Bios: WILSON M. BOYD, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      WILSON M. BOYD,
  
  [p. 577] who has conducted his blacksmith business at the village of
  Fayette for half a century, is a leading citizen of the place and holds,
  a commission from Governor Pennypacker as a justice of the peace. He was
  born here, in 1858, and is a son of Robert and Sarah (Patterson) Boyd.
  Robert Boyd was a son of Thomas Boyd, who came to Lawrence County in
  1830, from County Antrim, Ireland.
  
  Wilson M. Boyd attended the district schools in his boyhood, and then
  learned the blacksmith's trade, and subsequently he bought the shop in
  which he has conducted his business for so many years. He is well and
  favorably known all through Wilmington Township.
  
  Mr. Boyd married Mary Allen, in 1881 and she is a daughter of A. I. and
  Abby Allen, farming people in Lawrence County. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have
  three children: Nellie, who is a teacher in the Mahoningtown schools;
  Maud, who teaches in the Fayette schools; and Harry, who is yet a
  student. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are members of Salem Lutheran Church, in
  which he is an elder and trustee. He belongs to the Odd Fellows, and is
  connected with Neshannock Lodge, No. 521, of New Wilmington, of which he
  has been secretary for the past sixteen years, and served two terms as
  D. D. grand master.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  
  Updated: 9 Nov 2001