Dr. George S. Boyd ~ Emma J. Laird

Dr. George S. Boyd, a popular and successful physician of Beaver Falls, Pa., is one of the most prominent Homeopathic practitioners in Beaver county. He has been practicing at his present location for nearly twenty years and controls a large business. Dr. Boyd has worked hard and earnestly for his success, and deserves the reputation and confidence with which he has been rewarded.

Dr. Boyd was born at New Sheffield, Pa., on May 6, 1850. He received his primary mental training in both public and select schools, afterwards taking a collegiate course at Curry Institute in Pittsburg. After receiving special tuition in that school, he followed the profession of teaching for a period of nine years, chiefly in Beaver county. He decided to fit himself for the medical profession, and with that object in view, he studied medicine with his brother, John S. Boyd, after which he took the required course of lectures at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, and graduated with the class of 1880. Dr. Boyd immediately established himself in Beaver Falls and has remained ever since, even occupying the same office, refitted, however, from time to time, with the most modern appliances used by the most progressive medical men of today. His practice, small at first, has increased with each succeeding year until now the Doctor has all he can attend to.

In 1881, Mr. Boyd was united in marriage with Emma J. Laird, an affable daughter of Alexander Laird of New Scottsville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Boyd is an influential member of the State Medical Association, and also of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Beaver county. He was one of the organizers of the Beaver Falls Board of Health in 1893, and has been president and secretary of that organization. His interest in educational matters is not lacking, and is proved by his having served on the school board. In politics, the subject of this sketch is a Republican, but his practice is not confined to his Republican friends and their families; indeed, the Doctor never allows politics to interfere with his professional duties whatever. He is also a member of the medical and surgical staff of the Beaver Valley General Hospital. Dr. Boyd is a son of Samuel and Martha (Maratta) Boyd, and grandson of John Boyd.

John Boyd was a native of Ireland, coming to America and settling in Allegheny township, Allegheny county, Pa., where his son Samuel was born. Samuel Boyd was reared and educated in his native county, and learned the trade of a cabinet maker. After living a number of years in Bridgewater borough, he removed to New Sheffield, Beaver county, where he followed farming in connection with the undertaking business. His last years were spent in Beaver Falls, where he died, aged seventy-nine years. His widow, the beloved mother of our subject, still survives her husband.

Source: Book of biographies : this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Beaver County, Pa; Microfilm of original published: Buffalo : Biographical Pub. Co., 1899. - FHL Film 1425640 Item 4

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