Joseph Boyd
Married Rebecca Crawford, from Pennsylvania in 1810. Cheap land was offered him on Fifth St., City, but bought at "80" of N. Longworth, just east of Robert Hope and Dr. Fithian.
Children: James, married Catharine Mills; John; Margaret, married Joseph Morton; Elizabeth, married John Bracken; Martha, married John Moore; Rebecca; Joseph, married Bertha Henn. An Episode.-On the 19th of April 1902, Joseph, Jr., having rounded out fifty years in the Masonic Order, the lodge presented him with a magnificent silver urn, capacity one-half gallon, with the proper inscriptions, and also a luxurious easy chair. To him the surprise was a revelation of deep sympathy and he could trust himself to say only a little. An Incident.-St. Aloysius church, Bridgetown, besought from him a trowel to lay the corner stone, which was duly restored. In November, 1903, he was again approached in relation to St. Catharine's near Werk's . A sacredness was deemed to have attached to the St. Aloysius instrument and hence desirable for the second 'corner stone'. Hence, he ground, brightened and re-handled the ancient trowel.
Pioneer Annals of Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
By: Reese P. Kendall, MD, SanJose, California, Published: 1905
Printed by: George F. Degelman, Printer, San Jose, Cal.