JOHN DAWSON BOYLE The latter half of the nineteenth century was the period of the active work of John Dawson Boyle for many years a resident of Pittsburgh and a conspicuous figure in Pennsylvania industry. The manufacture of coke was his principal interest although he was well known in journalism and was financially connected with numerous industrial and business enterprises. New recognition is here given to his valued practical achievements and fresh tribute to his worth as a citizen and as a man Mr Boyle was a descendant of Irish ancestry the family having borne arms as follows:

Arm i Or an oak tree eradicated

vert Crest A sword point upwards proper and a passion cross or in saltire surmounted of a heart gules

Mottoes Vivit post funera virtus Virtue survives the grave Doniinus providebit The Lord will provide

Mr Boyle was a son of Bernard and Evelyn Hendrickson Boyle and grandson of Bernard Boyle who came to the United States from County Cork Ireland just after the Revolutionary War and who fought in the Mexican War. Bernard Boyle father of John Dawson Boyle accompanied his father to the United States. John Dawson Boyle was born in Fayette county Pa April 9 1832 and was educated in the public schools In young manhood he became associated with his brother Judge Charles E Boyle in the publishing business a calling for which he had natural aptitude and in which he gained commendable success For many years he was the owner of the newspaper Genius of Liberty published at Uniontown Pa. He took up his residence in Washington Pa and there became an influential factor in public affairs and served the community efficiently and faithfully as mayor.

At a later period of his life Mr Boyle entered the coal industry and in Westmoreland county conducted operations on a large scale opening new lands and developing them to a high point of production. He was a pioneer in the coke manufacturing industry in the Connellsville region and in the formation of industrial plans and their direction to a prosperous consummation he proved himself the equal of the most brilliant of his associates. With Mr Samuel Hazlett a banker of Washington Pa under the firm name of Boyle & Hazlett he built the first coke ovens in Westmoreland county located at Mount Pleasant. He combined in his mental composition all of the requisites of the successful man 0faffairs and his forceful energy strong grasp of economic fundamentals and unfailing courage compelled the fortunate outcome of enterprises whose scope placed them beyond the powers of men of smaller capacity About twenty years prior to his death he retired from active business to a well earned and needed rest.

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