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- Joseph K., born March 28, 1840; married to Mary K Kline, who was born Aug. 23, 1845. Joseph owns the old Forster property grist and saw-mill. Centre Mills, Brushvalley, Pa., and carries on the lumber and grain business and farming. The family are German Reformed.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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