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Aaron Boyd ~ Martha Plotts
Beaver County,
Pennsylvania
Aaron Boyd, farmer, P.O. Harshaville, was born July 1, 1823, on the farm where he was reared and educated
and where he now resides, containing 340 acres. His grandfather, John Boyd, who was of Irish descent, settled
near Frankfort, in Hanover township, Beaver county, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sallie
Boyd Moore. He was a farmer, and had a large family. His son, John Boyd, was born July 20, 1782, and died
April 2, 1870, at the home of his son, Aaron Boyd. He was married, in October, 1807, to Agnes Moore,
daughter of Thomas Moore, who came here when the Indians were still in the county, and a blockhouse stood
near where Mrs. Eliza Moore now resides. Mrs. Boyd was born Dec. 15, 1789, and died Aug. 13, 1869. She
was the mother of twelve children: Margaret Boyd, Martha Boyd, Mary Boyd, Thomas Boyd, Sarah Boyd, Eliza
Boyd, Samuel Boyd, Aaron Boyd, Eleanor Boyd, Agnes Boyd, John Boyd and Esther Boyd. Aaron married,
Feb 2, 1871, Martha Plotts, daughter of James Plotts, a bugler, who was killed in the Civil War. Seven children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd: Harvey Boyd, Ava Boyd, James Boyd Robert A. Boyd (died at the age of
seven years), Hally Boyd, Mitchell Boyd and Maud Boyd. Mr. Boyd is a thorough-going businessman; in politics
a Democrat.
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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