BARNEY BOYLE, farmer ; P. 0. Kilbourne. Among the representatives of the Emerald Isle who have located in this county and have attained success and are self-made, is the name of Barney Boyle, who claims County Antrim, Ireland, as his birthplace, and 1828 as the year of his birth; in 1849, he emigrated to America, and, later, made his way to Jersey Co., and then to Whitehall, Greene Co., where he worked as a farm hand for several years; in 1850, he made his way to this county and worked by the month until 1854, when he rented land, and, in April, 1859, married Frances Raymond; they have had nine children, seven now living—Harry, Katie, Fannie, Barney, Lizzie, John and Frank. In 1878, he bought out John Lee, who had a well-improved farm, and he is now the sole possessor of 576 acres of land, all of which he has obtained by the sweat of his brow and by the exercise of frugality and rigid economy.



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