Dickinson County KS Archives Biographies.....Eyer, David M. 1830 - 
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Author: J. H. Beers & Co., 1903

Source: Biographical Annals of Lancaster CO., Pa., 1903 by J. H. Beers & Co., 
page 667-668.

DAVID M. EYER,   of East Donegal township, Lancaster county, president of the 
First National Bank of Marietta, and general farmer, was born in Lebanon 
county, Sept. 7, 1830, a son of John and  Leah (Moyer) Eyer, natives, 
respectively, of Franklin and Lebanon counties. In 1845 the family came to East 
Donegal township, where John Eyer followed farming on a river farm until his 
death in 1890, when eighty-four years old, although for some years prior, to 
this event he had withdrawn from active work. His widow lived until 1895, when 
she passed away at the age of eighty years; and her remains were interred 
beside her husband's in East Donegal cemetery.  The children born to this 
couple were seven in number, and were in order of birth, as follows: David M., 
whose name opens this biography; Benjamin and Elizabeth, deceased; Henry, a 
farmer in Abilene, Kan.; Samuel, farming in East Donegal township; Fannie, wife 
of Dr. Christopher Gish, of Brookville, Ohio; and Anna, who died unmarried. 
John Eyer, paternal grandfather of David M., was a farmer in Franklin county, 
and his maternal grandfather, Benjamin Moyer, was proprietor of an extensive 
flour and clover-seed mill in Lebanon county. 

David M. Eyer was but fourteen years of age when brought to Lancaster county, 
and here, for the first three years he worked out as a farm hand. He then 
joined his father and worked on the home farm in East Donegal township until 
twenty-four years old, then rented a farm from Henry Musser. A year later he 
purchased a farm of 105 acres; he has since purchased two additional farms, and 
now owns two in East Donegal and one in Conoy township, but he still resides on 
his original purchase which he devotes to general farming. 

Mr. Eyer has been twice married. His first bride, whom he wedded in East 
Donegal township in 1855, was Miss Mary Musser, who was born in the township, a 
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Geish) Musser, and to this marriage were born 
eight children, viz.: Ellen, who died unmarried at the age of thirty years; 
John, who died when thirty-nine and was also unmarried; Elizabeth, who became 
the wife of Simon C. Heisey, and died when twenty-eight, the mother of one son, 
Horace; Fanny, who also became the wife of Simon C. Heisey, and died without 
issue: Henry M., who died, aged twenty-nine years; Alice, who married Amos 
Shank, now residing on her father's farm, and has three children; Mary, who 
died when sixteen years old; and Anna, who died when eighteen; Mrs. Eyer died 
June 4, 1876. The second marriage of Mr. Eyer took place May 30, 1878, in East 
Donegal township, to Miss Catherine S. Lenhart, but to this marriage no 
children have been born.  

Mrs. Catherine S. (Lenhart) Eyer was born in East Hempfield township Oct. 22, 
1834, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Sheets) Lenhart, of White Oak, 
Lancaster county. George Lenhart was a carpenter and builder in his early 
manhood, but later in life followed agricultural pursuits. He was called away 
March 9, 1888, at ninety-one years of age, and his wife died on the 18th of the 
same month, in the same year, when aged eighty-two, both dying in the faith of 
the River Brethren Church. They were the parents of nine children, viz.; Cyrus, 
who died in Kansas; Anna, wife of Samuel Hoffman, retired farmer of East 
Donegal township; Jacob, deceased; Catherine S., now Mrs. Eyer; Elizabeth, 
married to Jacob Herr, a farmer; Martha, who died young; Sophia, an invalid; 
Maria, wife  of Henry Eyer, retired and living in Kansas; and Barbara, married 
to Michael Smith, of East Donegal township. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. 
Catherine S. Ever were George and Barbara (Hollinger) Lenhart, of Lancaster 
county, and the maternal grandparents were Frederick and Catherine Sheets, also 
of this county. 

David M. Eyer was elected a director in the First National Bank of Marietta in 
1880, and in 1899 was elected its president. He has been treasurer of the East 
Donegal Cemetery Co. from its organization in 1873, and for twelve years was 
director of the Marietta & Maytown Turnpike Co. and its president for five 
years. He is emphatically a self-made man in the business sense of that term, 
has always led a moral and upright course, has been industrious and thrifty, 
and is now one of the most substantial citizens of East Donegal township. 
Religiously, he is a member of the River Brethren Church. 




Additional Comments:
This Bio. mentions a Henry Eyer that lived at Abline, KS., he also has another 
brother that lived in Kansas.

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