYD. What a man makes of himself, and not what he is made by the aid of family or the influence of friends, is a record that he can proudly leave behind him for the inspection of the world; and the field of action in which a life career of activity or usefulness may be carved out, need not be national in its dimensions. Such has been the fortune of the subject of this sketch. He has won for himself the position in life he now holds through his own efforts. ALBERT D. BOYD is a native of Menallen township and was born December 31, 1845,and is the son of WILLIAM BOYD and JANE BURGESS BOYD. His grandfather, ROBERT BOYD, was a native of Fayette county, Penna, and served one term as associate judge. His great great grandfather BOYD came to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, thence he removed and settled near Connellsville. WILLIAM BOYD, his son and A.D. BOYD's father, was raised a farmer and followed that pursuit for a livelihood. WILLIAM BOYD died in 1880. His wife, JANE BURGESS BOYD, was born in Maryland. Albert D. Boyd was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools, and attended an academy for a few sessions. He read law with Judge Wilson, and was admitted to the bar March 1,1869. He was elected district attorney and served as such from 1871 to 1874. He was twice chairman of the democratic central committee of Fayette county. With his splendid executive ability, energy and push, his appointments were generally designated as "the right man in the right place." He was married in 1872 to MISS ANNIE E. PATTERSON, daughter of Robert Patterson, a native of Ireland, from whence he emigrated in about 1815. Mr Boyd has five children: ALPHEUS E. BOYD, SAMUEL P. BOYD, ALBERT D. BOYD, WALLACE B. BOYD, and MARY E. BOYD. A.D. Boyd is a good lawyer, a good speaker, is making a fine record, and is rapidly rising toward the head of his profession. He enjoys a large practice, and is highly respected at the bar. Source: p145. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, editorially managed by John M. Gresham,assisted in the compilation by Samuel T. Wiley, A Citizen of the County, Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co. Chicago: 1889 NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.
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