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Elizabeth (Peters) Myers (abt. 1808 - 1878)

Elizabeth Myers formerly Peters
Born about in Rockingham Co., Virginia, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married before 1832 in Licking Co., Ohio, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 69 in Wayne Twnp., Auglaize Co., Ohio, USAmap
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Biography

Elizabeth Peters was born in June 1808 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. She is the daughter of John Peters and Lydia Phillips.

1810 census - Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA

Name: John Peters
Home in 1810: Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 (John)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 (Elizabeth, Maria)
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 (Lydia)
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members: 4[1]

1820 census -- Bennington Twnp, Licking County, Ohio, USA

Name: John Peters
Home in 1820: Bennington, Licking, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 (Peache)
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 (John)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 (Catherine, Rachel, ?)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 (Elizabeth, Maria)
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 (Lydia)
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 6
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8[2]

1830 census - Burlington Twnp, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Name: Lydia Peters
Home in 1830: Burlington, Licking, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Jackson)
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (John)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Peache)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Lydia)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Mary/Polly)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Rachel)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 (Elizabeth, Eleanor)
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Lydia)
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9 [3]

She married Joseph Myers about 1831 in Licking Co., Ohio. (source needed)

In 1832, Elizaberth was mentioned as a married child of John Peters in a Knox Co., Ohio Chancery case, Thornhill vs Peters, where her uncle, Bryant Thornhill, filed against her father's estate and her mother and siblings.

1840 census -- Burlington Twnp, Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Name: Joseph Myers
Home in 1840: Burlington, Licking, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (?)
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (Joseph)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Loucina)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Permelia)
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Elizabeth)
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5 [4]

1850 census - Washington Twnp., Licking County, Ohio, USA

Joseph Myers, age 44, male, , carpenter, born Ohio; Elizabeth Myers, age 42, female, , no occupation, born Virginia; Permelia Myers, age 18, female, , no occupation, born Ohio, attended school; Lucina Myers, age 12, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Eliza Myers, age 9, female, , born Ohio, attended school; Albert Myers, age 6, male, , born Ohio, attended school.[5]

1860 census -- Waynesfield, Auglaize Co., Ohio, USA

Joseph Meyers, age 54, male, , farmer, $325 value of personal property, born Ohio; Elizabeth Meyers, age 51, female, , no occupation, born Virginia; Lucinda Meyers, age 22, female, , no occupation, born Ohio, attended school; Eliza Meyers, age 18, female, , no occupation, born Ohio, attended school; William Meyers, age 16, male, , born Ohio, attended school.[6]

1870 census -- Waynesfield, Auglaize Co., Ohio, USA

Joseph Myres, age 64, male, white, farmer, $1200 real estate, $415 personal property, born Ohio; Elizabeth Myres, age age 62, female, white, no occupation, born Virginia[7]

She died 14 March 1878 in Wayne Twnp., Auglaize Co., Ohio. [8] She is buried in Willow Branch Cemetery in Waynesfield, Ohio.[9]

In 1913, Betsy Peters Myers was mentioned as the daughter of Lydia Phillips Peters in a public notice for the Frederick Phillips Estate. The estate administrator was trying to locate the lineal descendants of Lydia Phillips Peters - a sister of John Phillips, deceased father of Frederick Phillips.[10]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2Q-DF4 : accessed 10 Jan 2014), John Peters, 1810.
  2. "United States Census, 1820," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLQ-W9Z : accessed 10 Jan 2014), John Peters, 1820.
  3. "United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGK-XZM : Tue Oct 03 04:14:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Lydia Peters, 1830.
  4. "United States Census, 1840," index and images, (FamilySearch : accessed 11 Jan 2014), Joseph Myers, 1840.
  5. "United States Census, 1850," index and images, (FamilySearch : accessed 11 Jan 2014), Elizabeth Myers in household of Joseph Myers, Utica, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing dwelling 1308, family 1318, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 703.
  6. "United States Census, 1860," index, (FamilySearch : accessed 11 Jan 2014), Elizabeth Meyres in household of Joseph Meyres, Wayne Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. , family , NARA microfilm publication ; FHL microfilm 803931.
  7. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, (FamilySearch : accessed 11 Jan 2014), Elizabeth Myers in household of Joseph Myers, Ohio, United States; citing p. , family 84, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552671.
  8. "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6XQ-V2J : 13 December 2014), Elizabeth Myers, 14 Mar 1878; citing Death, Wapakoneta, Duchouquet Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, source ID p 90 n 85, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 963,054.
  9. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60361632/elizabeth-myers: accessed 20 October 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Peters Myers (unknown–14 Mar 1878),Find A Grave: Memorial #60361632, citing Willow Branch Cemetery, Waynesfield, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Sharon (contributor 47194094).
  10. "Frederick Phillips Estate," The Newark Advocate, 9/23/1913, p. 4, col. 5; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Oct 2013), Historic Newspapers;




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