Notes:

The oldest son was born in Germany probably in 1721. He followed his father as owner of the homestead at Muhlbach.



Page 22.
JOHN MEYER (son of the Meyer from Germany) owned the old homestead at the Mühlbach, and is said to have been the oldest son, but his sister (or sisters) may have been older. The probability is that he was born in Germany, and was the child (or one of the two) brought by the parents from the old country. Yet there is nothing certain about this. Letters of administration were granted to his "oldest son John" to settle up the estate, Dec. 22, 1786, and it is likely that he, the subject of this sketch, died but a short time previous. On a tombstone in the Mühlbach cemetery is this record: "Johannes Mover, Died Dec. 11, 1786; aged 67 years." This record and the letters of administration granted eleven days later no doubt have reference to the same person. His wife's Christian name also is mentioned in the papers just alluded to, and was Anna Barbara. The names of his children are found on an old deed.1 dated Dec. 3. 1788 found among the papers of the Mühlbach homestead. The younger brother Henry and the sisters sold their interest in their father's farm to their older brother John. This list must include all the children that had grown to maturity and were still living. If any had died before the sale of the farm the fact - is not known. John's descendants can give but little information about him. George, of Dauphin, and Michael, from near Mühlbach, grandsons, and among the very last of that generation yet living, simply know that his name was John (Hans), that he owned the old Mühlbach homestead, and that he was in some way related to Christopher Meyer of Campbellstown, Lebanon County. From these meager facts, from information given by Mrs. Nancy Kryder, who was raised at her grandfather Christopher's place, at Campbellstown, Pa., from traditions remembered by Henry and John Meyer, Rebersburg, Pa., and from items discovered in old documents, I have been able to form a chain of evidence which leaves no doubt in my mind as to his location in the Mejer family. After the lapse of a few more years this fact could not have been established.
It is related that John, or "Hans," as he was more familiarly known by his relatives, was an excellent violinist. When visiting his friends it was not long until he would have handed him the violin, an almost indispensable piece of furniture in the Meyer homes of that period, and, after excusing himself a while, exhibiting his crooked, bony fingers and asking how they - could expect one to play with such hands, he would tune the instrument and perform with wonderful ability. From time immemorial the Meyers have been noted singers, and nearly all the older stock could play the violin. They made their own instruments, and were, therefore, not very expensive. It was about the only musical instrument then in existence among the pioneer settlers, and, however rude in construction, it would answer the purpose of rasping sundry tunes for dancing!
John had five children as far as we know (see deed page 22), two sons and three daughters. About the latter no information was received. The descendants of John (the subject of this sketch) are nearly all residing in Dauphin and Lebanon Counties; quite a number near Mühlbach.

Name:
Johannes Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155809759/johannes-mayer
Has his name as Mayer

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Moyer will dated Sept. 23, 1811. Probated Aug. 24, 1812. Dauphin Co. C.H. Will abstract C-259 (DCHS). This information comes from the Ancestry database: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records 1750-2014. From a reference card for John Loudermilch; Barbara Moyer, dau. John-Catherine.

Name:
Capt Johannes Mayer
Captain 5th Company, 2nd Btn., Lanc. Co., Militia.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47663736/johannes-mayer

Capt Johannes Mayer, Captain 5th Company, 2nd Btn., Lanc. Co., Militia.

Family/Spouse: Catharine Schaeffer. Catharine (daughter of Alexander Schaeffer and Eva Anna Angelica Engle) was born on 17 Oct 1747 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA; died on 11 Oct 1825 in Millbach, Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Millbach Cemetery, Millbach, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Henry or John Henry (John, Gr. Meyer), married to Anna Engle, so stated on an old deed (see page 22), but his granddaughter, Mrs. Martha Zerbe, says his wife was a Miss Rath. The date of his birth was not ascertained ; it is said he died Nov., 1812. George Meyer, Dauphin, Pa., states he often heard his grandmother, Catharine (Schaeffer) Meyer, say that Henry was the only brother that his grand- father John had; and that at one time he owned the Mühlbach homestead, but being unable to keep it, his grandfather John (Henry's brother) bought it at the solicitation of his grandmother Catharine, so that the old home should remain in the Meyer name. See deed, page 22.
There were three children, two sons and one daughter.

Family/Spouse: Anna Engle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacob Neff. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Moore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ludwig Miller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

John (John, John, Gr. Meyer) was married, first, to Lizzie Strickler, 2nd, to Christina Lise. He owned the old Mühlbach home after his brother Michael. Died, May 9, 1851, aged seventy-two and one-half years about. Lies buried at the Mühlbach church.

ISSUE, FIRST WIFE—LIZZIE STRICKLER:
1. George, married, first Lizzie Becker, second, Leah Stoucher. He was born in 1804 at Mühlbach and was raised there. At present (1883) he lives at Dauphin, north of Harrisburg, Pa., where his sons carry on a butcher shop. I visited him in the Spring of 1883 and received from him many facts in relation to the Meyers of his branch of the family. Children: Rebecca, married Ed. Ebach; John, dec’d, married Sarah Smith. (These were children of the first wife, Lizzie Becker.) The following were children of the second wife: George, married to Margaret Haney; Henry; Michael; William, — had been a soldier in the late war; Noah; Catharine, married to John Walters; Sarah, married to Mr. Glouch.
2. Catharine, married to John Witters.
3. John, married to Magdalena Meyer, a daughter of the Schaefferstown Christopher Meyer, and consequently, a grand-daughter of John Henry Meyer. (See pages 30-32.) He lives on the western part of the old Mühlbach tract. I visited him in the Fall of 1883 and received considerable information for these pages from the family. He was born in 1808 or 1809, and is still living, Nov. 1889. His wife is dead. Children : — John H., born 1835, married to Amanda Robinson, lives also on the old Mühlbach tract. William H. H., married to Lizzie Robinson, sister of John's wife; Amanda; Agnes, married Charles Garman; Monroe, married to Frances Stover; Tillie, married to John Stover.
4. Michael, was born Nov. 19, 1810; is married to Lucy Ann Krall. The family lives about one and a half miles south-west of the Miihlbaeh homestead. Michael is a pleasant and intelligent gentleman, and is quite well posted on Meyer history. He is of short stature, as most of his great-grandfather John's descendants are. He says, we call the Campbellstown Meyers (Christopher's sons) the "big Meyers". He remembers how, when he was a boy, the Pennsvalley (Centre County) Meyers used to send hounds in boxes to his father. All the Meyers of that period were hunters. I visited the family twice in 1883. Children: — Israel, born in 1835, married first to Catharine Betts, second, to Caroline Friese, lives in Ohio ; Levi, married Eda Heckman, lives in Ohio ;
Catharine, married to Wm. Miller, she died in 1880; Solomon, married Catharine Banter, lives at Schaefferstown, Pa.; Caroline, married Frank Goss; John, married to Amanda Royer.
5. Elizabeth, married to J. B. Smith of Berks County, Pa., who represented his county three successive terms in the Legislature.

ISSUE WITH SECOND WIFE — CHRISTINA LISE:
6. Henry, married to Sarah Miller. He was born Jan. 28, 1815; died Nov. 1, 1881. His wife was born Jan. 1, 1819. Henry owned the old homestead and his widow and two sons reside there now (1883). I visited there several times during the Summer of 1883, and received many facts for this sketch from the widow and from papers which she kindly permitted me to examine. It was she who gave me the information about the original buildings near the spring. Her husband's grandmother, Catharine (Schaeffer) Meyer, used to say that the buildings had been put up by the "old folks", that is, by the Meyers who came from Germany. (See page 18.) Charles M. Zerba, Esq., of Lebanon, Pa., writes me, June 25, 1888, that the farm which had been in possession of the Meyers so many generations, has at last passed into other hands, J. Monroe Zimmerman now owning it. See note, page 15. But this does not include the whole of the original tract, only the eastern part or half. Children : — Sarah, married to Uriah Kryder ; Henry, married Clarissa Dissinger, great-granddaughter of the Schaefferstown Christopher Meyer. Henry was born March 3, 1850, died Feb. 2(5, 1886. He and his brother Thomas lived on the old farm at the spring and were the last Meyer owners of it.
Ida Christina, married to John Achey, lives at Lebanon. Pa.; Thomas, married Celicia Strickler.
7. Mary, married Henry Fisher. Indiana.
8. Sarah, married Cyrus Kryder.
9. Leah, married to George Dager.

Family/Spouse: Lizzie Strickler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christina Lise. Christina was born about 1780 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

Michael (John, John, Gr. Meyer), died single prior to 1795. He at one time owned the old homestead at Mühlbach.

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

George (John, John, Gr. Meyer), died single, aged about twenty-two.

Other Events:

• Residence: Gravel Hill, Lebanon County, PA

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

Henry (John, John, Gr. Meyer), was married to Lizzie Strock. He lived at Gravel Hill, Lebanon Co., Pa.
ISSUE:—
1. John, married to Anna Behm. He died in 1855, aged 51 years. Children: John, married to Catharine Keim. He is deceased; Henry (dec'd), married to Lovina Miller; Michael B., born March 20, 1845, died at Harrisburg, Pa., July 13, 1889. Disease, congestive fever. Lies buried at Deny, Dauphin Co. He was married to Fannie Strickler. She was born Jan. 13, 1847. Michael lived formerly at Deny, Dauphin Co., where he owned a fine farm. He was a man of intelligence, and influential in his locality, having filled at different periods nearly all the elective offices of his township. In 1877 he resigned the office of school-director to become County Commissioner of Dauphin County, which position he filled two terms. At the time of his death he was Prison Warden at Harrisburg, which office he had held over two years. Michael had been raised by his uncle, Mr. Behm, ex-commissioner of Dauphin County; he was a poor boy, but by a close application to his books, he acquired a good education in the schools of his neighborhood, and by industry and perseverance amassed considerable property. During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania Michael shouldered the musket in defense of our State against the Confederates. In politics he was a thorough Republican, and in a political contest was seldom vanquished. He was a man of large stature, noble bearing, benevolent disposition, greatly beloved by his family and highly esteemed by his numerous friends. I visited the family at Deny in the Fall of 1883 and again in 1889 at Harrisburg. Widow Meyer is at present filling the office of Prison Warden left vacant by the death of her husband. The couple were married Nov. 6, 1866, and had nine children. Children: Annie M.; Frances F.; Harvey S.; Ada S.; Lizzie G.; Clara S.; John S.; Emma S.: Mary V.
2. Michael, married to Elizabeth Horner, both are dead.
3. Mary, married to Jacob Hemperly.
4. Sarah, married to Andrew Loy.
5. Susan, married to Jacob Goss.
6. Elenor, was married to Henry Meyer, son of "big" Michael near Rebersburg, Pa. She was born Feb. 12,1809, died Sept. 28, 1884.
7. Elizabeth, married Ulrich Weltmer.

Family/Spouse: Lizzie Strock. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Loudermilk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John George (Henry, John, Gr. Meyer) was married to a Miss Harnish.
ISSUE:—
1. John, was married to a Miss Seibert. He died about the year 1843, aged about sixty years.
2. Jacob, dec'd, was married to Elizabeth Shall.
3. Michael, married to Mary Erb. Live out West somewhere.
4. Henry, married to a Miss Erb, sister of Michael's wife.
5. Anna Maria, married Andrew Capp.
6. Mary, married John Parson.
7. Catharine, married to Jonas Moore.

Family/Spouse: Unknown Harnish. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacob Miller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA

Notes:

Rev War Private. Captain G. Nagels Company.
From Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Military Affairs



GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

Christopher (Henry, John, Gr. Myer), was married twice, first to a Miss Eckert, second to widow Hoffman, whose maiden name was Catharine Krum. This lady was an inmate of the house in which occurred the Sheetz murder in 1797; she was then a little girl and was present when the murder was committed. The place is not far from Mühlbach. Christopher was born Sept. 5, 1761; died Jan. 5, 1822. He lived at Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co., Pa., and must not be confounded with the Christopher Meyer who lived at Campbellstown, same county. The list of children was given by John Meyer, Mühlbach, son-in-law, and corrected later by Charles M. Zerbe, Esq., Lebanon, Pa.

ISSUE WITH FIRST WIFE-SEVEN CHILDREN.
1. John married Catharine Wolfersperger. Lives at Breathodsville, Md. Children : — John, married a Miss Mussina, near Hagerstown, Md.; Israel, married to Salina Everly, Schaefferstown, Pa. ; Sarah, married to John Hill. Sheridan, Pa.; Susanna, married Michael Groh, Schaefferstown, Pa.
2. Michael, married Miss M. Crotzer.
3. Susan, married to Jacob Funk. Maryland.
4. Elizabeth, married to Henry Schaeffer, grandson of Alexander Schaeffer, who laid out Schaefferstown, Pa. See page 25. Clara (Dissinger), wife of Henry Meyer, who lived on the old Mühlbach farm till recently, is a grand- daughter of this couple. Elizabeth was born Aug. 24, 1796 ; died July 3, 18G4. Children: — Catharine, married Jeremiah Magee ; Rebecca, married William Dissinger; Infant: Dr. Samuel M., born 1823; died Dec. 29, 1872.
5. Margaret, married to Michael Stroch.
6. Catharine, married Joe Crotzer. Maryland.
7. Mary, married John Krall.

ISSUE WITH SECOND WIFE, FOUR CHILDREN.
8. Sarah, married John Krall. She died about the year 1863.
9. Magdalena, married to John Meyer, who lives on the western part of the Mühlbach tract. See page 2G. She was born in 1814; died Nov. 6, 1879.
10. Martha, married to Dr. Jonathan Zerbe, Schaefferstown, Pa. She is still living (1888). She contributed considerable information for these pages, forwarded through the kindness of her son, Charles M. Children: Charles M., married to Rebecca Yearsley, Phila. The family live at Lebanon, Pa., where Mr. Zerbe is practising law ; Agnes E. (deceased), was married to Dr. George Mays : Dr. Thomas T., married to Emma E. Taylor ; Jennie M., married to J. F. Hickernell ; Dr. B. Frank, married to Ida S. Lauser. Last three children live at Schaefferstown, Pa.
11. Lydia, married Ed. Becker.

Name:
Christopher Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26228974/christopher-moyer

Christopher Moyer, s/o John Henry and Anna Barbara (Engle) Meyer, was married to Margaret (Eckert) Moyer. They were the parents of 7 children, Michael, Catharine, John, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susan and Mary Moyer.

Family/Spouse: Margaret Eckert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catharine Krum. Catharine was born on 17 Jul 1777; died on 30 Nov 1862; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Dauphin, Dauphin County, PA
• Census: 1850, Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA
• Census: 1870, Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA
• Census: 1880, Dauphin, Dauphin County, PA

Notes:

George, married, first Lizzie Becker, second, Leah Stoucher. He was born in 1804 at Mühlbach and was raised there. At present (1883) he lives at Dauphin, north of Harrisburg, Pa., where his sons carry on a butcher shop. I visited him in the Spring of 1883 and received from him many facts in relation to the Meyers of his branch of the family. Children: Rebecca, married Ed. Ebach; John, dec’d, married Sarah Smith. (These were children of the first wife, Lizzie Becker.) The following were children of the second wife: George, married to Margaret Haney; Henry; Michael; William, — had been a soldier in the late war; Noah; Catharine, married to John Walters; Sarah, married to Mr. Glouch.

1850 census
Name: George Moyer
[Geroge Moyer]
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1804
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: Derry, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 10000
Line Number: 25
Dwelling Number: 64
Family Number: 68
Household Members:
Name Age
George Moyer 46
Leah Moyer 34
George Moyer 16
Henry Moyer 14
Catharine Moyer 12
Sarah Moyer 11
Leah Moyer 9
Michael Moyer 7
William Moyer 4
Noah Moyer 3




* * * * * * *
1870 census
Name: George Moyer
Age in 1870: 65
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Dwelling Number: 260
Home in 1870: Derry, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Post Office: Hummelstown
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot Read: Y
Cannot Write: Y
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Personal Estate Value: 1500
Real Estate Value: 17000
Inferred Spouse: Leah Moyer
Inferred Children: Henry Moyer
Michael Moyer
Noah Moyer
Agnes Moyer
Household Members:
Name Age
George Moyer 65
Leah Moyer 55
Henry Moyer 27
Michael Moyer 24
Noah Moyer 19
Agnes Moyer 12
John Greenawalt 60

Family/Spouse: Lizzie Becker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leah Stoucher. Leah was born about 1816 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catharine, married to John Witters.

Family/Spouse: John Witters. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Millbach, Lebanon County, PA

Notes:

John, married to Magdalena Meyer, a daughter of the Schaefferstown Christopher Meyer, and consequently, a grand-daughter of John Henry Meyer. (See pages 30-32.) He lives on the western part of the old Mühlbach tract. I visited him in the Fall of 1883 and received considerable information for these pages from the family. He was born in 1808 or 1809, and is still living, Nov. 1889. His wife is dead. Children : — John H., born 1835, married to Amanda Robinson, lives also on the old Mühlbach tract. William H. H., married to Lizzie Robinson, sister of John's wife; Amanda; Agnes, married Charles Garman; Monroe, married to Frances Stover; Tillie, married to John Stover.

Name:
or Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13149739/john-moyer

Family/Spouse: Magdalena Moyer. Magdalena (daughter of Christopher Moyer and Catharine Krum) was born on 14 Apr 1817 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA; died on 06 Nov 1879 in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Millbach, Lebanon County, PA

Notes:

Michael, was born Nov. 19, 1810; is married to Lucy Ann Krall. The family lives about one and a half miles south-west of the Mühlbach homestead. Michael is a pleasant and intelligent gentleman, and is quite well posted on Meyer history. He is of short stature, as most of his great-grandfather John's descendants are. He says, we call the Campbellstown Meyers (Christopher's sons) the "big Meyers". He remembers how, when he was a boy, the Pennsvalley (Centre County) Meyers used to send hounds in boxes to his father. All the Meyers of that period were hunters. I visited the family twice in 1883. Children: Israel, born in 1835, married first to Catharine Betts, second, to Caroline Friese, lives in Ohio; Levi, married Eda Heckman, lives in Ohio; Catharine, married to Wm. Miller, she died in 1880; Solomon, married Catharine Banter, lives at Schaefferstown, Pa.; Caroline, married Frank Goss; John, married to Amanda Royer.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32082291/michael-moyer

Note on Find a Grave:
Child of John Moyer & Lizzie Stricler, spouse of Lucy Ann Krall

Family/Spouse: Lucy Ann Krall. Lucy was born on 26 Jul 1814 in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Jan 1901; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Berks County, PA

Notes:

Elizabeth, married to J. B. Smith of Berks County, Pa., who represented his county three successive terms in the Legislature.

Family/Spouse: J. B. Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Old Homestead

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

Henry, married to Sarah Miller. He was born Jan. 28, 1815; died Nov. 1, 1881. His wife was born Jan. 1, 1819. Henry owned the old homestead and his widow and two sons reside there now (1883). I visited there several times during the Summer of 1883, and received many facts for this sketch from the widow and from papers which she kindly permitted me to examine. It was she who gave me the information about the original buildings near the spring. Her husband's grandmother, Catharine (Schaeffer) Meyer, used to say that the buildings had been put up by the "old folks", that is, by the Meyers who came from Germany. (See page 18.) Charles M. Zerba, Esq., of Lebanon, Pa., writes me, June 25, 1888, that the farm which had been in possession of the Meyers so many generations, has at last passed into other hands, J. Monroe Zimmerman now owning it. See note, page 15. But this does not include the whole of the original tract, only the eastern part or half. Children : Sarah, married to Uriah Kryder ; Henry, married Clarissa Dissinger, great-granddaughter of the Schaefferstown Christopher Meyer. Henry was born March 3, 1850, died Feb. 25, 1886. He and his brother Thomas lived on the old farm at the spring and were the last Meyer owners of it. Ida Christina, married to John Achey, lives at Lebanon. Pa.; Thomas, married Celicia Strickler.

Name:
or Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51068033/henry-moyer

Family/Spouse: Sarah Miller. Sarah was born on 01 Jan 1819 in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, PA; died on 13 Sep 1907 in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Indiana

Family/Spouse: Henry Fisher. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cyrus Kryder. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Dager. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

John, married to Anna Behm. He died in 1855, aged 51 years. Children: John, married to Catharine Keim. He is deceased; Henry (dec'd), married to Lovina Miller; Michael B., born March 20, 1845, died at Harrisburg, Pa., July 13, 1889. Disease, congestive fever. Lies buried at Deny, Dauphin Co. He was married to Fannie Strickler. She was born Jan. 13, 1847. Michael lived formerly at Deny, Dauphin Co., where he owned a fine farm. He was a man of intelligence, and influential in his locality, having filled at different periods nearly all the elective offices of his township. In 1877 he resigned the office of school-director to become County Commissioner of Dauphin County, which position he filled two terms. At the time of his death he was Prison Warden at Harrisburg, which office he had held over two years. Michael had been raised by his uncle, Mr. Behm, ex-commissioner of Dauphin County; he was a poor boy, but by a close application to his books, he acquired a good education in the schools of his neighborhood, and by industry and perseverance amassed considerable property. During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania Michael shouldered the musket in defense of our State against the Confederates. In politics he was a thorough Republican, and in a political contest was seldom vanquished. He was a man of large stature, noble bearing, benevolent disposition, greatly beloved by his family and highly esteemed by his numerous friends. I visited the family at Deny in the Fall of 1883 and again in 1889 at Harrisburg. Widow Meyer is at present filling the office of Prison Warden left vacant by the death of her husband. The couple were married Nov. 6, 1866, and had nine children. Children: Annie M.; Frances F.; Harvey S.; Ada S.; Lizzie G.; Clara S.; John S.; Emma S.: Mary V.

Name:
Anna's headstone reads: w/o John Moyer.

Family/Spouse: Anna Behm. Anna was born on 10 Mar 1802 in Pennsylvania; died on 20 Aug 1886; was buried in Spring Creek Cemetery, Hershey, Dauphin County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Horner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
or Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54952334/anna-m-hemperly

Family/Spouse: Jacob Hemperly. Jacob was born on 06 Dec 1800 in Pennsylvania; died on 17 Oct 1859; was buried in Bindnagle Lutheran Cemetery, Palmyra, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39614656/sarah-loy

Family/Spouse: Andrew Loy. Andrew was born on 16 Feb 1795 in Pennsylvania; died on 27 Oct 1863; was buried in Bindnagle Lutheran Cemetery, Palmyra, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10060290/susanna-goss

Section B, block 102, lot 4, space 2E

Family/Spouse: Jacob Goss. Jacob was born on 27 Apr 1807 in Pennsylvania; died on 11 Sep 1876; was buried in Hummelstown Cemetery, Hummelstown, Dauphin County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

Elenor, was married to Henry Meyer, son of "big" Michael near Rebersburg, Pa. She was born Feb. 12,1809, died Sept. 28, 1884.

Name:
Ellenoer Moyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30922342/ellenoer-moyer

Family/Spouse: Henry Moyer. Henry (son of Michael Meyer and Elizabeth Derstine) was born on 14 Nov 1796 in Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA; died on 03 Jan 1873 in Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
or Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10534902/elizabeth-weltmer

Family/Spouse: Ulrich Weltmer. Ulrich was born on 23 Sep 1791; died on 26 May 1843; was buried in Palmyra Cemetery, Palmyra, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown Seibert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Shall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Out West

Family/Spouse: Mary Erb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown Erb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andrew Capp. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Parson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jonas Moore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Michael Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26229072/michael-moyer

Michael Moyer, s/o Christopher and Margaret (Eckert) Moyer, was married to Maria (Kratzer) Moyer.

Family/Spouse: Maria Kratzer. Maria was born in 1782; died on 09 Mar 1852 in Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Breathodsville, Maryland

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

John married Catharine Wolfersperger. Lives at Breathodsville, Md. Children : John, married a Miss Mussina, near Hagerstown, Md.; Israel, married to Salina Everly, Schaefferstown, Pa.; Sarah, married to John Hill. Sheridan, Pa.; Susanna, married Michael Groh, Schaefferstown, Pa.

Name:
John Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26229174/john-moyer

John Moyer, s/o Christopher and Margaret (Eckert) Moyer, was married to Catharine (Wolfesperger) Moyer.

Family/Spouse: Catharine Wolfensperger. Catharine was born on 21 Jan 1793; died on 01 Apr 1845; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1820 US census.
Name: Henry Shaeffer
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Heidelberg, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5

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1830 US census
Name: Henry Shaeffer
[Henry Sarffer]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6

1850 census
Name: Margare Schaeffer
Gender: Female
Age: 85
Birth Year: abt 1765
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: Schaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Industry not reported
Line Number: 30
Dwelling Number: 270
Family Number: 292
Household Members:
Name Age
Margare Schaeffer 85
Elizabeth Schaeffer 53
Samuel Schaeffer 26
Catharine Schaeffer 19

1860 US census
Name: Elizabeth Shaeffer
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1793
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Post Office: Lebanon
Dwelling Number: 556
Family Number: 621
Real Estate Value: 1500
Personal Estate Value: 50
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Shaeffer 67
Emmaline Shaeffer 14

Name:
Elizabeth Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32795762/elizabeth-schaeffer

Gravesite Details: Spouse of Henry

Elizabeth married Henry Schaeffer in 1817 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. Henry (son of Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer and Margaret Hoffman) was born in 1795 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA; died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Michael Stroch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Mary Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13148515/mary-krall

Gravesite Details: Child of Christopher Moyer & Margaret Eckert. Spouse of Johannes Krall.

Family/Spouse: John Krall. John was born on 23 Feb 1799 in Pennsylvania; died on 05 Feb 1852; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Maryland

Family/Spouse: Joe Crotzer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Maryland

Family/Spouse: Jacob Funk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Sarah “Sallie” Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13148510/sarah-krall

Gravesite Details: Child of Christopher Krall & Catharine Krum. Spouse of Johannes Krall.

Family/Spouse: John Krall. John was born on 23 Feb 1799 in Pennsylvania; died on 05 Feb 1852; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

Magdalena, married to John Meyer, who lives on the western part of the Mühlbach tract. See page 26. She was born in 1814; died Nov. 6, 1879.

Name:
Mary Magdalena “Mollie” Moyer
or Meyer

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32271338/mary-magdalena-moyer

Family/Spouse: John Moyer. John (son of John Meyer and Lizzie Strickler) was born on 25 Sep 1808 in Lebanon County, PA; died on 19 Nov 1894 in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA

Notes:

GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

Martha, married to Dr. Jonathan Zerbe, Schaefferstown, Pa. She is still living (1888). She contributed considerable information for these pages, forwarded through the kindness of her son, Charles M. Children: Charles M., married to Rebecca Yearsley, Phila. The family live at Lebanon, Pa., where Mr. Zerbe is practising law; Agnes E. (deceased), was married to Dr. George Mays: Dr. Thomas T., married to Emma E. Taylor ; Jennie M., married to J. F. Hickernell ; Dr. B. Frank, married to Ida S. Lauser. Last three children live at Schaefferstown, Pa.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31971331/martha-anna-zerbe

27 Jan 1896: Mrs. Martha, widow of the late Dr. Jonathan Zerbe, who for many years enjoyed a large practice at Schaefferstown, having died in April, 1877, passed peacefully away during Sunday night at the residence of her son, Dr. B. Frank Zerbe, at Schaefferstown, of general debility, due to old age. Deceased was a member of the Reformed church and will be interred in the Reformed church cemetery at Schaefferstown. She was aged about 82 years and leaves to mourn her death four children, as follows: C. M. Zerbe, Esq., this city; Drs. Thos. and B. Frank Zerbe, and Mrs. Jonathan Hickernell, all of Schaefferstown. [Lebanon Semi-Weekly News]

January 1896: Consigned to the tomb. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Zerbe, relict of the late Dr. Jonathon Zerbe, of Schaefferstown, was held at 1:30 oclock from her late residence. Services were conducted in the Reformed Church in Schaefferstown by the Rev. Bachman, and interment was made in the church cemetery. [Lebanon Courier]

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Zerbe. Jonathan was born on 21 Jul 1812 in Berks County, PA; died on 03 Apr 1877 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA; was buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109036799/lydia-becker

Section Z, lot 89 & 90

Family/Spouse: Edward Henry Becker. Edward was born on 7 Sep 1819 in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, PA; died on 3 Sep 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]