Isaac Moyer (1778 - 1854)

Born 12 Apr 1778 in Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Maust) Moyer — married 1807 in Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1854 at age 75 in Markleysburg, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

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Name

Issac /M(o)yers/

Name: Issac

M(o)yers

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1807

Meyers Mills (Meyersdale, PA)^[1][2]

Sources

• Source: S4 Abbreviation: Source #4 Note: MEYERS, PETER Born 1807 Died 1870 Age 63 Source: Biography from the Meyersdale Centennial book of 1974, taken from a sketch in the Meyersdale Commercial newspaper of Dec. 12, 1898. Transcribed by Sally Statler Peter Meyers was a son of Jacob Meyers Jr. and Barbara (Yorty) Meyers. He was born in Meyers Mills (which later became Meyersdale) in 1807. Jacob Meyers Jr. came here about 1804 to settle on land acquired by his father, Jacob Meyers Sr. This land had been purchased from the original settler, Andrew Borntrager. Jacob Meyers Jr. was drowned in a flash flood while attempting to cross Flaugherty Creek with a load of lumber to rebuild the mill destroyed by fire in 1827. His sons, Peter and William, rebuilt the mill. The brothers carried on a thriving mercantile and exchange business which Peter continued after the death of William in 1853. He helped to establish the towns of Confluence and Hyndman and held property at both places. He gave freely in all worthy enterprises and donated the right-of-way for the railroad for about two miles over his land. He was an active member of the board of directors of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad until his death. He is mentioned in the annals of the company as a friend in its darkest days. He gave the land for the "old red schoolhouse" and later assisted in building and managing the first brick school built on the same spot. A reporter for the Pittsburgh Evening Chronicle, issued Sept. 15, 1870, at the time of his death wrote: "To no man in the community in which he lived is there so much indebted. At the risk of his popularity and personal influence, he took the lead in improvement of schools in the village and neighborhood and was the first to give his children the advantages of a college education. To appreciate the moral courage required, it must be remembered that the community in which he lived was an old fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch one, which dreaded nothing so much for their children as a knowledge of, or contact with the world. "The language, manners and customers of their fathers was good enough for them. Many indeed regarded the learning of the English language a serious falling off; a desire to be better than their neighbors. "It was a gigantic and almost hopeless task to combat these prejudices. He did it, and now there are few more intelligent and progressive communities than those of Summit and Elk Lick townships." He dispensed a genial and bountiful hospitality. He was a modest and dignified gentleman and an active, useful citizen. His shadow still lingers. Peter Meyers was a victim of the typhoid fever epidemic of 1870.
• Source: S69 Abbreviation: http://www.meyersdale.org/obits/obitsm.html Title: http://www.meyersdale.org/obits/obitsm.html

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S4
2. ↑ Source: #S69

• Parental relationship is suggested with an Ancestry test match between Karen McDowell and Beth (Brown) Golden, fifth cousins once removed. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA : fifth to eighth cousins, based on sharing 9 centimorgens shared across 1 dna segment. MRCA: George Moyer and Maria Elizabeth (Stahr) Moyer

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Beth Golden for creating WikiTree profile M-462 through the import of for wiki 2.ged on Apr 17, 2013.

Moyer-1572 was created by Ally McCoy through the import of Aileen_s Family Tree.ged on Sep 12, 2015.

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