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Published: October 1, 2014 - Press Enterprise

John Nevin “Poppy” Masteller, 89, son of the late Ray and Emma Masteller of Bloomsburg, passed to his eternal reward Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Sandpiper Rehab/Nursing Center in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

Born May 8, 1925, in Bloomsburg, he is survived by his sister, Gloria Pollitt of Hamilton Square, N.J.; two daughters: Bonnie Rothrock (Lynn) of Indian Land, S.C., and Vicky Becker (Robert) of Johns Island, S.C.; his son Brad Masteller (Marjorie) of Johns Island, S.C., and his niece, Linda O’Reilly (Patrick) of Kensington, Md. Also surviving are four grandchildren: Dr. Heather Dowlin (Alex) of Charlotte, N.C.; Marissa Marx (John) of Chester Springs, Pa.; Adam Becker and Amanda Rone (Nick), both of Johns Island, S.C. Also surviving are four great-grandchildren: Reese and Kinley Dowlin, Tessa Marx and Taylor Rone; and great-nieces Emma and Megan O’Reilly. In addition, he is survived by many dear extended family members.

John was preceded in death by his parents and his beloved wife Audrey, whom he affectionately called “Spunky.”

Upon graduation from Bloomsburg High School in 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps (radio gunner), serving from 1943 to 1946, and saw extensive duty in the European theater during World War II. After returning from the war, he enrolled at Temple University, graduating with a degree in Business Administration, and married Audrey Jean Vincent of Danville on Sept. 11, 1948.

After a long career in personnel management, John and Audrey retired to South Carolina to be closer to their children. He and Audrey supported various animal charities and gave a loving home to a number of stray/abandoned cats over the years.

A huge sports fan, John played basketball in high school, the armed forces and at Temple University. He was also an avid fan of all Penn State sports.

There will be no public visitation. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to God’s Grace Canine Rescue, 3128 Eastwood Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205, c/o Michalle Caylor, or to a no-kill animal shelter of your choice.

Arrangements have been entrusted to James A. McAlister Funeral Home of Charleston, S.C.

Buried:
burial location unknown

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136658873/john-nevin-masteller

Family/Spouse: Audrey Jean Vincent. Audrey was born on 9 Jul 1929 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA; died on 24 Mar 2013 in Charleston County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132357508/william-ray-masteller

Inscription:
PFC 1st Batt'n
SDED G1
World War I

William married Emma M. Moyer on 06 Jul 1924. Emma (daughter of John Nevin Moyer and Edith M. Wolf) was born on 17 May 1895 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; died on 11 Sep 1992; was buried in Elan Memorial Park, Lime Ridge, Columbia County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Church: United Church of Christ
• Occupation: Music teacher: State College, PA & Sunbury, PA
• Education: 1915; Graduate of Susquehanna U., Bucknell U. 1918, degree in music

Notes:

Residence:
Address: name missing

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132357465/emma-mary-masteller

Plot Rosewood

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163848247/john-nevin-moyer

Buried Section 2, Row 11, #2. Next to wife, Edith M. (Wolf) Moyer.

John married Edith M. Wolf in 1894 in Aaronsburg, Centre County, PA. Edith was born on 4 Jan 1874 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; died on 15 Sep 1953 in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA; was buried on 18 Sep 1953 in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163847980/edith-m-moyer

Section 2, Row 11, #2. Next to husband John N. Moyer.

Other Events:

• Church: Old German Reformed
• Occupation: Centre Mills, PA; farmer and miller, owner of grist and sawmill-lumber and grain
• _MILT: 25 Aug 1862; Meyer, Joseph K. Private. Deserted October 20, 1862; returned May 9, 1835; discharged by General Order, May 17, 1865.

Notes:

Grist-Mills. - The first grist-mill in the valley occupied the site of the mill now owned by J. K. Meyer,
Centre Mills. It was a small log building having but two pairs of home-made millstones, one pair of which was used for chop and the other for flour. The bolt-reel was turned by hand. It was built and owned by a Mr. Kreamer, states Mr. John Hoy (who is now eighty-seven years of age, and gave a number of facts mentioned in this sketch). When this mill was built cannot be ascertained definitely, but it was prior to 1798, for in that year Col. Henry Meyer did some repairing in it, as is seen by entries in his old account-book. In the same year Mr. Meyer made some repairs at John Motz's mill, Penn's Valley.
The old mill was purchased by Tobias Pickle when he came into the valley, and it was replaced by the present stone mill. It was built in 1802 or 1803, according to recollection of Henry Meyer, whose father. Col. Meyer, made the millwright work. The story that it took seventy-five barrels of whiskey to build his mill is probably an exaggeration. The mill now owned by Daniel Walker was built in 1819. It occupies the site of one built about the year 1802, which was burned down. Mr. Daniel Dubbs, of York County, built it in the first place, and it was subsequently owned by his son Oswald.
The first mill on the site of William Meyer's present mill was built by Christopher Royer in 1819. In the year following (1820) Abraham Reber erected a gristmill near Madisonburg, on the farm now owned by Reuben Grimm. It was burned down not long after, and a distillery along with it, which had been in operation as early as the year 1803. Philip Wolfart erected a grist-mill on his farm (later Snook's) in 1824. It was not kept in repair for want of custom. At Gramly's Gap used to be a small flouring-mill, which was subsequently changed into a fulling-mill. At Madisonburg there is at present a small grist-mill in operation. Wolf's mill was erected in 1834 by Anthony Wolf. It is a fine stone mill, and in good repair. An oil-mill used to be at the same place.
Before there were any grist-mills in Brush valley the early settlers took their grain to Kishacoquillas valley to have it ground. They went by way of Penn's Creek Springs, at the west end of the valley. The Ertles, - Valentine, Daniel, and Philip, - who were among the first settlers about the present neighborhood of Madisonburg, cut a path across the mountains into Penn's valley, and took their grain on horse-back to the valley above stated. Their route through the Seven Mountains and the pike from Stover's across, it is said, followed nearly the same general direction. Later Mr. Hubler erected a small mill some distance below Aaronsburg, and the grain of Brush Valley was then taken there to be ground until the 1 small mill at Centre Mills was put in operation.



246 GENEALOGY OF THE MORR FAMILY. by Calvin Moyer

2. Joseph K. was born March 28, 1840; married to Mary E. Kline. She was born Aug. 23, 1845. He owns a grist and saw-mill at Centre Mills, near Rebersburg, Pa., and carries on the lumber and grain business and farming. The family are members of the Reformed Church. Joseph writes his name Moyer.
Children ten:
(1) Eva, born at Loganton, Pa., Aug. 20, 1869. She is a graduate of Palatinate College, Myerstown, Pa.
(2) Flora, born near Rebersburg, Pa., April 22, 1871; married to Rev. Geo. E. Lambert June 21, 1894.
(3) John N., born September 26, 1872; married Edith Wolf.
(4) Sarah, born July 11, 1871.
(5) Mary E., born July 21, 1876.
(6) Hiram B., born Oct. 29, 1878.
(7) Rebecca J., born Feb. 7, 1882.
(8) Jasan K., born July 20, 1885.
(9) Geo. C, born June 13, 1887 ; died March 12, 1894.
(10) Miriam Ruth, born Oct. 12, 1891.


Joseph Klose Moyer served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/148th/148thcoa.html
148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company A. recruited in Centre County
Meyer, Joseph K.
Private August 25, 1862 Deserted October 20, 1862; returned May 9, 1865; discharged by General Order, May 17, 1865

Joseph K Moyer
in the 1890 Veterans Schedules [Enumeration date: June 1890]

Name: Joseph K Moyer
Gender: Male
Role: Veteran
Residence Date: Jun 1890
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Enumeration District: 77
Year enlisted:1862
Year discharged:1865
Rank:Private
Company:View image [Company A; 148 Regiment, PA Volunteers]

Date of enlistment: 14 August 1862
Date of discharge: 17 May 1865
Length of service 2 years, 8 months, 28 days


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Joseph K. Moyer in the U.S. Civil War Soliers, 1861-1865
Name: Joseph K. Moyer
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment: 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Alternate Name: Joseph K./Meyer
Film Number: M554 roll 88
Other Records: Learn More about this Regiment

[note: there is not image of the actual record with this entry on Ancestry.com]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/148th_Pennsylvania_Infantry_Regiment
"The 148th Pennsylvania Infantry was composed of volunteers raised chiefly in Centre County, Pennsylvania, with seven companies hailing from the county. Company C in particular was recruited in the area surrounding the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania (today known as Pennsylvania State University) and included many of the college's students.[1] The regiment was filled out with a company each from Clarion, Jefferson, and Indiana Counties.[2] Once companies were raised, the regiment was organized at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 8, 1862, under the command of Colonel James Addams Beaver."


The story of our regiment; a history of the 148th Pennsylvania vols., written by the comrades
by Muffly, J. W. (Joseph Wendel), b. 1840, ed
Publication date 1904
Publisher Des Moines, Ia., The Kenyon printing & mfg. co.

https://archive.org/details/cu31924030915015/page/1092
Joseph K. Meyer listed on page 1092

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The battle flag of the 148th Pennsylvania Regiment
http://www.pacivilwar.com/148thflag.html

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Chart of the battles the 148th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment engaged in.

The 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 198 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 183 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

It is honored by two monuments at Gettysburg.
http://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/pennsylvania/148th-pennsylvania-infantry/

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Details of Gettysburg
https://www.centredaily.com/entertainment/article42821835.html


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76800081/joseph-klose-moyer

Buried Section 1, Row 2, #20. Stone next to wife, and son George Calvin and daughter Eva.

Joseph married Mary Elizabeth Kline on 15 Feb 1868. Mary (daughter of Hiram Roe Kline and Rebecca Achenbach) was born on 23 Aug 1845 in Pennsylvania; died on 26 Feb 1921 in Miles Township, Centre County, PA; was buried on 2 Mar 1921 in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: teacher
• Residence: 1887, Centre County, PA

Notes:

Obituary
Moyer – Mrs. Mary E. Moyer, widow of the late Joseph K. Moyer, passed away at her home in Rebersburg last Saturday night, as the result of general debility. Her maiden name was Mary E. Kline and as a girl she attended the Millersville Normal School where she equipped herself as a teacher. Later she taught school at Loganton where she met Joseph K. Moyer and their marriage occurred in February, 1869. The latter was a lumberman and some years after their marriage they located at Rebersburg which had been their home ever since.
Mr. Moyer passed away eleven years ago but of their ten children, eight survive, as follows: Flora (Mrs. Limbert) and John Nevin, of Rebersburg; Sara (Mrs. Bray), of Freeland, Pa; Elizabeth (Mrs. Kreider), of Toledo, Ohio; Hiram Bruce, of Albion, Pa.; Jason K., of Corning, N.Y., and Miriam (Mrs. Sherman), of Freehold, N.J. One daughter, Eva Moyer, died a few years ago and Calvin in childhood. She also leaves one brother, Howard Kline, of Adrian, Mich., and a sister, Mrs. Hattie Mengle, of Palmerton, N.J.
From early girlhood Mrs. Moyer was a faithful member of the Reformed church and a true Christian woman. Funeral services were held at her late home at Rebersburg on Wednesday morning by Rev. Kurtz after which her remains were laid to rest in the Union cemetery at Rebersburg.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76800093/mary-e_-moyer

Buried Section 1, Row 2, #21. Next to husband, and son George Calvin Moyer and daughter Eva.