Name/Title
James Boyd Family BibleEntry/Object ID
2022.4.8Scope and Content
James Boyd Family Bible, Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised; with the Apocrypha, Concordance, and Psalms, Holman's Edition (Philadelphia: A. J. Holman & Co., 1875).
The Boyd Family Bible has been passed through the direct family line from James Boyd [1851-1937] and his wife, Amanda (Arnold) Boyd [1856-1933], to their daughter, Daisy (Arnold) Boyd [1888-1988], to her only son, James Albert Garrettson Sr. [1911-2000], to his only son, James Albert Garrettson Jr., who owned and shared the Bible with the Greene Connections: Greene County Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007.
PAGE 1 - TITLE PAGE
PAGE 2 - DEATHS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
"Grandfather James Boyd / Born on Ruffs Creek / Died Aug 2- 1885 age / Interment in Ruffs Creek / Wife Martha Boyd died / 79 years
James Boyd / Died / Aug 2, 1885 / age 71 yrs
Martha Boyd / died Nov. 24, 1895 / 79 yrs.
Martha De Camp Boyd"
Obituaries and news clippings pasted to page for: Amanda Boyd, James Boyd, Challen W. Boyd, Seymour H. Boyd, Daisy E. Garrettson.
PAGE 3 - NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Obituaries and news clippings pasted to page for: Alexander Arnold, Clarence Arnold, Harriet (Watson) Arnold, Emory C. Boyd, Gertrude Boyd, Wilbert E. Boyd, Sadie (Arnold) Galvin, Henry Watson.
PAGE 4 - NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Obituaries and news clippings pasted to page for: Albert Boyd, Florence Boyd, Mattie Boyd, and Lucy Keys.
PAGE 5 - MARRIAGES
"Emery Boyd and Katherine Walker in 1906
Daisy E. Boyd was married to James Garrettson / on April 8, 1908 in the Boyd home by Rev. / I. N. Frye.
Violet E. Boyd and Forney J. Huffman / were married on July 4th 19[--] in / Waynesburg, Pa."
PAGE 6 - DEATHS
"Harriet Florence Boyd, Jan. 18, 1893.
Martha Jane Boyd, Jan. 28, 1893.
Bert Boyd Jan. 16, 1905.
Amanda Boyd Sept. 19, 1933.
James Boyd Sept. 8, 1937.
Gertrude J. Boyd June 14, 1941
Challen W. Boyd May 19, 1946
Seymour H. Boyd Oct 15, 1967
Emory C. Boyd Sept. 4, 1973
Daisy E. Boyd Garrettson Aug. 17, 1988"Collection
James Albert Garrettson CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2022.4Acquisition Method
DigitalCredit Line
Dr. James Albert GarrettsonLexicon
Search Terms
Arnold family, Boyd family, Death records, DeCamp family, Family Bible--Records, Garrettson family, Huffman family, Marriage records, Walker family, WeddingsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1885 - 1988Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
GARR-AN001-0002-0001 - GARR-AN001-0002-0006Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Provenance
Provenance Detail
Boyd Series - James Albert Garrettson CollectionAcquisition Method
DigitalAcquisition Date
2007Notes
SOURCE CITATION: James Boyd Family Bible; item no. GARR-AN001-0002-0000, James Albert Garrettson Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).
