Nelson Homer Boyd ~ Lucetta Fritchman

Nelson Homer Boyd, postmaster at Finleyville, Pa., for many years has been a representative business man in this section and has held his present office since July, 1908. He was born in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, November 1, 1847, and is a son of John and Jane ( Weddle) Boyd.

The parents of Mr. Boyd spent their entire lives in Elizabeth Township. They had a family of nine children: George Boyd, John Boyd, Joseph Boyd, James Boyd, Nelson Homer Boyd, Eliza Boyd, Robert Boyd, Nancy Jane Boyd, and Mary Elizabeth Boyd. The four survivors are: John, Robert, Nelson H., and Nancy Jane, the latter of whom is the wife of C. A. Walker of McKeesport, Pa.

Nelson H. Boyd attended the district school near his father's small farm and blacksmith shop, in Elizabeth Township, until he was near seventeen years of age when he began to teach school and taught very acceptably to patrons and pupils for ten terms. He then became part owner in a general store in partnership with his brother, John Boyd, and subsequently bought a farm of 100 acres in Washington County and operated it for three years. Returning then to Allegheny County, he spent the next five years there and during that time served one term as a justice of the peace. In 1882 he came to Finleyville and entered the employ of a well known coal operator, Henry Floersheim, with whom he continued for eighteen years. When the government stated the free delivery system, Mr. Boyd entered the service for ten months. In 1901, in partnership with his brother, Robert Boyd, he went into the grocery business at Finleyville, which they conducted until 1906. In all his different business connections Mr. Boyd has retained the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens through his ability and integrity, and his appointment as postmaster was acceptable to many who were not of the same political faith as himself.

On June 8, 1871, Mr. Boyd was married to Miss Lucetta Fritchman, of Westmoreland County, and they reside on Marion avenue, Finleyville. They have three children: Francis M. Boyd; Charles N. Boyd; and Henry C. Boyd. The eldest son married Jean Kerr and they have the following children: Lucetta Boyd, Marion Boyd, Martha Boyd, Helen Boyd, Arthur Boyd, and James Boyd.

Source: 20th century history of the city of Washington, and Washington County, Pennsylvania : and representative citizens by Joseph F. McFarland; Micro-reproduction of original published: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910. - FHL Film 1000576 Item 1

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