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Horace Boyd received his early training in the schools of Catasauqua. He removed with his parents to Columbia where he was engaged in the iron business from whence he went with his parents to Hellertown where he became the su- perintendent of the Saucon furnace and con- tinued until Oct. 1, 1890, when he resigned. He was reappointed superintendent and on March 3, 1903, was transferred to Hokendau- qua and was made manager. In 1908 he became the general superintendent of the Thomas Iron Company, and continued in that position until in 1913. He now resides at Easton, Pa.
Mr. Boyd was married October 18, 1887, to Emma E. Diehl, a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Weaver) Diehl, of Hellertown, Pa. They have one child, Marion E.
Mr. Boyd is a Republican in politics, a mem- ber of the First Presbyterian Church, and of Porter Lodge No. 284, F. and A. M.
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MARTIN H. BOYE.
Martin H. Boyè, M.D., was born at Copen- hagen, Denmark, Dec. 6, 1812, when Frederick VI was king. His father was a chemist and su- perintendent of a large pharmaceutical establish- ment, and was superintendent of the Royal Por- celain Manufactory at Copenhagen. In 1831, he was admitted to the University of Copenhagen, where he passed with distinction the Philological and philosophical examinations. He afterward entered the Polytechnic School, studying analyti- cal chemistry and physics under Oersted, Zeise and Fodchhammer, and he graduated from that institution in 1835.
In 1836 he came to New York, where he re- mained till 1837, when he removed to Philadel- phia, and attended the lectures of Dr. Robert Hare, professor of chemistry in the medical de- partment of the University of Pennsylvania, as- sisting him also in his laboratory. In connection with Dr. Forman Leaming, he translated into English several essays of Belles-lettres on chemi- cal subjects. In 1838, he was appointed assistant geologist and chemist in the first geological sur- vey of Pennsylvania under Prof. Henry D. Rod- gers, whom he accompanied on a tour of investi- gation through the anthracite coal regions. On this trip the party was joined by the noted Cana- dian, Dr. Pappenheim. At Mauch Chunk they were conducted to the "Summit Mines" by David Thomas, who had not long before arrived from Wales to start and superintend the smelting of iron by anthracite coal. Mr. Boyè had subse- quently assigned to him the exploration of the South mountains or Lehigh hills, which as a con- tinuation of the New Jersey highlands, extend from Easton to Reading through the counties of Northampton, Lehigh and Berks, and the map- ping down of the boundary lines of the different geological formations of which they consist and with which they are in contact. This work was in part performed during the intense political ex- citement attending the gubernatorial contest be- tween Ritner and Porter in these counties, par- ticularly in Berks.
Young Boyè was thrown into close relations with the distinguished scientific family of Rod- gers. In 1839 and 1840 he was associated with Robert E. and James B. Rodgers in analyzing limestone, coal, iron ores, etc., for the geological survey, as published in the reports. While en- gaged in these analyses he discovered in connec- tion with Prof. Henry D. Rodgers, a new com- pound of platinum chloride with nitric oxide, which was reported to the American Philosophi- cal Society, and in January, 1840, he was elected to membership in that society, being at that time the youngest member of the society.
A few months later, in April, 1840, about a score of scientists met at Philadelphia and organ- ized the American Association of Geologists, sub- sequently re-named the American Association of Geologists and Naturalists, out of which in 1848, was formed the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The importance of this movement can hardly be over-estimated, as the American Association has always been true to its name, a powerful factor in advancing science.
This initial meeting in 1840 is, therefore, one of especial interest to scientists. . Of that little company who met at Philadelphia, young Boyè, then only 27 years old, was probably the youngest, Edward Hitchcock, of Amherst, was president ; and Lewis C. Beck, of Albany, secretary of the association. No official record of the first mem- bers can be found, but the recollection of the survivors gives the following additional names: Prof. Vanuxem, Henry D. Rodgers, Conrad, Charles B. Trego and Alexander Mckinley, of Pennsylvania ; Emmons and Mather, of New York; James C. Booth, of Delaware; Dr. Hay- den, of Virginia; and probably Prof. Johnson, of Philadelphia. The list was prepared by Bela Hubbard a few months before his death and re- vised by Dr. Boyè.
In the summer of the same year, Mr. Boyè, in connection with J. J. Clark Hare, discovered the first violent explosives, perchloric ether, which he proved was ten times as powerful as gun- powder. He also found a remedy against its un- expected explosion by dilution with alcohol. He was thus in an important sense a pioneer in the vast field of smokeless gunpowder, which has since been so diligently investigated. In the sum- mer of 1841, he resumed field work, examining the bituminous coal regions along the Kiskim- metas and Allegheny rivers and Beaver creek.
In 1842-44 he attended the regular course of medical lectures at the University of Pennsyl- vania, at the same time conducting a chemical laboratory in connection with Prof. James C. Booth, and wrote for Booth's Chemical Encyclo- pedia the article on "Analysis," and others, and performed many scientific analyses. In connec- tion with Prof. Booth, he read a paper on "The Conversion of Benzoic into Hippuric Acid," at the one hundredth anniversary of the American Philosophical Society. In 1844, Mr. Boyè grad- uated at the University of Pennsylvania as a doc- tor of medicine, but he never practiced that pro- fession. At the same time the collegiate depart- ment of the university conferred on him the hon- orary degree of Master of Arts.
In 1845, Dr. Boyè was elected professor of natural philosophy and chemistry in the Central high school, of Philadelphia, and held this posi-
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tion till February, 1859. Of his work at this time, one of his pupils, later president of Lehigh University, Dr. Thomas M. Drown, wrote that Dr. Boyè first inspired in him a love of chemistry. During this period Dr. Boyè wrote a treatise on "Pneumatics or the Physics of Gases" (published 1859 ; also a small introductory treatise on Chem- istry, or the Physics of Atoms") ; he also delivered many public lectures.
The extraction of oil from cotton seed had al- ready been undertaken, but the product was al- most black and very thick. In 1845, he invented a process of refining, which produced a bland and colorless oil adapted for cooking or for salad dressing. Toilet soap made from it equaled or surpassed the best castiles. In 1847-48 he began the manufacture and refinement of this oil on a large scale. This oil, some of which was preserved from 1848, and some was manufactured for the occasion, subsequently gained the award of first premium at the centennial exposition of 1876 at Philadelphia. Dr. Boyè was a member of the Franklin Institute.
His early work in the field gave Mr. Boyè a practical familiarity with the picturesque region of eastern Pennsylvania, and enabled him to se- lect for the home of his mature and declining years one of the loveliest nooks; he called his home "Keewaydin," a name of the northwest wind from "Hiawatha." In 1890 he removed from Philadelphia to Coopersburg, where he since resided, engaged in what Washington termed the most notable and useful avocation of man, agri- culture.
In early life, Dr. Boyè paid little attention to politics but when the slavery question became prominent, he became a "Free Soiler," and later was an ardent supporter of Lincoln and subse- quent Republican candidates. Although always of a conservative disposition, he was a staunch sup- porter of law and order. During the riots of 1844 in Philadelphia, he joined with a number of other men of standing and formed a military company under the leadership of Horace Binney, Jr., to sustain the authorities in restoring order.
At the age of 81 years, Dr. Boyè made an ex- tended trip to Alaska. He also later at the age of 85, visited Honolulu and witnessed the trans- fer of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. Enroute he made stops in Louisiana, Texas, Ari- zona and California.
Dr. Boyè died March 5, 1909, and reached the venerable age of 96 years, 2 months and 29 days. He had a world-wide reputation as a scientist and was of the generation contemporary with Agassiz, Cuyot, Joseph Henry, the Rogerses, T. Romeyn Beck, Morse and Hitchcock.
Dr. Boyè was preceded in death by his wife
and a son, and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lewis De Schweinetz, of South Bethlehem, and Dora, wife of Emanuel Oppenlander, residing at the old homestead.
BOYER FAMILY.
The Boyer family is among the prominent families of Lehigh and Northampton counties, and its history form an interesting chapter in the early annals of Pennsylvania. It has had a num- ber of successful "Family Re-unions" and its various branches have been carefully traced and compiled by the family historian, Rev. C. C. Boyer, of Kutztown,- Berks county. The origin of the family in Eastern Pennsylvania starts with Andreas Beyer, or Beier, who emigrated with four sons, John Jacob, John Philip, Philip and Martin, from the Palatinate and landed at Phila- delphia, Sept. 5, 1738.
John Jacob Beyer settled near the Lehigh Gap in Northampton county, (now Carbon) where he took up land in 1755 and carried on farming when the great incursions and massacres of the Indians arose. This land was previously owned by Charles Straub, and Boyer erected a log house for the protection of the first settlers of that vicinity. During those dangerous times he and his son Frederick were working in a field along the mountain when they were suddenly at- tacked by a party of Indians who violently seized the father and scalped him and took the son a captive together with a young daughter and led them to Canada. On the way in the long and difficult journey the brother and sister became separated and the sister was never afterward heard from.
Frederick Boyer, the brother, was discovered as a prisoner under the French and Indians for five years and in an exchange was sent to Phila- delphia and from there soon found his way back to the Lehigh Gap. He secured the land of his father and married Susanna Mehrkam, a daughter of Conrad, who resided in that locality and subse- quently took part in the Revolution ; and they be- came the parents of eight children : . John, George (born in 1768, died in 1861 at the age of 93 years, and married to Christiana Kline with whom he had three children, Adam, William and Jacob) ; Henry (married to Magdalena Strohl and had three children, Henry, Joseph and Reuben) ; Andrew (married to Mary Grunsweig and had five children, John, Andrew, Daniel, Frederick, and a daughter who became the wife of Buck) ; Mary, Susan, Catha- rine and Elizabeth.
John Boyer, the eldest son of Frederick, was born Nov. 4, 1780, and he married Eliza- beth Schneyder (born Sept. 13, 1784) and had
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with her five children: John A., Jacob, Samuel, Daniel and David.
John A. Boyer, the eldest of the five sons of John, was born March 30, 1806. He was recog- nized as a man of more than ordinary ability, possessed of marked character, and filled the of- fice of Justice-of-the-Peace for fifteen years; and during the year 1827 was employed in the con- struction of the Lehigh canal. He was married to Elizabeth Christman (born March 30, 1806) and they had thirteen children: Lavina (married Robert Muschlitz), Franklin, Abel, Edward, Elizabeth (married Henry Kuntz), Mary (mar- ried Stephen Boyer), Priscilla (married Samuel Kostenbader), Matilda (married Alfred Keatz), John, Henry, Levi, James, and a son (who died in infancy).
ABEL BOYER, son of John A., a successful mer- chant at Slatington, was born at Millport on June 1, 1858. He was reared on a farm and when twenty-two years old learned the trade of painter and paper-hanger which he followed for a number of years; then, in 1902, he entered the employ of Edwin Rauch, who was engaged in the hardware business, and continued with him for one year when he and his brother Henry pur- chased the business and carried it on for five years under the name of Boyer & Bro., then, in 1908, he purchased his brother's interest and since that time he has conducted the business in his own name. He carries in stock a full line of general hardware and has a large patronage,-his store being recognized as the leading one in Slatington and vicinity for factory and quarry supplies. Mr. Boyer has come to be prominently identified with all local affairs for the general welfare of the community. He was one of the organizers of the Union Cemetery Association and has served as its president since 1900.
In 1889, Mr. Boyer was married to Maggie Bowman, a daughter of Josiah and Louisa (Berkemeyer) Bowman, of Bowmanstown, and they have five children: Pansy M. (a school teacher for a time at Slatington, but now a teacher in the Masonic Home at Louisville, Ken- tucky ) ; Mabel E. (milliner at Slatington) ; Bes- sie M. (graduate from the Stroudsburg State Normal School, with the Class of 1912) ; Linda L. (a student at the Normal School mentioned ) ; and Nettie B. (still at home, a pupil in the local public school). Mr. Boyer and his family are actively identified with the St. John's Reformed Church at Slatington, which he has served for a number of years as deacon and elder and also as treasurer ; and he has also taken much interest in the success of the Sunday-school, and the public school, serving now as a director from the Third Ward of Slatington.
BOYER FAMILY.
The Boyers, as the original spelling of the name Beyer or Bayer indicates, are Rhine Bavar- ians. The records show that this family dates back into the earliest tribal history of Germany and France, in both of which countries they hold an honorable place to-day. Many of them be- came Protestants both in Germany and France ; persecution drove them to America. About thirty-five Boyers, as the ships' list show, came to Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War. From the well known fact that the earlier set- tlers "sent for their relatives and kin," we gather that the Boyer settlers of Pennsylvania were blooded relatives in Europe. There are thou- sands of them now in Philadelphia, Reading, and in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Vir- ginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, etc.
Philip Beyer, who came over in the ship "Win- ter Galley" in 1738, was the European ancestor of Dr. Charles Clinton Boyer, of Kutztown. Philip Beyer, as the connection of events proves, found his way into Bern township, Berks county, where, as the list of Berks county taxables shows, he owned property in the vicinity of what is now known as St. Michael's church, before 1775. This church was founded a few years before Philip died, and it is likely that he is buried in the cemetery of St. Michael's, but the brown headstones found over the earliest graves of the church reveal nothing concerning him. The early church records, together with the list of Bern taxables, seems to prove that there were at least four sons, namely : Michael, Henry, John and Christopher. The mother's name, at this writing, has not been ascertained. Philip disappeared from the tax list in 1780.
Christopher Beyer, in all probability the young- est son of Philip Beyer, was born in Bern town- ship, Berks county, about 1740 or 1745. He became a member of the Lutheran Church. To his marriage with Katharine Reifschneider were born children as follows: Christopher, born in 1765; Jacob, 1767; Henry; Christian, 1781; Daniel, and two daughters. In 1785, or soon afterwards, the family removed to what is now Brunswick township, Schuylkill county. The elder Christopher's name appears for the first time on the tax list of Brunswick township in 1791. He lived in a log hut, probably constructed by himself, against a hill side in the rear of what is now known as Friedens Church, about a mile north of McKeansburg. Whether or not he was the schoolmaster of the congregation is a little uncertain. Missionaries stopped at his house and preached in his barn, as Rev. H. A. Weller records in his history of Friedens Church. He was certainly closely identified with this con-
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gregation, as we infer from a fragment of church records to which his name is signed. His name disappears from the tax list in 1811, or soon afterward. He and his wife lie buried in Boyer's Row, Friedens cemetery, but the brown head- stones that marked the graves were rudely re- moved when the present church building was erected.
Jacob Boyer, second son of Christopher and Katherine (Reifschneider) Beyer, was born in Bern township, Berks county, Jan. 14, 1767, and became a member of Friedens Church ( Luther- an). In 1802 he owned a large farm in Lewis- town Valley, about four miles north of Friedens church. He died April 1, 1829, and lies buried in Friedens cemetery. His wife, Susanna Schaef- fer, born Jan. 14, 1775, died Nov. 4, 1849, in the home of a daughter, and is buried in the cemetery of the Lutheran church, East German- town, Ind. Their children were: Jacob, Sam- uel, Joseph, Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Susan, Kate and Hettie.
Samuel Boyer, second son of Jacob and Susanna (Schaeffer ) Boyer, was born in Lewistown, Schuylkill county, Feb. 12, 1801. He was con- firmed in the Lutheran Church and on Nov. 9, 1823, was married by Pastor Schofer to Lydia Bensinger, daughter of Michael Bensinger. When his father died six years later, Samuel, who was a blacksmith by trade, took the father's farm, which, as the deeds show, comprised about 300 acres. On the Yost farm, which he owned soon afterward, he carried on milling. He was prom- inently identified with the founding and main- tenance of the Lutheran Church at Lewistown. In 1873, when he was serving as township super- visor, he died in the Bauscher home, where he had called to warm himself on a bitterly cold morning. His wife, Lydia, born Feb. 29, 1808, survived him until 1894. They are buried at Lewistown. The sons and daughters of this marriage were: Israel, Samuel, Emanuel, Jos- eph, Benjamin, William, Jacob, Daniel, John, Catherine, Elizabeth and Caroline.
Joseph Boyer, the fourth son of Samuel and Lydia (Bensinger) Boyer, was born Jan. 27, 1831. When he began to go to school the free school bill of 1834 and 1835, framed by Lawyer Breck and saved by Thaddeus Stevens in Gov- ernor Wolf's administration, had just been put into operation by Secretary of State Thomas Bur- rowes. The Lewistown school fell in line in 1837. The teachers, however, were poorly quali- fied. Joseph's best teacher was a Mr. Huey. The school terms were short, about three months, and the branches about the same as those of subscrip- tion schools. The rod was freely used, and the
pupils were hardly able to understand the im- portance of an education. The English lan- guage was not in high repute in the valley as yet, and German spelling, together with the trapping system in the "paragraph reading" of the Ger- man Psalter, was about all that counted for much in serious study. There were no blackboards and few books. The long plank benches were arranged around the walls of the room, with benches for the smaller boys and girls in the middle of the room. The old frame schoolhouse, however, in which Joseph Boyer received his education, has long since been replaced. Joseph was a miller by trade, but lived on a Lewistown farm the greater part of his life. He was con- firmed in the Lutheran church of Lewistown. In 1856 he married Magdalena Gunsette, daugh- ter of Christian Gunsette [who came from Al- sace with his father Philip Henry and his mother Margaret (Houser) Gunsette in 1828] and Mary (Lintz) Gunsette (a Lehigh county girl). To this marriage were born: Charles Clinton, Alice Minerva, George Harris and Frank Sam- uel. Joseph Boyer served his township eight terms as supervisor of roads, took an active in- terest in the political affairs of his times, and lived to enjoy a ripe old age. At this writing he is 83 years old and his faithful helpmate died June 29, 1910.
REV. CHARLES C. BOYER, PH.D., the oldest son of Joseph and Magdalena (Gunsette) Boyer, was born at Lewistown, Schuylkill county, Pa., August 6, 1860. He was educated at the Center Square Academy; graduated in 1885 from Muh- lenberg College with second honors; studied theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, but was called to the chair of Latin and Greek at Kutztown, Pa. He com- pleted his theological course under Rev. G. B. Hauchers, Ph.D., was ordained with his class in 1888; then while teaching, preaching and writing, he completed six years of post-graduate work, and graduated from Wooster University in 1894, receiving the title of Doctor of Philosophy, cum laude. Dr. Boyer is connected with the Key- stone State Normal School off and on since 1888; is the vice-principal since 1900. As an institute instructor and lecturer he has traveled through Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, as well as over his own state. He is an eloquent and able speaker ; is a master in the art of thinking.
As an author Dr. Boyer has won fame. He wrote "Concrete Psychology," "Principles and Methods of Teaching," "Waymarks of General History," "Modern Methods for Modern Teach- ers," and a comprehensive genealogy in many vol- umes on "Boyers in America." He is a member
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of the National Education Association ; the Penn- sylvania German Society ; Berks County Histori- cal Society, etc.
In 1889, Dr. Boyer was married to Margie Wright, daughter of Calvin D. Wright, of Potts- ville, Pa. Mrs. Boyer is a lady of culture and a gifted musician. Unto them is born one son, Karl Wright Boyer.
George H. Boyer, M.D., of Allentown, was born Sept. 6, 1866, in Walker township, Schuyl- kill county, Pa., and is the third child and sec- ond son of Joseph and Magdalena (Gunsette) Boyer. He attended the public schools and the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown ; taught school eleven terms; graduated in medi- cine, in 1902, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and located at Allentown, where he had built up a very large general practice. He holds membership in the Lehigh County, the Lehigh Valley and the Pennsylvania State Medi- cal Societies, and the American Medical Asso- ciation. He resides with his family in their fine residence at No. 528 North Sixth street, Allen- town.
He was married in 1890, to Jennie L. Hauser, a daughter of John F. and Emma S. (Seiberling) Hauser, of Tamaqua. Her paternal grandpar- ents were Israel and Lydia (Heiser) Hauser, who also lived at Tamaqua. Mrs. Boyer's ma- ternal grandparents were Peter and Catharine (Hartman) Seiberling, of West Penn township, Schuylkill county. The following children are born unto them: Miriam C., Ruth E., John F., Grace E., Gladys H., and Dorothy A. Boyer.
FRANK S. BOYER, M.D., the youngest son of Joseph Boyer, was born in Walker township, Schuylkill county, Pa., Sept. 7, 1875. At the age of nineteen years he began teaching school, after teaching three years, in 1894, he entered the Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown. The following year he taught again and graduated from the above institution in 1898. Afterward he again taught school for seven successive years. In 1905 he entered the Medico-Chirurgical Col- lege, Philadelphia, and graduated in 1909. In the same year he was elected interne in the Al- lentown hospital and the following year (1910) he located at No. 16 North Second street, Allen- town.
Dr. Boyer holds membership in the Lehigh County, Pennsylvania State Medical Societies, and the American Medical Association. He was one of the first medical inspectors of schools in the city of Allentown, which position he holds since February, 1911; is a member of Jordan Lodge, No. 673, F. & A. M., Allentown; Sau- cona Lodge, No. 606, I. O. O. F., Hellertown ;
F. O E .; Tigers of the World, and Loyal Order of Buffaloes, all of Allentown.
On July 22, 1911, he was married to Carolina G. Belzner, daughter of George and Catharine (Fritchie) Belzner, of South Bethlehem, Pa.
Frederick Beyer or Boyer came to America about the year 1733. He came from the Palati- nate and was a member of the Reformed church. He settled on the banks of the Lehigh River a short distance from what is now Rockdale. Here he took up several hundred acres of land. While working in his meadow he was killed by an Indian. He was married and had a son Henry who after he grew to manhood became the possessor of the homestead. He was married to Margaret Hanky to whom were born four sons and three daughters. Among his sons was John who was born December 26, 1781. In 1802 he was married to Elizabeth Reber. He purchased a farm about three miles north of his native home on which he resided for several years. Later on he purchased land nearer to his old home where he spent the greater part of his life being a farmer and dealer in cattle. After the Lehigh Canal was finished he was engaged in running boats from Mauch Chunk to Philadel- phia. After the death of his wife, he resided with his son, Solomon, at Rockdale, with whom he removed to Allentown in the spring of 1871, and died on the 20th of February, 1874. His re- mains were buried in the cemetery belonging to the Union Church, in North Whitehall. Many of the children died young. Those who survived were: Elizabeth (married to Daniel Woodring, who died February, 1842), Polly (married to Abraham Woodring), Solomon, Daniel (who lived near the old homestead, and married Sa- lome Klotz), George (who moved when a young man to Western Pennsylvania, where his de- scendants are now living), Elizabeth (married to Abraham Schneider), Maria (married to An- dreas Walp), and Salome (married to Christian Horn).
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