Mary Caroline (Archer) Myers (1869 - 1960)

Born 6 Nov 1869 in Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Erastus Archer — married 22 Oct 1884 in Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, United States

Wife of Benjamin Franklin Myers — married 10 Oct 1890 in Americus, Lyon County, Kansas

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1960 at age 90 in Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in 1869. She was the daughter of Moroni Archer and Helen Emory Grinnell. She passed away in 1960. She was raised by her grandmother Caroline Amelia Gaylord Grinnell in Americus Lyon< Kansas after her parents had died. She and her cousin Daniel Erastus Archer eloped to Davis County, Iowa and Iowa Marriage records show they were married there in 1884. However, Her brother Horace Alfred Archer and his son Harvey went to Iowa and brought her back to Kansas. Apparently the marriage was annulled. There is no record of the annulment. However it is very possible there was an annulment as Daniel Erastus Archer was still legally married to Harriet Morehouse.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJR-Q98 : 28 May 2021), Mary Archer in entry for Moroni Archer, 1870.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZK-SDK : 4 November 2017), D. E. Archer and Mary C. Archer, 22 Oct 1884, Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, United States; citing reference It.1,Pg.42, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 968,462.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2C2-Z67 : accessed 27 October 2022), Mary C Myers in household of Frank B Myers, Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 7A, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 445; FHL microfilm 1,374,458.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QF-VQX : accessed 27 October 2022), Mary C Myers in household of Frank B Myers, Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 4A, line 4, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 709; FHL microfilm 2,340,444.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82605211/mary-c-myers: accessed 27 October 2022), memorial page for Mary C Archer Myers (6 Nov 1869–9 Jun 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82605211, citing Americus Cemetery, Americus, Lyon County, Kansas, USA