John S. Boyd ~ Lizzie J. Shannon

John S. Boyd, physician, New Brighton, was born in Moon township, Beaver county in 1845. His parents, Samuel Boyd and Sarah Wade Boyd, had four children. John S. Boyd, the third child, was reared in the towns of Allegheny and New Sheffield, attending the common schools and an academy. He taught school for six years during the winter and attended school in summer. In 1871 he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Langford and Dr. Wendt, entered Cleveland Homoeopathic College, from which he graduated in 1874, and soon thereafter commenced the practice of his profession at his home, removing in 1883 to New Brighton. He was married in 1877 to Lizzie J. Shannon, daughter of James W. and Mary Shannon, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and three children were born to them; two of them are living: Lelia Boyd and Faye Boyd. Dr. Boyd is a member of the United Presbyterian church; in politics he is a Republican.

Source: History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania: including its early settlement, its erection into a separate county, its subsequent growth and development, sketches of its boroughs, villages, and townships, portraits of some of its prominent men, biographies of many of its representative citizens, statistics, etc; Author: Richard, J. Fraise. - FHL Film 1550263

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