A. W. Boyd ~ Amelia Seaward

A. W. Boyd, oil producer, Sawyer City, is a son of John Boyd, a native of Mercer county, Ohio, who came to McKean county when a young man, and followed farming and lumbering; he married Miss Annie Hutchinson, native of McKean county, of Irish parentage. Mr. Boyd was a Democrat and a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in 1867, his wife in 1861. They reared nine children, five of whom are living: Elizabeth Boyd, wife of Andrew Swarthart, in Michigan; Martha Boyd, wife of Roswell Hale, in Tarport, Penn.; Jane Boyd, wife of Jesse Pumphrey, in Kansas; A. W. Boyd; and William Boyd, a farmer in Foster township, McKean county. A. W. Boyd was born in Foster township, McKean Co., Penn., June 20, 1846, and attended the township schools, also Rochester Commercial College. For ten years he engaged in lumbering, and since 1877 he has been producing oil, controlling from fifty to sixty wells. In 1866 he married Miss Amelia Seaward, daughter of J. S. Seaward, of Kendall Creek, and has five children: Clinton G. Boyd; Annie M. Boyd; Leonard C. Boyd; Frank G. Boyd; and Clement C. Boyd. Mr. Boyd is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of Union Lodge, No. 334, F. & A. M., Bradford Chapter, No. 160, R. A. M., and Trinity Commandery, No. 58, K. T.

Source: History of the counties of McKean, Elk and Forest, Pennsylvania : with biographical selections, including their early settlement and development, a description of the historic and interesting localities, sketches of their cities, towns, and villages, portraits of prominent men, biographies of representative citizens, outline history of Pennsylvania, statistics, etc; by Michael A. Leeson; Microfilm of original published: Chicago : J. H. Beers, 1890. - FHL Film 1550259

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