GEN 6: Robert Alexander BOYD and Emeline BARTON
I am descended from Robert Alexander BOYD and Emeline BARTON…
Robert Alexander BOYD
- father: William BOYD; mother: Margaret DOUGHERTY
- born 17 October 1823 in New Jersey, USA
- married to Emeline BARTON on 13 February 1849 in New Jersey, USA
- died 05 February 1895 in Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Emeline BARTON
- father: Anson BARTON; mother: Nancy ALLINGTON
- born 03 October 1829 in New Jersey, USA
- married to Robert Alexander BOYD on 13 February 1849 in New Jersey, USA
- died 21 January 1899 near Stockholm, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
- buried in Stockholm Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Stockholm, Hardyston Township, New Jersey, USA
children of Robert Alexander BOYD and Emeline BARTON:
- Ophelia BOYD (born 14 June 1850, married Alfred KIMBLE)
- Josephine BOYD (born 30 April 1852, married Amzie CARD, deceased as of 04 August 1896)
- Benjamin Franklin BOYD (born 31 August 1854 in NJ, married Johanna Augusta ANDERSON 20 November 1886 in Colorado, died 03 August 1911)
- Margaret BOYD (born 23 November 1856, married Ira KIMBLE, died 04 December 1881)
- Winfield Dayton BOYD (born 27 April 1858, married Catherine SIVES or SIKES)
some extras…
Robert Alexander BOYD was a “forgeman” and later a farmer, which means that he worked at one of the many iron forges that his part of northwestern New Jersey was famous for. He was most likely born in Canistear, which was a very small settlement in part of Vernon Township, Sussex County NJ. Canistear and many of the neighboring villages came into existence because of the local iron mines and forges, such as the Canistear Bloomery. The NJ iron industry boomed during the Revolution, declined after the War of 1812, picked up again slightly during the Civil War, and then declined permanently after that.
Emeline BARTON BOYD worked as a house servant in John Brown’s hotel in Newfoundland, NJ. This part of New Jersey was known for beautiful lakes and forests, and was a summer resort area. Maybe Emeline was good at her job, because in 1882 W.W. Munsell (from “The History of Morris County, New Jersey”) said the hotel was “excellently kept” 
Did Emeline and Robert Alexander get divorced? The 1880 US Federal Census for Vernon Township, Sussex County shows Robert Alexander BOYD living by himself, and says he’s “single” and “divorced”. The same census for Jefferson Township, Morris County shows Emeline BOYD living as a servant in the hotel she works in, but says she’s “married”.
Stockholm New Jersey was called Snufftown in earlier times.
