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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
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Jane Boyd ~ Thomas Barnes Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Thomas Barnes,
from County Down, Ireland followed farming as an occupation throughout
his younger years and until he was well advanced in years, when he
turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, and thereafter to the end
of his days was identified with legitimate trade. His standard of life
was high and exalted in character, and nobly did he obey the command of
his Heavenly Father to be an example to all men; his honestness and
uprightness of purpose which distinguished his dealings detracted in no
way from his popularity, for there were few men who were so popular and
well-liked in his neighborhood; to the poor and needy and to all who
were in distress and trouble, he was an ever-present friend, comforting
the broken-hearted, and solacing those who refused to be comforted, and
never witholding of his abundance to relieve a case of want and
distress. His death was mourned by everyone who had had a chance to know
him and to appreciate his gentlemanly qualities; it was caused by his
readiness to act as peace-maker between two parties to a feud, the knife
that was intended by one combatant to put his opponent hors du combat
penetrated a vital spot in Mr. Barnes, and he died instantly. When
a man lays down his life for a friend, the world justly calls it one of
the most generous of acts; but on the other hand how much greater
is the magnanimity that prompts one to risk his life in an affair not
his own in an endeavor to prevent quarreling and probable bloodshed.
His wife was Jane Boyd, daughter of James Boyd of County
Down, Ireland, and to them were born six children: James,
who married Annie Annesley of County Down, and died in Ireland; William,
Annie; Margaret, who married Henry Wolfe of
Pittsburg, Pa., and has six children: Thomas, Jane, Charles,
William, Sherman, and Madison; and Isabelle, deceased.
They were connected with the Unitarian Church. Mr. Barnes came to
his death in the manner already stated in 1839, at the age of
forty-one years; his wife survived him until 1847, when she went
to join the invisible throng of spirits that inhabit the border-land,
being aged at her decease forty-eight years. Source: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897
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