James M. Boyd ~ Harriet Kelly

Crawford County, Pennsylvania

James M. Boyd, of Rome township, is a son of William Boyd, who was a native of Ireland. He was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1846, and when he was five years of age his father died, and he came to Rome township to live with Richard Carrothers, where he has since resided. He obtained his education at the common schools. March 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, where he served faithfully until he was discharged July 20, 1865. Civil War Page In 1866 he married Harriet F. Kelly, daughter of Alva Kelly, and thy have nine children. He has taken an active part in the town affairs, as he has had the office of supervisor, assessor, school director and juror commissioner, the last mentioned for the term of three years; at the present time he is the mercantile appraiser. He is secretary of the Regimental Reunion of the Twelfth Regiment, also a member of William J. Gleason Post 96, G. A. R., of Townville, He is an active member of the Centerville Lodge, No. 89, I. O. O. F., and of Lodge No. 164, E. A. U.
Source: Our country and its people: a historical and memorial record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania by Samuel P. Bates; Pub. [Boston]: W. A. Fergusson, 1899. - FHL Film 1000550

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