Michael Meyer / Myers
1843 - 1923 (79 years)-
Name Michael Meyer / Myers [1, 2] Birth 10 Nov 1843 Nippenose Township, Lycoming County, PA 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Male _MILT 1862 [3] Michael was a member of Company G, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He enlisted at Jersey Shore, Pa., and was mustered into service September, 1862; honorably discharged from service at Raleigh, N. C., July 14, 1865. Occupation Lumberman [3] Death 7 Aug 1923 Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA [4] - Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA [2]
Burial 9 Aug 1923 Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA [2, 4] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247912578/michael-myers
Death certificates of Michael and his wife, Susan, list burial at Wildwood Cemetery. Both death certificates spell their surname as Myers.
Person ID I2702 Kreider Moyer Last Modified 11 May 2025
Father George Meyer / Myers, b. 05 Oct 1794, Penn Township, Northumberland County, PA d. 25 Oct 1849, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA (Age 55 years) Mother Mary Snyder, b. 25 Jul 1805, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ d. 18 May 1891, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA (Age 85 years) Family ID F652 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Death - 7 Aug 1923 - Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA 
Burial - 9 Aug 1923 - Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - History of Lycoming County:
Michael Myers was born in Nippenose township & attended the common schools of is birthplace, he then passed to the West Branch high school in Jersey Shore, afterward taking a course at the Commercial College at Pittsburg. In August 12,1862 he enlisted in Company G 13th Regiment Pa Cavalry & was mustered in Sept. 4,1862. He served in many Civil War Actions. His regiment was transferred to Wilmington North Carolina & attached to the command of General Terry. He was escort to Gen. W T Sherman on the surrender of General Joseph E Johnson. He was honorably discharged July 14,1865.
On his return home he was engaged as a bookkeeper in the lumber office of Finney & Barrows Lock Haven & when they transferred to Williamsport, he remained with them until 1870. He spent a year in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin as a bookkeeper. He returned to Williamsport in 1876.
Mr. Myers is a member of the Reno Post No. 64 & he belong to the Encampment No. 47 Union Veteran Legion.
Politically he is a Republican & attends Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr. Myers married Susan Amellia Painter of Muncy, the daughter of William P I Painter. [2]
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Sources - [S48] Calvin F. Moyer, Genealogy of the Morr Family, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 258.
Michael was born Nov. 10, 1843; married Dec. 17, 1885, to S. Amelia, daughter of Hon. William P. I. Painter, Muncy, Pa., a former member of the Pennsylvania Legislature and Associate Judge of Lycoming county, Pa. She was born at Muncy, April 13, 1850. She is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In the late war, Michael was a member of Company G, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He enlisted at Jersey Shore, Pa., and was mustered into service September, 1862; honorably discharged from service at Raleigh, N. C., July 14, 1865. Michael has lived at Williamsport since April, 1867. He is a lumberman. - [S38] Find A Grave database.
- [S48] Calvin F. Moyer, Genealogy of the Morr Family, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382).
- [S39] Pennsylvania Death Certificate.
- [S48] Calvin F. Moyer, Genealogy of the Morr Family, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 258.