Grace Musser

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Grace Musser was born in Mar 1890 in Illinois (daughter of William J. Musser and Mary Jane "Jennie" Wolfe).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William J. Musser was born on 27 Oct 1852 in Pennsylvania; died on 9 Nov 1922; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122082650/william-j-musser

    Block: BL02 Plot: 00 Lot: 002 Grave: 15-0

    William married Mary Jane "Jennie" Wolfe. Mary (daughter of Thomas Wolfe and Elizabeth Royer) was born on 12 May 1855 in Wolfs Store, Centre County, PA; died on 18 Jan 1909 in Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Jane "Jennie" Wolfe was born on 12 May 1855 in Wolfs Store, Centre County, PA (daughter of Thomas Wolfe and Elizabeth Royer); died on 18 Jan 1909 in Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122082646/mary-jane-musser

    Block: BL02 Plot: 00 Lot: 002 Grave: 14-0

    Children:
    1. 1. Grace Musser was born in Mar 1890 in Illinois.
    2. Elsie Musser was born in Dec 1878 in Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Thomas WolfeThomas Wolfe was born on 24 Sep 1813 in Pennsylvania (son of Anthony Wolf and Catherine Harper); died on 23 Oct 1882; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76916694/thomas-wolfe

    Section 1, Row 10, #14. Next to wife Elizabeth (Royer).

    Thomas married Elizabeth Royer. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Royer and Mary Gross) was born on 17 Nov 1822 in Centre County, PA; died on 11 Dec 1904 in Bellwood, Blair County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Elizabeth RoyerElizabeth Royer was born on 17 Nov 1822 in Centre County, PA (daughter of Henry Royer and Mary Gross); died on 11 Dec 1904 in Bellwood, Blair County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

    Notes:

    Buried Section 1, Row 10, #15. Next to husband Thomas.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76919587/elizabeth-r-wolfe

    Buried Section 1, Row 10, #15. Next to husband Thomas.

    Children:
    1. Jasper Royer Wolfe was born on 20 Dec 1844 in Centre County, PA; died on 29 Jul 1902; was buried in Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood, Blair County, PA.
    2. Anna Minerva Wolfe was born on 13 Jun 1850 in Centre County, PA; died on 16 Dec 1935 in Bellwood, Blair County, PA; was buried on 20 Dec 1935 in Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood, Blair County, PA.
    3. 3. Mary Jane "Jennie" Wolfe was born on 12 May 1855 in Wolfs Store, Centre County, PA; died on 18 Jan 1909 in Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI.
    4. Thomas Newton Wolfe was born in Sep 1842 in Pennsylvania; died in 1909; was buried in Garrison Cemetery, Garrison, Benton County, IA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Anthony WolfAnthony Wolf was born on 19 Feb 1776; died on 21 Jan 1851; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

    Notes:

    Wolf, Anthony, moved from Penn's valley into
    Brush valley. He was originally from Lebanon
    County. He purchased a large tract of land from
    his father, George Wolf, Penn's valley, in 1803, which
    now forms the farms of his sons, David, Henry, and
    Thomas, and the parcel on which are located the
    grist-mill and saw-mill. It is thought Mr. Wolf came
    into the valley in 1799 or 1800. The brick house on
    his farm was built in 1818, the sawmill about the
    year 1812, and the grist-mill in 1834. There was an
    oil-mill situated near the grist-mill, which was oper-
    ated many years. Mr. Wolf was a man of influence
    in the township, and his name is frequently found as-
    sociated with the projects of public improvements.
    He was one of the commissioners that located the
    Brush Valley Narrows road in 1840, and it was through
    his and Col. Henry Meyer's efforts chiefly that the
    road from Wolf's mill to Penn's valley was made.
    Mr. Wolf and Col. Henry Meyer were brothers-in-
    law, both being married to daughters of Judge Adam
    Harper, of Penn's valley. Mr. Wolf was born Nov.
    10, 1776, died Jan. 21, 1852, and lies buried at Rebers-
    burg. Sons : John, Jacob, David, Thomas, and Henry.
    Thefirst two named are dead. Daughters: Catherine,
    married to Isaac Long ; Lydia, married to George
    Schaeffer, Madisonburg; Priscilla, married to John
    Bierly, near Rebershurg; and Ann, married to Henry
    Eothermal. The daughters are all dead except
    Priscilla.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76912347/antony-wolf

    Anthony married Catherine Harper. Catherine was born on 22 May 1777; died on 21 Feb 1846; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Catherine HarperCatherine Harper was born on 22 May 1777; died on 21 Feb 1846; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76912390/catherine-wolf

    Children:
    1. 6. Thomas Wolfe was born on 24 Sep 1813 in Pennsylvania; died on 23 Oct 1882; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

  3. 14.  Henry RoyerHenry Royer was born on 06 Apr 1796 in Bethel Township, Dauphin County, PA (son of John George Royer and Elizabeth Shuey); died on 08 Jul 1890 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

    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]


  4. 15.  Mary GrossMary Gross was born on 27 Mar 1801 (daughter of Henry "Henrich" Gross and Phoebe Havice); died on 25 Jun 1883 in Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.

    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

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Royer was born on 17 Nov 1822 in Centre County, PA; died on 11 Dec 1904 in Bellwood, Blair County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.
    2. Phoebe Ann Royer 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.
    3. John George Washington Royer was born on 08 Oct 1827 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; died on 12 Jan 1881 in Rebersburg, Centre County, PA; was buried in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.
    4. Elvina Catherine Royer was born on 21 May 1830; died on 13 Apr 1919 in Tylersville, Sugar Valley, Clinton County, PA; was buried in Tylersville Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Tylersville, Clinton County, PA.
    5. Isabella Jane Royer was born on 19 Feb 1834 in Pennsylvania; died on 29 Mar 1909 in Miles Township, Centre County, PA; was buried on 1 Apr 1909 in Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA.