TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO - BIO: The Family of Jacob Meyers and Elizabeth Miller in Tuscarawas County, Ohio *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Submitted by: Email: MWilli1008@aol.com Date: August 13, 1999 *********************************************************************** The Family of Jacob MEYERS and Elizabeth MILLER in Tuscarawas County, Ohio 1. Jacob Meyers was b. Oct 1785, Berks County,PA, d. 8 Oct 1852 in Warwick Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH, and is buried in the Gnadenhutten Moravian Cemetery. He m. 17 May 1808 in Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA to Elizabeth Catherine Miller b. 2 Aug 1787 Oley Twp., Berks Co., PA, d. 18 Apr 1853 Tuscarawas County, OH., buried in Gnadenhutten. Children and grandchildren of Jacob Meyers and Elizabeth Miller. 11. Elizabeth Meyers b.c. 1808 Berks Co., PA, assumed to have died young. 12. Susana Meyers b. 18 Sep 1810 Berks Co., PA. m. David Born 121 Priscilla Born b. 8 Dec 1835, m. John David Bouscher 122 Albert Born b. 1838 123 Christina Born b. 23 Jul 1839 124 Elizabeth Born b. 7 Jan 1842 13. Esther Meyers b.7 Oct 1812 Berks Co., PA, m. Joseph Born(brother of David above) 131. Jacob Born b 26 Feb 1834, m. Rosanna Schlup 132 Eliza Born b. 20 Oct 1835, m. Emanuel Hissong 133 Tina Born b. 19 Jun 1837, Moyer, Fayette Co., PA, 134 Malinda Born b. 1 Oct 1838, m. Abraham Struchen 135 Catherine Born b. 1 Jun 1841, m. Daniel Crites 136 Gabriel Born b. 21 Dec 1843, m. Mary Jane Reichman 137 John Born b. 17 Mar 1847 Pleasant Hill,Tusc. Co., OH. d. 31 Aug 1864 U.S. Army Hospital, Rome, GA of chronic diarrhea and lung disease. 138 Joseph Born Jr. b. 3 Sep 1849, m. Hannah Pickup 139 Rebecca Born b. 15 Jan 1852, m. Rufus Roth 130 Lydia Matilda Born b. 24 Mar 1854, m. Henry Harrison Reichman 13A Sarah Ellen Born b. 2 Apr 1858, m. Rufus Roth (widower) 14. Christina Meyers (Tina) b.c. 1814, m. George Ellinger 141. Wiliam Ellinger b.c. 1839/40 142 George Ellinger b. 1840 143 Elizabeth Ellinger b.c. 1842/43 144 Malon Ellinger b.c. 1844 145 John Ellinger b.c. 1845 146 Samuel Ellinger b.c. 1847 147 Robert Ellinger b.c. 1850 148 Francis M. Ellinger b.c. 1854 149 Jacob F. Ellinger b.c. 1856 140 no name b. 1859 15. Hannah M. Meyers b.c. 1815, m. Heinrich Wolf 151 Jacob Wolf b. 1840, served in Civil War. 152 Wiliam Wolf b. 1 Mar 1842 16. Samuel Meyers b. 11 Oct 1817, m.I Mary Ann Blickensderfer 151 Emma Matilda Meyers b. 27 Dec 1854, d. 29 Apr 1864 of diptheria 152 Jacob Abraham Meyers b. 10 Jan 1857m d. 5 Oct 1857 of whooping cough 153 Mary Elizabeth Meyers b. 11 Nov 1858, m. Wiliam Porter 154 Anna Cornelia Meyers b. 16 Feb 1861, never married 155 Samuel Alexander Meyers b. 6 Jun 1863 Samuel Meyers m.II Matilda Blickensderfer(sister of above) 156 John Willian Meyers b. 30 Sep 1865, m. Phillipina (Phebe) Rufenacht 157 Joseph Henry Meyers b. 20 Jul 1867, m. Bessie Bailey 158 Hannah Jane Meyers b. 29 Jan 1870, m. James William Irons 17 William Meyes b.c. 1819, m. Catherine Blickensderfer (sister of above) 171 Marion Elizabeth Meyer b. 19 Jan 1844 172 Lewis Johannes Meyer b. 25 Jan 1846 173 Samuel Sylvester Meyer (twin) b. 24 Apr 1848 174 Abraham Jacob Meyer (twin) b. 24 Apr 1848, d. 24 Jan 1849 175 Emma Rebecca Meyer b. 23 Sep 1850, d. 21 Nov 1851 of Diarrhea 176 Sarah Adeline Meyer b. 14 FEb 1852, m.I to Thomas Ondantje French, m.II to Christian Bachman. 177. Louisa Catherine Meyer b. 27 Mar 1854 178 Augusta Cornelia Meyer b. 29 Sep 1857 179 Ellen Matilda Meyer b. 24 May 1860, m. Isaac N. Mealey 18. Jacob Samuel Meyers b. 20 Sep 1823, m.I Julia Siron 181 Eliza Ann Meyers b. 14 Apr 1851, died young Jacob Samuel Meyers m.II Susanna Borway (widow) 182 John Franklin Meyers b. 30 Jan 1855, m. Ellen Roth 183 Elizabeth Ellen Meyers b. 9 May 1857 184 Susan Alice Meyers b. 17 Nov 1859, m. Emment Munnich 185 Anna Marie Meyers b. 15 Oct 1861, Henry Eichel 186 Clara Eunice Meyes b. 1864, m. Clifton Heimerchosen 187 Jacob Samuel Meyers b. 28 Mar 1867, m. Dora Omega Reichman 188 Dollie Meyers 19. Sarah Meyers b.c. 1825, m. John Miller 191 Mary Miller 10 Elizabeth Meyers b. 30 Jan 1826, d. 12 Aug 1845 of childbed fever and dropsy, child stillborn, unmarried. 1A John B. Meyers b. 30 Aug 1829, m. Antionette Werner 1A1 Jacob Franklin Meyers b. 3 Sep 1853, m. Lillie Viola Leatherman 1A2 Teresa Elizabeth lMeyers b. 19 Mar 1856 1A3 Samuel Henry Meyers b. 28 Oct 1857, m. Atha Reimund 1A4 William Mahlon Meyers b. 25 Mar 1859 1A5 Albert Sylvester b. 22 Jul 1861, m. Loretta Packard 1A6 JohnIra Meyers b. 29 Jun 1864, . Sarah Jane Kratz 1A7 George Washington Meyers b. 31 Mar 1867, m. Della 1A8 Marietta Meyers. b. 4 Jun 1870, m. Emanuel Walter Mowrey 1A9 Charles Wesley b. 26 Aug 1872, m. Grce Sleichter 1. Jacob Meyers Estate of Jacob Meyers - records found in Ohio Probate Records of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Book 1-2-3, beginning on page 406: Be it remembered that on the twenty eigth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two the Admisistration of the Estate of Jacob Meyer deceased filed in the Court of Probate within and for the County of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio an inventory and Sale Bill as follows to wit: An appraisement of the personal estate of Jacob Meyers deceased will be had on the 26th day of October A.D. 1852 at his late residence in Warwich Township Tuscarawas County between the hours of 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. of said day and continued between the same hours from day to day until completed. Isaac Blickensderfer, Adms. I Isaac Blickensderfer upon my solemn affirmation do say that on the 29th day of October A.D. 1852 I gave to Elizabeth Meyer widow of Jacob Meyer deceased and to Samuel Meyer, William Meyer, Jacob Meyer, John Meyer, Esther Born, Priscilla Born, Albert Born, Christina Born, Elizabeth Born, Mary Miller, and Jacob Wolf, only heirs of said deceased resident within said Count of Tuscarawas, a copy of the foregoing notice and on the same day I posted at same being two of the most public places in the township of Warwick in said County in which deceased last dwelt. Be it know that on the 26th day of October 1852 before David Gram a Justice of the Peace within and for said of the property and estate of Jacob Meyer late of said County deceased who we duty sworn truly, honestly, and impartially to appraise the estate and property of the said Jacob Meyer which shall be exhibited to them and perform the other duties required by law in the premises according to the best of their knowledge and ability. Joseph Rehmel Ferdinand Helwig James McCreary This is followed by a long list of items and their appraised value. No Book accounts, notes, Bonds, or Cash found belonging to said Estate. Appraisers fees: Joseph Rehmel one day 1.00 Ferdinand Helwig one day 1.00 James McCleary one day 1.00 List of property belonging to said estate not deemed asssets and not included in the foregoing inventory: 1 loom; 1 Ten plate stove, 7 sheep, 3 beds and bedspreads, 25 pounds yarn, 16 pounds wool, 6 plates, 6 knives and forks, 6 teacups and saucers, 1 sugar dish, 1 milk pot, 12 spoons, 1 tea pot, necessary cooking utensils, 1 table, 1 family pictures, 1 looking glass, 6 chairs, 1 cow. The profit from the sale was: $380.91 1/2 Estate of Jacob Myers be it remembered that heretofore, wo wit, on the 10th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two Isaac Blickensderfer, adinistrater of the estate of Jacob Meyers deceased late of the County of Tuscawaawas and State of Ohio, filed in the office of the Judge of the Probate Court of said County his application for final discharge which is as follows: To Amount for distribution as per final act By cash paid to Rebecca Born Grandchild 1.25 Wm Mayer Child 6.13 Christina Ellinger Child 6.13 Priscilla Born Grandchild 1.25 Samuel Mayer Child 6.13 Jacob Mayer Child 6.13 Elizabeth Born Child 6.13 (Esther Born) John Mayer Child 6.13 Mary E. Miller Grandchild 6.13 Jacob Wolf Grandchild 6.13 Elizabeth Mayer Widow 55.25 Christina Born Grandchild 1.25 Albert Born Grandchild 1.24 Elizabeth Born Grandchild 1.26 Note: spelling of last name in documents: Meyers Meyer, Myers, Mayer 18 Jacob Samuel Meyers: Excerpts from an article found in "Portrait and Biographical Record" Tuscarawas County, page 253/54 Jacob Meyer Jr. was born in Berks County, Sep 20. 1823. He is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Meyer, also natives of the Keystone State. They were respected people of their locality, and both passed away in the yeat 1854 (not correct, Jacob d. 1852, Elizabeth d. 1853) They became the parents of eleven childen, as follows: Elizabeth, Susan, Esther, Tina, Hannah, Samuel, Elizabeth(the second of the name), William, Jacob (of this sketch), Sarah and John. All are deceased with the exception of our subject and Tina. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer made settlement in this township 1843 (porbably before, not documented) and were classed among its best residents up to the time of their death. They were farmers by occupation, and although in limited circumstances, gave their children the best advantages for securing educations that the locality and times afforded. They were excellant members of the Lutheran Church, and active in all good works Our subject was trained to a through knowledge of farm pursuits, and remained under the parental roof until ready to establish a home of his own. In 1847 he married Julia Siron, wo died seven years later. Their family included a daughter, Eliza A., who is also deceased, The following year Mr. Meyer m. Mrs. Susanna B. Siron, widow of William Siron. She was born in Tuscarawas County in 1827 to John and Rebecca (Fairland) Borway. To Jacob and Julia were born: Frank, the oldest, engaged in farming in Warwick Twp.; Elizabeth is deceased; Alice is the wife of E. Munnich, a minor of the above township; Annie m. H. Eickel and makes her home in Trenton; Jacob is living on a portion of the old homestead; and Dollie and Clara deceased. When commencing life on his own responsibility, Mr. Meyer leased a farm which he worked to good advantage for two years, when he was enabled to make a purchase of twenty-five acres. This tract he cultivated for eighteen months, and being offered a good price for it, sold out and became the owner of forty acres in the same locality. This was in his possession for five yearsl when he traded it and paid $1,600 in money for one hundred acres of what is now the old homestead. He has always been very successful in all his undertakings, and was a wide-awake progressive agriculturist. Financially speaking he is a self-made man, having begun his career with no other capital than that embraced in his brain, his will power and his physicl ability. Mr. Meyer supports the Democratic Perty, served in the position of Township Supervisor, was a member of the School Board, is honest and upright, is a consistant member of the Lutheran Church, of which he is a deacon. 1A1 Jacob Franklin Meyers The following copy of an article was found by Patricia Meyers Douglas in her father's papers after he died. The article was written in 1917. The source is unknown. Hon. J. Frank Meyers While farming has been the business at which Mr. Meyers has made his living, has provided for his fine family of children, he has also for many years been closely identified with the educational welfare of his home county and state, and a number of years ago when he was called upon to serve in the Legislature much of his attention and effort were given to educational measures. Mr. Meyers is an impressive speaker, a man of fine address, has a broad knowledge of the best literature, is well informed on currant affairs, and is one of the most broad-minded citizens of Henry County (Ohio). He comes of old American stock. Some of his ancestors served in the Revolutionary War. The Meyers family were Pennsylvanians for a number of generations, and his great-grandfather spent all his life in Berks County, Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Jacob Meyers, was born in Berks County, and one of his brothers fell in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Jacob was married in Berks County to Catherine Miller, who also represented a line of substanial people. From Pennsylvania Jacob migrated to Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He brought with him a family of four sons and six daughters. Some of these were already married and had children. John B. Meyers, father of J. Frank Meyers, was born in 1829 in Berks County and was fourteen years of age when the family went to Tuscarawas Countyl Ohio In that section of Ohio they cleared up some of the wild land, and Jacob and his wife spent their last years there, dying when past middle age. They were buried in the Gnadenhutten Cemetery. They were very active members of the German Lutheran Church, and practically all the male members of the family have been Jackson democrates. Jacob Meyers and his wife had the following children: William, Samuel, Jacob Jr., John B., Sarah, Christian, Ether, Elizabeth, and another daughter who married a Mr. Born. All the children except Elizabeth married and had children of their own. John B. Meyers grew up in Tuscarawas County on a farm. He was married to Antionette Werner. She was born in Schuykill County, Pennsylvania, in 1831, of Pennsylvania German Stock. Her parents were Jacob and Theresa (Born) Werner. Jacob Werner was a German teacher in Pennsylvania, and about 1846 removed to Tuscaraws County, where he bought and improved land on which he lived the rest of his years. There were three sons and four daughters in the Werner family. The sons were Jeremiah, Albert, and Jacob. Jeremiah was a skilled mechanic and pattern maker. Albert became a soldier in the Civil War and died from homesickness in Tennessee. Jacob was a preacher in the Evngelical Church, but also a millwright and skilled mechanic. After the marriage of John B. Meyers and wife they started out as farmers in Tuscarawas County, near the village of Trenton. While living there J. Frank Meyers was born September 3, 1853. His sister Elizabeth was also of the same locality. In 1856 they made another move, this time to Wyandotte County, where the sons John and George were born. In 1867 the Meyers family came to Henry County. They made the journey with two covered wagons and teams, and spent several days over rough roads. The land which they chose was new and raw, and was located in Monroe Township. From the woods of that section John B. Meyers cleared up a good farm. While the parents were there two more children were born, Etta and Charles. John B. Meyers and wife both died on the old homestead within ten days of each other, in the months of February and March, 1893. They were long consistant members of the Christian Union Church, and he was a sterling democrat who held several local offices. Four of their sons and one daughter are still living. J. Frank Meyers was about fourteen years of age when the family came to Henry County, and while he assisted as his strength permitted in the work of the farm, from an early age, he also wisely improved his opportunities to get a good eduction, and those who know him say that he has alwalys been a student as well as a progressive farmer. When he was seventeen years of age he was granted a certificate to teach school. It was his long experience as a teacher that gave him the fundamental and lasting interest he has always retained in the welfare of the public schools. Altogether Mr. Meyers taught thirty terms, and his work was largely in Henry County. In the meantime he bought forty acres of wild land in Marion Township of Henry County, and before he left that he had it improved with buildings, with drainage and fences, and sold out at a great advance in value over what he paid. His next purchase was eighty acres in Section 13 of Monroe Township, which constitutes his present attractive rural home. Since taking possession he has cleared up thirty five acres of this land, and has it all under drainage and otherwise improved. For his stock and grain Mr. Meyers has a large barn 30 x 60 feet, and has added many improvements to the substanial 9 room house which is the family home. In farming Mr. Meyers follows the rotation principle, and one of his valuable crops is sugar beets, which averages from 12 to 15 tons per acre. In Harrison Township of Henry County, Mr Meyers married Miss Lillie Leatherman. she was born in that township, and her grandparents were Pennsylvanis people. Her parents, Joseph and Effie(Beckman) Leatherman, were born in Ohio, and after their marriage and the birth of one child they settled in Harrison Township of Henry County. They made settlement there a short time before the Civil War. From there they removed to Richfield Township, where Mr Leatherman died in 1899. His widow is now lliving in and is bearing the weight of eighty-three years very gracefully and bravely. Both were members of the Disciples Church, and Mr. Leatherman was a democrat who was elected to several local offices, including Justice of the Peace and a place on the board of education, Mr. and Mrs. Meyers have every reason to take pride in their children, who have grown up to worthy ideals and to useful careers. Grace L., the oldest, is the wife of Isaac Long, a farmer in Hancock County, and they have two children, Gladys and Bruce. James C. is sales manager for a wheel company in Toledo and is very active in church work in that city; he married Wilda Heckler. Dollie married Burl Patterson, and they have a son Donald. Harry is in charge of rural route No. 1 out of Malinta where he resides, and by his marriage to Gladys Franz has children named Kenneth and Norman. Edith, still at home with her parents, is a very successfull teacher in the public schools and a capable misician. All the children were given the best educational advantages, and all of them taught school at some time. Mr. Meyers and his sons are active democrates. it was in 1891 that he was first nominated and elected as representative of Henry County in the State Legislature. He was re-elected in 1893, and gave two terms of very useful service to the state. In the Legislature he was a member of the military committee, and in that capacity he reported for passage of a bill for the purpose of marking the position of the Ohio troops in the battledfield of Chickamauga and other scenes of notable engagements in the South. he was also a member of the committee on universities and colleges, and this gave him a special opportunity to do all in his power to forward the improvement of eductional institutions within the state. Some of the plans which he proposed while in the letislature have borne fruit in subsequsent years, and his entire service was one that reflected his credit upon the representative from Henry County. (Note in the above article: some names of known children were omitted in the listings; Jacob Meyers also had a daughter, Hannah, and another daughter named Elizabeth; the daughter who married a Mr. Born was Susanna; John B. Meyers also had children: Samuel, William, and Albert.) Compiled by Mary Meyers Williams *************OH-FOOTSEPS Mailing List***************************