Rev. J. R. Boyd ~ Martha J. McGonagle

Rev. J. R. Boyd, minister, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio; the oldest son of William and Nancy (Bainford) Boyd; the former a native of Ireland, emigrating to America in 1820, settling in Guernsey County, where he died in 1863. Rev. J. R. Boyd was reared on a farm. In his nineteenth year he entered Muskingum College, at New Concord, where he remained three years, subsequently attending Franklin College at New Athens, Ohio, for one year, graduating from that institution in 1859. He then entered the Theological Seminary of the United Presbyterian Church, at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, remaining four years, during which time, in the spring of 1862, he was licensed to preach, and officiated in various churches in the vicinity of the seminary. In 1863 he was settled at Norwich, Muskingum county. Ohio, for a period of four years, and at Wilmington for two years. In 1869 Mr. Boyd changed his connection from the United Presbyterian to the Presbyterian Church. He was then placed in charge of the church at Liberty, Indiana, where he remained until the spring of 1872, when he removed to Lancaster, where he has since labored successfully. The membership of the church has more than doubled during that time.

Mr. Boyd was married in 1861 to Miss Martha J. McGonagle. Two sons and one daughter have been born to them: William W. Boyd, now student at Marietta College; James C. Boyd, and Aggie W. Boyd

Source: History of Fairfield and Perry counties, Ohio : their past and present, containing a comprehensive history of Ohio, a complete history of Fairfield and Perry counties, their townships, cities, villages, towns, schools, churches, societies, industries, statistics, etc., a history of their soldiers in the late war, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, miscellaneous matter, maps of the counties, biographies and histories of pioneer families, etc., etc., compiled by A. A. Graham. Micro-reproduction of original published: Chicago : W. H. Beers & Co., 1883. FHL Film 934895

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