. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. f the Chapter,, Commanderyand Lodge of Perfection at Uniontown. andof the Consistory at Pittsburgh; also of theIndepenilent Order of Odd Fellows. He is amember of tiic Laurel Club of politics he is a Republican. Dr. and are members of the Methodist Epis-copal church. He married, November 29, 1910, EstellaFrazee. born at Hopwood, Fayette county,Pennsvlvania, daughter of James Ross andMartha (Frazee) Barnes. Her father is a lead-ing coal magnate of Uniontown and Hop-wood. Child: James Ross Barnes, born
. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. f the Chapter,, Commanderyand Lodge of Perfection at Uniontown. andof the Consistory at Pittsburgh; also of theIndepenilent Order of Odd Fellows. He is amember of tiic Laurel Club of politics he is a Republican. Dr. and are members of the Methodist Epis-copal church. He married, November 29, 1910, EstellaFrazee. born at Hopwood, Fayette county,Pennsvlvania, daughter of James Ross andMartha (Frazee) Barnes. Her father is a lead-ing coal magnate of Uniontown and Hop-wood. Child: James Ross Barnes, born No-vember 25, 1911. The Howard home is atNo. 95 East Main street, Uniontown. The Boyds came to Fayette coun-BOYD ty from the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, the family seat beingnear Winchester. They were an influentialfamily, and of frequent mention in Virginiarecords. The founder of the Fayette countyfamily was William Boyd, who moved fromthe Shenandoah valley to Fayette county,Pennsylvania, in 1784, settling in Bullskintownship; there he founded the Boyd family,. ^ Lu!€Z/^.^^y^^^^^->7y oUtr^;^^. Leu^is Hislorical I FAYETTE COUNTY 353 made illustrious by his sons, grandsons andgreat-grandsons. His farm Springhill, on?AIounLs Creek, consisted of two hundredand forty acres, which was patented to him inJune, 17S6, by the government, is^et ownedin the family. He bore a commission as jus-tice of the peace, dated 1792. He was a manof education, and held high positions in thetownship. He was a slave owner, and broughtwith him from Virginia several slaves, and sixnegro children were registered as having beenborn to these between 1795 and 1809. Hedied in i8j2 and was buried on the homesteadfarm. He married and had issue: Thomas,John, Robert, James, William, Jeremiah anda daughter. The eldest son, Thomas, m-herited the homestead, and died in died in 1857. Robert, of further men-tion. James died in Tyrone township. Wil-liam moved to Ohio. Jeremiah became aphysician
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