George John Meyer
1830 - 1917 (87 years)
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Name George John Meyer [1, 2, 3] Born 17 Jan 1830 Centre County, PA 
[4, 5, 6, 7] Gender Male Occupation Miller, notions store [4] - He was a miller by trade, which occupation he followed for many years. [7]
Died 14 Dec 1917 Penn Township, Centre County, PA [5, 6] Buried 18 Dec 1917 Aaronsburg Reformed Cemetery, Aaronsburg, Centre County, PA [5, 6, 8] Person ID I1001 Kreider Moyer Last Modified 5 Jan 2023
Father George Meyer, b. 13 Jan 1806, Centre County, PA , d. 03 May 1853, Centre County, PA (Age 47 years) Mother Lydia Harter, b. 16 May 1807, Centre County, PA , d. 16 Nov 1856, Centre County, PA (Age 49 years) Family ID F459 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Sevilla Armagast, b. 08 Jul 1831, New Berlin, Union County, PA , d. 26 Mar 1894, Coburn, Centre County, PA (Age 62 years) Children 1. Emma Meyer, b. Abt 1852, Pennsylvania 2. Agnes Meyer, b. 28 May 1853, Centre County, PA , d. 13 Oct 1932, Penn Township, Centre County, PA (Age 79 years)3. William H. Meyer, b. 31 Jul 1855, Union County, PA , d. 9 Apr 1919, Centre Hall, Centre County, PA (Age 63 years)4. Austin Edward Meyer, b. 6 Jun 1860, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Feb 1901 (Age 40 years)5. Thomas Franklin Meyer, b. 14 Dec 1863, Pennsylvania , d. 12 Aug 1923, Millheim, Centre County, PA (Age 59 years)6. Tamie Elmeda Meyer, b. 10 Jul 1872, Coburn, Centre County, PA , d. 27 May 1966, Spring Mills, Centre County, PA (Age 93 years)Last Modified 10 Nov 2020 Family ID F463 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 17 Jan 1830 - Centre County, PA 
Died - 14 Dec 1917 - Penn Township, Centre County, PA 
Buried - 18 Dec 1917 - Aaronsburg Reformed Cemetery, Aaronsburg, Centre County, PA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
Aaronsburg Reformed Cemetery Centre County PA headstone photos.pdf
Philip Kreider and Leah Bowman Kreider, grandparents of Henry Royer Kreider (Senior) and other relatives of Henry and Mary Elizabeth are buried in Aaronsburg.
Headstones Meyer, George (1830-1917) and Mary Sevilla Armagast (1831-1894)
Aaronsburg Reformed Cemetery, Centre County, PA
Plot: Row 22 #21-23. with Mother and Father foot stones.
Armagast, Mary S. (1831-1894) and George Meyer (1830-1917)
Aaronsburg Reformed Cemetery, Centre County, PA
Plot: Row 22 #21-23 with Mother and Father foot stones.
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Notes - COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Page 530
George J. Meyer, ... was born in Haines township, January 17, 1830, and acquired his education in the primitive school of early times. At the age of eighteen he began learning the miller's trade with his uncle, John Meyer, of Pine Creek, serving a two-years' apprenticeship, during which time he received $60 for his services. He then worked as a journeyman at the Pine Creek Mill for one year, and then returned and conducted it on his own account for the same length of time. Removing to Lewis township, Union county, Penn., he operated a rented mill there for a time, and later worked for the owner. On leaving his employ he conducted a rented mill in Haines township. Centre county, for eight years, after which he removed to Penn township, where his family resided, while he was at Oil City, Penn., a part of one summer. For a period of two years and a half he then engaged in farming, later operated a grist and saw mill at Pine Creek eleven years, and for nine years was in the milling business at Linden Hall, Centre county. In the spring of 1889 he came to Coburn, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for a time, but later sold out to his son William, and is now living a retired life, making his home with his children. He is a highly respected and honored citizen, an earnest supporter of Democratic principles, and a faithful member of the Reformed Church.
In Haines township, in June, in 1852, George J. Meyer was wedded to Miss Mary S. Arbogast, who was born in 1832, in Freeburg, Snyder Co., Penn. (then Union county), a daughter of Jacob Arbogast, a potter by trade. Six children bless this union: Emma J., wife of Nicodemus Lose, of Haines township; Agnes, wife of Daniel Krader, of Gregg township. Centre county; William H., whose name introduces this sketch; Austin E., a miller of Linden Hall; Thomas F., a merchant of Coburn; and Temmie E. . wife of John H. Rishel, a merchant of Farmers Mills, Penn. The mother was called to her final rest March 26, 1894, and her remains were interred in the cemetery of Aaronsburg. Like her husband, she was an earnest member of the Reformed Church. [2]
- COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Page 530
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Sources - [S1] The Meyer Family Tree compiled by John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, October 1937.
- [S5] Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania, J.H. Beers & Co., (Name: Beers & Co, 1898;).
- [S48] Genealogy of the Morr Family, Calvin F. Moyer, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382).
- [S2] Genealogy of the Meyer Family, Meyer, Henry, (1890).
- [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave.
- [S39] Pennsylvania Death Certificate.
- [S48] Genealogy of the Morr Family, Calvin F. Moyer, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 244.
- [S38] Find A Grave database.
- [S1] The Meyer Family Tree compiled by John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, October 1937.