Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Moyers, John H 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John H. Moyers, retired farmer, residence on Sixth Street, Sterling, was born 
in Pennsylvania, Nov. 12, 1818, his parents being Samuel and Barbara (High) 
Moyers, natives also of the Keystone State; both were born in Bucks County and 
passed all their lives there. The subject of this sketch remained at his 
parental home until he was 22 years of age, receiving a common-school 
education and assisting on the farm. At the age mentioned he left home, and 
commenced dealing in horses and cattle, which he followed for 18 years. Two 
years after leaving home he bought a lot of 15 acres, on which he lived four 
years; he was engaged in merchandising one year during this time. Then he sold 
out and bought a tract of 100 acres, on which was a water-power, and on that 
he built a mill. The farm and mill he conducted for six years; he then sold 
out and bought 15 acres, which he occupied for four years; he sold again, and 
in 1861 came to Sterling, rented a farm and cultivated it 14 years; and 
finally he bought a residence on Sixth Street, in Sterling, with three lots, 
for $1,660, which he now occupies. In his political views, Mr. Moyer is a 
Republican. He was married in 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Myers, a native of 
Pennsylvania, and they have had 11 children, two of whom have deceased. The 
living are Barbara, Hiram, Mary, Hannah, Susan, Amanda, Elizabeth, Samuel and 
John, all of whom are married except John, as follows: Barbara married Abraham 
Cassel and has five children,—Henry C., Mamie V., Elizabeth C., Rena and Mabel 
D. Hiram married Fannie Reinhart and has four children,—Eva, Amy, John and 
Hiram. Mary married Anthony Trudo, and they have one son, Harry. Hannah 
married Martin Grubb. Susan married Allen R. Hendricks, and has one child 
living, Olive G. Amanda married Warren Roath, and they have one daughter, 
Belle E; Elizabeth married John Reitz, and their two children are Arthur and 
Edith M. Samuel married Lorenza Hamblin.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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