Elizabeth Devine (Brown) Moyer (1840 - 1921)

Born 20 Apr 1840 in Platte County, Missouri

Ancestors

Died 30 May 1921 at age 81 in Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon

Biography

Elizabeth (Brown) Moyer was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

This profile is part of the Brownsville, Oregon One Place Study.

Elizabeth was born in 1840 and died in 1921. ^[1]

Elizabeth Devine Brown was a daughter of Hugh Leeper Brown and Clarissa (Browning) Brown. Elizabeth came overland with her family by Ox Team, to Linn County, Oregon, arriving in September, 1846. ^[2]

Elizabeth married John M. Moyer, and was the mother of nine children including the following:

• Edward L. Moyer, born 1858/59 (by census) in Oregon

• Hugh Breck Moyer, born 1861 (by headstone, or 1862/63 by census) in Oregon, died 1913, married 1) Jessie A. Sawyer and 2) Hazel M (?nee)

• Ethel L. Moyer, born March 1864, died November 1, 1867

• Daisy D. Moyer, born May 16, 1868, died May 21, 1868

• Infant daughter, born June 2, 1873 died June 4, 1873

• Infant daughter, born 1874, died December 21, 1874

Elizabeth and John are found on the United States Census of 1870, living in Oregon, with their two sons. ^[3] Elizabeth and John are found in North Brownsville, Linn county, Oregon in 1880 with their two son. Their son Hugh B. Moyer is now going by H. Breck Moyer. On his headstone, he is simply H.B. Moyer. ^[4]

Elizabeth died May 30, 1921, in Brownsville, Oregon, a town named for her father. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 May 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Devine Brown Moyer (20 Apr 1840–30 May 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #8850063, citing Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Walter Myers (contributor 46572734).
2. ↑ https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/moyer-mrs
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8B-QX9 : 12 April 2016), John M Moyer, Oregon, United States; citing p. 4, family 28, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,785
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCL-ZPC : 16 July 2017), John M Moyer, North Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 75, sheet 402A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1082; FHL microfilm 1,255,082
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville,_Oregon