1902-1910 A grave marker for George Moyer and Mary Moyer
is at Yellow Creek Cemetery, Elkhart County, Indiana [13] [14] [15]. [16]
1846 Heirs of Elizabeth Moyer were named in a deed, dated January 5. Peter Brubaker and wife Catherine, Abraham Moyer and wife Susan, Henry Hartman and wife Barbara, Mary Burke, Jacob Bechtel and wife Anna, Wm Kirchner and wife Elizabeth, Michael Gongaway and wife Catherine, John Moyer Jr, Christian Moyer, Barbara Moyer, George Moyer, Harriet Moyer, Abraham Moyer minor heirs of Elizabeth Moyer by guardian John Moyer Jr, sold sold 13 acres to Nancy Newcomer in section 27 of Milton Twp, Ashland/Richland County, Ohio. [1]
1846 Peter Brubaker and wife Catherine, Abraham Myers and wife Susan, Hartman and wife Barbara, Benjamin Newcomer and wife Nancy, Jacob Bechtel and wife Anna, Wm Kirchner and wife Elizabeth, Michael Gongaway and wife Catherine, John Moyer Jr, Christina Myers, Barbara Moyer, George Moyer, Harriet Moyer, Abraham Moyer minor heirs of Elizabeth Moyer by guardian John Moyer Jr, sold sold 33 acres to Mary Burke, in section 27 of Milton Twp, Ashland/Richland County, Ohio. The deed was dated January 5.[2]
1850 John and Catherine Moyer lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Barbary (age 20), George (age 17), Harriet (age 16), Abram (age 13), and Jacob (age 8). [3]
1854 George A Myers and Mary Rohrer were married on December 14, in Elkhart County, Indiana by Benjamin Benner, J.P. [4] [5]
1860 George A Mayer (age 26) and Mary (age 23), both born in Ohio, lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana with children Elizabeth (age 5), John (age 4), and Anna (age 1), all born in Indiana. The adjacent listing was for George Moyer's father-in-law, Joseph Rohrer (age 58). [6] [7]
1880 Mary Moyer (age 43, born in Ohio, married), wife, lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana, in a household with George A. Moyer (age 46), George Moyer (age 18), Joseph Moyer (age 15), Emanuel Moyer (age 12), and Amanda Moyer (age 10). Mary Moyer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. George A. Moyer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. George A. Moyer's occupation was farming. [8]
1890 George A Moyer lived at Harrison Southwest, listed in the Elkhart, Indiana Directory, 1890. [9]
1900 George Moyer (born March 1834, parents born in Germany) and Mary Moyer (born Sep 1837 in Ohio, with parents born in Pennsylvania) had been married 46 years, and lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. Mary had had 8 children, 7 living. [10] [11] [12]
1902 George A Moyer, married, spouse of Mary Moyer, died on January 30, at age 68, in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. He was born on March 13, 1833, in Elkhart County, Indiana, son of John Moyer and Elizabeth Alver(?). [17]
1902 George A. Moyer died on January 30 and was buried at Harrison Chapel Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. George A. Moyer was born on March 1, 1833. [18][19]
1910 The burial of Mary Moyer was recorded in United Methodist Church Records. [20]
1910 An obituary for Mary Moyer reported [21]:
Mrs. G. A. Moyer, one of the pioneer settlers of Harrison township, grandmother of E. V. McDonald, clerk in the office of Assistant Superintendant Thread, of the Lake Shore, died at the residence, six miles southwest of Goshen, yesterday at the age of seventy-two years. The family came to this section a number of years ago and had lived in Harrison township since that time. Among the surviving relatives are four sons, John R. Moyer, Goshen; George Moyer, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Joseph and Emanuel Moyer, Athens, Mich., and three daughters: Mrs S.M. Hoffman, Auburn, Iowa; Mrs. J.T. McDonald, Three Rivers, Mich., and Mrs. P.A. Bauers, Goshen. Funeral services will be held at the Yellow Creek Mennonite church, at 10 o'clock Tuesday forenoon.
Research Notes:
Both George A Moyer and George W Moyer were married to Mary and lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana in 1860. It is sometimes difficult to determine which George Moyer is referred to in a document. We are researching George Moyer, son of John Moyer and Elizabeth Albright, named in the 1850 census, above. The 1850 census record does not report the middle initial of son George, but the age matches best with George A Moyer, whose children match with the children named in the 1910 obituary of Mary Rohrer Moyer, widow of George A Moyer. George W Moyer, married to Mary Ingle, was the son of Abraham Moyer and Mary Ingle.
Census records for George Moyer report his birth in Ohio. His death certificate reports his birth in Elkhart County, Indiana.
[1] Rita Bone Kopp and Thomas Sloan, Ashland County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, Ashland County, Ohio Research Aid Mifflin and Milton Townships (1994), 140, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Rita Bone Kopp and Thomas Sloan, Ashland County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, Ashland County, Ohio Research Aid Mifflin and Milton Townships (1994), 140, [GoogleBooks].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[5] Elkhart County, Indiana, Marriages, 1-56, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Elkhart, Indiana Directory (Truth Publishing House, 1890), [AncestryRecord].
[10] United States Federal Census, 1900, lines 26-27, [FamilySearchImage].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryRecord].
[13] Family Document, Robert Wolfe, photo taken 2009.
[14] Find A Grave Memorial 71248221, [FindAGrave].
[15] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Elkhart County Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Elkhart County, Indiana, Vol. 2 (1990), 12, reports location at Harrison Chapel Cemetery, Row 2-1, [GoogleBooks].
[17] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[18] Find A Grave Memorial 71248114, [FindAGrave].
[19] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[20] Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970 for Jno S. Detweiler, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[21] Newspaper, Elkhart Truth (Elkhart, Indiana), Saturday August 8, page 5.