JOHN J. BOYLE,
general grocer, was born in the County Mayo, Ireland, November 27,
1853, and is a son of John and Bridget (Thornton) Boyle, natives of
Ireland, and who immigrated to the Sharon Furnace in Hickory Township
in the fall of 1865. The father died in Sharon in November, 1884, and
the widow still resides in this town. John began working in the Sharon
Iron Works, and continued till 1879, as a roller, and in the fall of
that year opened his present grocery store and has since done a highly
successful trade. He was married May 13, 1885, to Miss Ann Fitzmaurice
of Sharpsville, but a native of New York State, and daughter of Thomas
and Ann Fitzmaurice, natives of Ireland. Of this union two children
have been born, Thomas and Florence. The family are Catholics, and
politically Mr. Boyle is an independent Republican.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 709 |
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