CHIEF:  Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock

Reverend James Boyd

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Reverend James Boyd was a missionary among the Indians.  He and his family lived in a log cabin which was six miles away from the nearest family.  One day their fire went out and Mr. Boyd walked the six miles to the nearest cabin to get a shovel full of hot coals. This he kept replenished from time to time along the way, until he got home.  Mrs. Boyd owned the only darning needle in the area and other women would frequently borrow it.

Once when Mr. Boyd was away hunting, Mrs. Boyd, who was afraid of the Indians, saw them through the open door of their cabin, at which her oldest boy was playing. Thinking the Indians might kill them she was terrified. Fortunately Mr. Boyd returned with a deer he had killed which they fed to the Indians.

Samuel Boyd Craig was of this family.  

Source: 200 Years of History in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania By The Bicentennial History Committee. Published by the New Alexandria Bicentennial Committee in Cooperation with the Community of New Alexandria, Pennsylvania.

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