JOHN ALBERT BOYER, senior member of the furniture and undertaking firm of J. A. & W. J. Boyer, of Rural Valley, was born in Cowanshannock township, Armstrong county, Aug. 13, 1856, son of Noah and Sarah Ann (Patterson) Boyer.
John Albert Boyer was brought up on his father's farm and sent to the local schools. Beginning life as a farmer, he followed that occupation on the homestead until 1892, when he came to Rural Valley and established his present business. This is the oldest established house of its kind in Rural Valley, as well as the most reliable.
In 1883 Mr. Boyer married Ida Elizabeth, a daughter of Adam Wagle, of Rural Valley, and they have children as follows: Edwin G.; Emma B., who married Ira Harmon; Josiah W.; Dessie P.; Lawrence W.; and William Paul, the latter being deceased.
Mr. Boyer is a member of the Reformed Church of Rural Valley, of which he was a deacon from 1907 until 1913, when the church disbanded. He was a member of the council of Rural Valley for two years and has also been a school director. His political ideas make him a Progressive, and at the same time he is a strong advocate of Prohibition.
Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 (Pages 708-709)
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Note: Death certificate states that his date of birth was Sept 15, 1857. This disagrees with what was provided by Armstrong County History. The information for the death certificate was provided by his son E. G. Boyer. The date recorded in the county history book would have been recorded when John Boyer was still living, possibly even provided by John, himself, and published in 1914.
John Albert Boyer was brought up on his father's farm and sent to the local schools. Beginning life as a farmer, he followed that occupation on the homestead until 1892, when he came to Rural Valley and established his present business. This is the oldest established house of its kind in Rural Valley, as well as the most reliable.
In 1883 Mr. Boyer married Ida Elizabeth, a daughter of Adam Wagle, of Rural Valley, and they have children as follows: Edwin G.; Emma B., who married Ira Harmon; Josiah W.; Dessie P.; Lawrence W.; and William Paul, the latter being deceased.
Mr. Boyer is a member of the Reformed Church of Rural Valley, of which he was a deacon from 1907 until 1913, when the church disbanded. He was a member of the council of Rural Valley for two years and has also been a school director. His political ideas make him a Progressive, and at the same time he is a strong advocate of Prohibition.
Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 (Pages 708-709)
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Note: Death certificate states that his date of birth was Sept 15, 1857. This disagrees with what was provided by Armstrong County History. The information for the death certificate was provided by his son E. G. Boyer. The date recorded in the county history book would have been recorded when John Boyer was still living, possibly even provided by John, himself, and published in 1914.
JOHN ALBERT BOYER, senior member of the furniture and undertaking firm of J. A. & W. J. Boyer, of Rural Valley, was born in Cowanshannock township, Armstrong county, Aug. 13, 1856, son of Noah and Sarah Ann (Patterson) Boyer.
John Albert Boyer was brought up on his father's farm and sent to the local schools. Beginning life as a farmer, he followed that occupation on the homestead until 1892, when he came to Rural Valley and established his present business. This is the oldest established house of its kind in Rural Valley, as well as the most reliable.
In 1883 Mr. Boyer married Ida Elizabeth, a daughter of Adam Wagle, of Rural Valley, and they have children as follows: Edwin G.; Emma B., who married Ira Harmon; Josiah W.; Dessie P.; Lawrence W.; and William Paul, the latter being deceased.
Mr. Boyer is a member of the Reformed Church of Rural Valley, of which he was a deacon from 1907 until 1913, when the church disbanded. He was a member of the council of Rural Valley for two years and has also been a school director. His political ideas make him a Progressive, and at the same time he is a strong advocate of Prohibition.
Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 (Pages 708-709)
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Note: Death certificate states that his date of birth was Sept 15, 1857. This disagrees with what was provided by Armstrong County History. The information for the death certificate was provided by his son E. G. Boyer. The date recorded in the county history book would have been recorded when John Boyer was still living, possibly even provided by John, himself, and published in 1914.
John Albert Boyer was brought up on his father's farm and sent to the local schools. Beginning life as a farmer, he followed that occupation on the homestead until 1892, when he came to Rural Valley and established his present business. This is the oldest established house of its kind in Rural Valley, as well as the most reliable.
In 1883 Mr. Boyer married Ida Elizabeth, a daughter of Adam Wagle, of Rural Valley, and they have children as follows: Edwin G.; Emma B., who married Ira Harmon; Josiah W.; Dessie P.; Lawrence W.; and William Paul, the latter being deceased.
Mr. Boyer is a member of the Reformed Church of Rural Valley, of which he was a deacon from 1907 until 1913, when the church disbanded. He was a member of the council of Rural Valley for two years and has also been a school director. His political ideas make him a Progressive, and at the same time he is a strong advocate of Prohibition.
Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 (Pages 708-709)
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Note: Death certificate states that his date of birth was Sept 15, 1857. This disagrees with what was provided by Armstrong County History. The information for the death certificate was provided by his son E. G. Boyer. The date recorded in the county history book would have been recorded when John Boyer was still living, possibly even provided by John, himself, and published in 1914.
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