1900 Abraham Moyer (born in Indiana in Mar 1859, married) lived in Concord Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana, in a household with Sarah Moyer (age 41), Abraham Moyer (age 21), Harvey Moyer (age 15), Mervin Moyer (age 13), Della M Moyer (age 9), and Grace E Moyer (age 3). Abraham Moyer's parents were both born in Ohio. Abraham Moyer was a carpenter. [1]
1910 Abraham H Moyer (age 51, born in Indiana, married for 31 years) lived in Elkhart Ward 5, Elkhart County, Indiana, in a household with Sarah A Moyer (age 50), Mervin M Moyer (age 22), Della M Moyer (age 19), Grace E Moyer (age 13), and Ralph J Moyer (age 9). Abraham H Moyer could read and write. [2]
1947 Abraham H Moyer, married, son of George Moyer and Mary Moyer, spouse of Mary McDonald Moyer, died on August 11, 1947, at age 88, in Rural, Elkhart County, Indiana. Abraham H Moyer was born on March 22, 1859, in Elkhart County Indiana. [3]
1947 Abraham H Moyer died in 1947 and was buried at Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. [4]
A biosketch of Abraham H. Moyer reports [5]:
Abraham H. Moyer. The distinctive work by which Abraham H. Moyer has identified himself with Elkhart is as a contractor and builder. As a boy he showed unusual qualifications for the business and his record of constructive work is perhaps not excelled by that of any other building contractor in the City of Elkhart. His building has not been confined to any one locality, but within a radius of twelve miles from Elkhart he has constructed a total of twenty-nine barns, with many others at a further distance and has also built many school-houses, and churches, including a $60,000 church at Angola in Steuben County. He also built the centralized schoolhouse at Jimtown, has erected a number of business blocks on Main Street in Elkhart, and one of the finest residences of the city is the product of his business activity. He was born on a farm on Burr Oak Flats in Marshall County, Indiana, March 22, 1858. ...
Abraham H. Moyer has spent most of his life in Elkhart County. As a boy he attended the country schools, and also assisted in the farm work, but his early inclinations were manifested for mechanical pursuits, and at the age of sixteen he began an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. After six months he was a finished workman, and he at once started out on a modest scale as a contractor and builder. In that business he has continued successfully to the present time, and has a record of fully forty years in the business.
On March 7, 1880, Mr. Moyer married Sarah A. Culp, who was born near Waukarusa in Elkhart County. Her father, Solomon Culp, was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, and her grandfather, George Gulp, moved from Ohio to Indiana, and became an early settler in Harrison Township. George Culp was one of the successful early farmers in that locality and acquired such an amount of land in that and in Union Township and also in St. Joseph County that he was able to give each of his children eighty acres. George Culp died at Nappanee when about eighty years of age. The maiden name of his wife was Magdalena Garringer, who died when about seventy years of age. They reared ten sons and one daughter. Solomon Culp, father of Mrs. Moyer, was a boy when he accompanied his parents from Ohio to Indiana, and the journey was made overland with wagons and teams. He took the eighty acres of timbered land which his father gave him and in due course of time had cleared away most of the forest and had developed a good farm. He remained a resident of Harrison Township until his death when about sixty years of age. His wife's name was Anna Holdeman, who was born in Holmes County, Ohio. Her father, John Holdeman, moved from Ohio to Indiana, accompanied by his father, and located in Harrison Township where he secured a tract of timbered land and after developing a portion of it moved to Baugo Township, where he spent the rest of his days. Mrs. Moyer's mother died when about seventy years of age. and there was only one other child, Magdalena, who married Daniel Moyer.
In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Moyer are children named Abraham S., Harvey, Mervin M., Della M., Grace E. and Ralph. The son Abraham married Minnie Leader and their three children are Helen, Lamar and Wayne. Harvey married Theo Emminger and has a daughter named Margaret. Mervin M. married Theresa Peterson and their daughter is named Estella J. Grace married Mervin Leatherman and has a daughter Irma Bernice. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer are active members of the United Brethren Church.
[1] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Find A Grave Memorial 31449845, [FindAGrave].
[5] Abraham E. Weaver, ed., A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana, Vol. 2 (1916), 500, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].