Other Events:

• Residence: Rebersburg, Centre County, PA

Notes:

CDT 12/16/1936
President of the Rebersburg Bank dies at Danville
Death claimed one of Rebersburg's most prominent citizen's yesterday when Jasper Royer Brungart died at Geisinger Memorial Hospital at the age of 85 years. He had been a patient of the hospital since June 13th of this year. Mr. Brungart was one of the organizers of the bank and had served as the president since 1920. In earlier years he had taught school in Miles township later became a merchant & farmer. He was a member of the board of education for 13 years & was the secretary of the board for 10 years. The deceased was born in Miles township the son of Daniel & Phoebe (Royer) Brungart. On Oct 3 1876 he married Mary Elizabeth Long who died in 1914.
Intensely interested in history, he was a member of the Huguenot Society, the Sons of the American Revolution & the Pennsylvania German Society, he organized the Brungart Reunion Association and served as the president & genealogist of the association. He had compiled many interesting facts regarding Central Pennsylvania particularly regarding Miles township, and had collected many old deeds & documents having local historical significance.
Mr. Brungart travelled extensively among his trips was across the county in 1928, a tour around the World in 1930 and to South America in 1932. He was a member of the Reformed Church.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206606085/jasper-royer-brungart

Section 2, Row 7, #1. Next to wife Mary.

Jasper married Mary Elizabeth Long on 03 Oct 1876 in Union County, PA. Mary (daughter of Ephraim Long and Margaret Slear) was born on 28 Jun 1850 in Vicksburg, Union County, PA; died on 12 May 1914 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Page 276 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

DANIEL BRUNGART (deceased) was a member of one of the oldest families of Brush Valley, their settlement dating back a full century. The family originated in Germany, where our subject's great-grandfather was born. Martin Brungart, the grandfather of our subject, was the first to settle in Centre county, Penn. , having left his former home in the neighborhood of Hanover, York county, Penn., in 1798 to locate in the east end of Inrush Valley, where he died, his remains being laid to rest in the old graveyard at Rebersburg. He had a large family of children, namely: Martin, Jacob, Johan George, John and several daughters, two of whom remained in York county.
Johan George Brungart (commonly known as George), our subject's father, was born July 20, 1788, in Manheim. York county, and was but a lad when his parents removed to Centre county.
He was married April 9, 1811, to Salome Kahl, who was born January 14, 1787, at Heidelberg, Berks county, Penn., a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Kahl.
Seven children were born of this union, the names with dates of birth being as follows:
Catharine, January 20, 181 2, married Jacob Erhard, and died in Miles township. Centre county;
Jacob, January 9, 18 14, died in Rebersburg;
Johannes, March 9, 181 7, died in January, 1825;
Susan, March 10, 1819, married Jeremiah Haines, and is deceased;
George, February 4, 1821, lives at Rebersburg;
Daniel, July 4, 1823, is the subject of this sketch;
Sarah, April 22, 1825. married Samuel Frank;
and Margaret, March 15, 1827, married John Hosterman, and died in Miles township.

George Brungart was a farmer, also an extensive land owner, and was one of the substantial citizens of his time. In 1820 he built on his farm a tannery, which was superintended by Jacob Steffy, also from York county, and the leather he took to Philadelphia by team, bringing back goods for the merchants, the trip occupying three weeks. He never learned the trade, but was a most skilled mechanic, and spent most of his time in a shop on his farm, where he made tools and instruments of various kinds. He made a plow which was an improvement over the clumsy ones then in use, and which became well known. It was the one alluded to in the old saying common in Brush Valley, that "no man was much unless he owned a long-barrelled shot-gun, a red wamus, and a Brungart plow. " He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church, in which he held an influential place. Tall and slender in person, he possessed much vitality, and lived to see his ninetieth year, dying December 21, 1877. His wife died some years previously, being over seventy years of age, and both were buried at Rebersburg.
The subject of this sketch had but meager educational privileges, and attended the old-time subscription schools for a few weeks in winter each year. Reared as a farmer boy, he always followed that occupation, and, after working for his father several years in early manhood, he bought the old farm in Miles township. Centre county. In May, 1846, he was married in Milestownship, to Miss Phoebe A. Royer, who was born in that township, February 19, 1825, the daughter of Col. Henry and Polly (Gross) Royer. Col. Henry Royer came from Berks county, and at one time owned much of the land around Rebersburg, as well as a large tract of mountain land. In 1877, Mr. Brungart removed to Rebersburg, where he built the present substantial brick residence. He had two children: Elmira E. , born February 6, 1847, died February 15., 1850; and Jasper R., born June 17, 1851, of whom special mention will presently be made. Daniel Brungart died April 8, 1897, and is buried in the cemetery at Rebersburg.
Politically, Mr. Brungart was a Democrat, and he held several minor offices in his township but was never a politician. He was a leading member of the Reformed Church, as is his widow, and he was at one time an elder therein. He owns an excellent farm containing over 165 acres, and two valuable lots in Rebersburg. While he never posed as a philanthropist, he contributed to almost every worthy movement seeking aid, and he and his estimable wife were noted for their kindness of heart.
Jasper R. Brungart, the only living child of our subject, received his education in the schools of the township, after which he followed teaching some five years. In 1879 he entered mercantile business in Rebersburg, buying out J. Spiglemyer, and continued same for five years, at the end of which time he commenced farming, which vocation he followed up to 1890, when he built his pleasant home at Rebersburg, where he has since lived retired. In December, 1894, he graduated from the Chautauqua University at Syracuse, N. Y. , and is at present taking a reading course from that institution.
On October 3, 1876, Jasper R. Brungart was married in Union county, Penn., to Mary E. Long, who was born June 28, 1850, a daughter of Ephraim and Margaret (Slear) Long, highly respectable farming people. Her father was a native of Berks county, Penn., born April 8, 1814, and died January 13, 1856, a son of Ludwig and Hannah Long, natives of Pennsylvania. Ephraim Long was twice married, first time to Sarah Snook, by whom he had two children — Esther and Isaac — who lived to maturity. For his second wife, Ephraim was married. May 12, 1848, to Margaret Slear, and three children were born to them, two of whom died in infancy, and Mary E. (Mrs. Brungart). Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Long are both deceased, he having passed away January in, 1856, and she on July 27, 1863.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper R. Brungart are active members of the Reformed Church. In politics he is a Democrat, and has filled various township and school offices.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75851137/daniel-brungart

Section 1, Row 8, #19. Next to wife Phoebe Ann.

Daniel married Phoebe Ann Royer in May 1846. Phoebe (daughter of Henry Royer and Mary Gross) was born on 19 Feb 1825 in Centre County, PA; died on 16 Oct 1920; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75851187/phoebe-ann-brungart

Buried Section 1, Row 8, #19. Next to husband Daniel.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: Royer farm north of Rebersburg, PA

Notes:

Henry was 15 when his father bought the Rebersburg farm. (info from Josephine)

Name: Henry ROYER
Prefix: Col. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Birth: 6 APR 1796 in Bethel Twp., Berks Co., PA 9 10
Death: 8 JUL 1890 in Rebersburg, Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA 12 10
Burial: St. Peter's Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre Co., PA 12 10
Note: 1860 - age 64.
1870 - age 70.
1880 - age 83. States he has an "inflamed brain." Also in household, Eva Greninger, age 27.

Sources:
1. Type: Census
Title: 1860 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
2. Type: Census
Title: 1870 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
3. Type: Census
Title: 1880 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
Text: written by enumerator as Mr. Royer Henry
4. Type: Book
Title: History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania
Author: John Blair Linn
Publication: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA
Date: 1883
Text: Col. Henry Royer, h/o Mary Gross
5. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: Henry Royer, s/o John George & Elizabeth Shuey Royer, h/o Mary Gross
6. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
Text: Co. Henry Royer
7. Type: Book
Title: Wills of Centre County, PA
Author: Col. Ira F. Fravel
Date: 19 Jan 1939
9. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: Berks Co.
10. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
12. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909

From the History of Centre & Clinton Counties, PA: Henry Royer (Col.) came into the valley with his father, John G., in 1811, and now owns and occupies the old homestead. He is eighty-four years of age, and is in the enjoyment of good health. To his kindness and good memory the local historian is indebted for many facts relating to the history of Miles township. Mr. Royer is married to Miss Mary Gross, of New Berlin. They had five children, -- one son, George, who died about a year ago; four daughters: Elizabeth, married to Thomas Wolfe; Phoebe, married to Daniel Brungart; Elvina, married to Aaron Creep, Sugar Valley; and Isabella, who was married to J. P. Kryder. All the daughters are living. Elvina's and Isabella's husband's are dead.

http://books.google.com/books?id=IxYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA164&dq=%22colonel+henry+royer%22&ei=rZPmSNDZM43sswPN3eT2Bg#PPA165,M1
THE HISTORICAL JOURNAL: A MONTHLY RECORD OF LOCAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, DEVOTED PRINCIPALLY TO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. BY JOHN F. MEGINNESS, ("JOHN OF LANCASTER.") VOLUME I. WILLIAMSPORT, PA.: GAZETTE AND BULLETIN PRINTING HOUSE. 1888. The Historical Journal By John Franklin Meginness

COLONEL HENRY ROYER, of Miles Township, Centre County. Pa., was 91 years old on the 16th of April, 1887. He is the picture of health and is in the enjoyment of all his faculties: liberal-minded and intelligent, he has always been to the front when anything was to be done to promote the educational, material, or religious interests of Brush Valley. As a repository of local history of Miles and Haines Townships, he has been invaluable to those of us who have endeavored to preserve all that was valuable in that direction.
Colonel Royer's grandfather, Christopher Royer, came from the Palatinate and settled in Lancaster County. The old great-grandmother came over at the same time. She felt sadly in coming to a new country where there would be no church or ministers. The captain of the vessel, a good man, consoled her by saying "one could worship in the heart under a tree." The first sermon she heard in the new country was under an oak tree on the present site of Lancaster City.
Christopher Royer and his wife were both buried at Rap's church, Lebanon County. Their son, John George Royer, born in Bethel Township, Berks County, December 12, 1750, came to Brush Valley in 1811, and died there July 30, 1822. Four of his children grew up: Catherine, who married John Kern; Elizabeth, married Josiah Gift; Christena died single, and Colonel Henry, born within four miles of Millerstown, Berks County (Bethel Township), April 6, 1796.
When they came to Brush Valley, in 1811, there was but one house in Rebersburg (beside the church), the house in which Judge Samuel Fraaks now lives. The hotel, which was older, was burned down.
Colonel Royer owns the old homestead and farm of his father. It lies west, north, and adjoining Rebersburg, being the home and place where Conrad Reber lived, who also laid out the western part of Rebersburg in 1809, and after whom the town was named.
In these seventy six years Colonel Royer has been an eye witness of all the important changes that have occurred in the valley. When he came little land was cleared; the trees between his home and the site of Rebersburg had boon "circled," and were dead. He remembers all the old settlers. But to relate his recollections would be only to go over what Professor Henry Meyer has so ably set forth in his contribution to the history of Centre County. The Colonel thinks himself well, physically, as he can walk up from town, half a mile, to his farm and back almost daily, and he drives to Millheim and Coburn, or out the valley, six or seven miles, to visit his daughter, Widow Kryder. His memory is good ; he gives exact dates and relates in detail all the incidents of his life with no apparent effort. He spends his time principally in reading: reads and writes both in English and German, and is without question one of the most remarkable men for absolutely unimpaired faculties that I have ever heard of. He expects to bury all us historians.
Colonel Royer was married in the holidays of 1821 to Miss Mary Gross, of New Berlin. She was born September 20, 1800, and died June 25, 1883. They had five children: George, who died in 1881 ; Elizabeth, married Thomas Wolf; Phoebe, married Daniel Brungart, of Rebersburg; Elvina, married Aaron Creep, of Sugar Valley, and Isabella, widow of J. P. Kryder.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60806835/henry-royer

Section 1, Row 10, #16

Henry married Mary Gross. Mary (daughter of Henry "Henrich" Gross and Phoebe Havice) was born on 27 Mar 1801; died on 25 Jun 1883 in Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Royer farm north of Rebersburg, PA

Notes:

Book - Cemeteries of Miles Township, gives birth date as 29 September 1800.
Buried Section 1, Row 10, #17. Next to husband Henry.
from Shueyfamily.org
different date of birth
Name: Mary Gross
Birth: 20 SEP 1800 in New Berlin, Northumberland Co, PA
Death: 25 JUN 1883 in Centre Co, PA
Burial: Rebersburg, PA

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jenn222&id=I41434
Extended Family Tree - 12 Oct 2008 Contact: Jennifer jenn222@nycap.rr.com

Name: Mary GROSS 1 2 3 4 5
Birth: 29 SEP 1800 in New Berlin, Northumberland Co., PA 6 7 8
Death: 25 JUN 1883 in Centre Co., PA 9 10 11
Burial: 27 JUN 1883 St. Peter's Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre Co., PA 10 11 12
Note: 1860 - age 59.
1870 - age 69.
1880 - age 79.

From Suzanne Rice: From Samuel Gramly's Diary - Clinton Co. Genealogical Society, 2003: Mary GROSS wife of Henry ROYER was buried 27 Jun 1883.

Sources:
1. Type: Book
Title: History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania
Author: John Blair Linn
Publication: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA
Date: 1883
Text: Mary Gross
2. Type: Census
Title: 1860 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
Text: Polly
3. Type: Census
Title: 1870 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
Text: Mary
4. Type: Census
Title: 1880 U.S. Census
Place: Miles Twp., Centre Co., PA
Media: Scanned Image
Location: Ancestry.com
Text: Pollie
5. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
Text: Mary Gross, w/o Col. Henry Royer
6. Type: Web Site
Author: John Shuey; jshuey@shueyfamily.org
Title: ShueyFamily.org
URL: Ancestry.com WorldTree
Date: 4 Oct 2004
Text: 28 Sep 1800, New Berlin Northumberland Co., PA
7. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
Text: 29 May 1801
8. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
Text: 29 Sep 1800
9. Type: Web Site
Author: John Shuey; jshuey@shueyfamily.org
Title: ShueyFamily.org
URL: Ancestry.com WorldTree
Date: 4 Oct 2004
10. Type: Book
Title: History of Gift, Kern & Royer Family
Author: Aaron Kern Gift
Publication: Herald Printing & Publishing Co., Beaver Springs, PA
Date: 1909
11. Type: Book
Title: The Cemeteries of Miles Township
Author: Centre County Genealogical Society
Publication: Centre County Genealogical Society
Date: 2004
12. Type: E-Mail Message Author: Suzanne (Walkowiak) Rice Location: rice2cats4 (at) nationwide.net

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60807001/mary-royer

Notes:

Royer, John S., was a native of Bethel township, Berks County. He came into Brush valley in 1811, and purchased the farm now owned by his son. Col. Henry Royer, from Conrad Reber. He was born Dec. 12, 1750, and died July 30, 1820.

Buried:
Buried Section 1, Row 12, #32. Old and new stones. Old stone has full dates 12 Dec 1750-30 Jul 1823. 72y 8m 11d. New stone has 1750-1823.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60806216/john-george-royer

Oldest son of Georg Christoph "Stophle" Royer;
Husband of Elizabeth Shuey;
Father of Henry, Catharine, Elizabeth and Christina.

John married Elizabeth Shuey about 1780. Elizabeth (daughter of Lewis Henry Schuy and Maria Elisabeth Greib) was born on 13 Jan 1758 in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, PA; died on 01 Dec 1830 in Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Shuey
Oldest daughter of Ludwig Shuey, was born Jan. 13, 1758, in Bethel township, Lancaster county, Pa. She was a member of the Reformed Church. She was married to John George Royer, a native of Lancaster, Pa., and they had seven children - three sons and four daughters. Three died in infancy. Those whose history if here given were: Henry, Catharine, Elizabeth and Christina, who was never married. They moved to the eastern portion of Center county, Pa. John George Royer died at Rebersburg, Pa., July 30, 1823. Buried in the Union cemetery. Elizabeth Shuey Royer died Dec. 3, 1830. Buried at Rebersburg, Pa.
History of The Shuey Family in America from 1732 to 1919. By Dennis Boeshore Shuey.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10477339/elizabeth-royer

Fifth (?) child of Ludwig Heinrich (Lewis Henry) Schuey & Maria Elizabeth Grieb. Spouse of John George Royer.

Buried Section 1, Row 12, #30. new stone in front of old stone (in German). Near husband John George Royer (1750-1823)

Notes:

Henry Gross was married in York county, Penn., to Miss Phoebe Havice. His death occurred in 1842, when in his eighty-third year. His wife died in 1837, as the result of injuries received from an accident in falling down stairs.
Henry and Phoebe’s children
Henry (mentioned in the foregoing),
Elizabeth (Mrs. George Herald),
Sarah (Mrs. John Hilbish),
Catherine (Mrs. Jacob Dubbs),
Philip (father of our subject),
John (who died near Chattanooga, Tenn.),
Polly (Mrs. Col. Henry Royer) and
Barbara (Mrs. George Kleckner). Mrs. Kleckner died one year after her marriage.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128806361/henrich-gross

Henry married Phoebe Havice. Phoebe was born in 1764; died in 1837 in New Berlin, Union County, PA; was buried in New Berlin Cemetery, New Berlin, Union County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147827845/phoebe-gross

Note from visiting the cemetery: Philomena born single digit maybe 6 April 1764 but looks like 1. Died 10 1837. Aged 72, 11 and 6 maybe.