Michael Moyer

Michael Moyer

Male 1771 - 1842  (70 years)

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  • Name Michael Moyer  [1
    Born 02 Aug 1771  Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence Spring Bank, Brush Valley, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 01 Apr 1842  [2, 3, 4
    Buried Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Person ID I224  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2024 

    Father Christopher Meyer,   b. 20 Oct 1734, Millbach, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Aug 1801, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria Schaeffer,   b. 19 Feb 1744, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jan 1823, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Derstine,   b. 23 Sep 1777,   d. 15 Jun 1872, State College, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Children 
     1. Henry Moyer,   b. 14 Nov 1796, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Jan 1873, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Mary Meyer,   b. 5 Apr 1802, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1882  (Age 79 years)
     3. Michael Moyer,   b. 10 Feb 1804, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1875, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     4. George Meyer,   b. 01 Mar 1806, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1889  (Age 82 years)
    +5. Elizabeth Meyer,   b. 26 Dec 1807, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1893  (Age 85 years)
     6. Samuel I. Moyer,   b. 09 Jan 1810, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1893, Ridott, Stephenson County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     7. Catharine Meyer,   b. 13 May 1816,   d. 11 Feb 1846  (Age 29 years)
     8. Solomon Meyer,   b. 26 Feb 1819, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1872, Potter Township, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 
    Family ID F116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 02 Aug 1771 - Campbelltown, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Spring Bank, Brush Valley, Centre County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Meyer, Michael (1771-1842)
    Meyer, Michael (1771-1842)
    St. Peters Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Miles Township, Centre County, PA
    Plot: Section 1, Row 10, #27. Next to his grandson, W. Franklin Meyer (son of Michael's son Solomon)

  • Notes 
    • info from The Meyer Family Tree compiled by John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, October 1937
      Married Elizabeth Derstine and moved to Spring Bank, Brushvalley, Center Co., PA in 1834.

      from The Genealogy of the Meyer Family by Henry Meyer, 1890.
      Michael (son of Christopher son of Gr. Meyer), was born Aug. 2, 1771; died April 1, 1842, lies buried in the Lutheran and Reformed cemetery at Rebersburg, Pa. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Derstine, was born Sept. 23, 1777, and died June 15, 1872 near State College, Pa., at her son George's home, and is buried at Boalsburg, Pa. Michael moved from Campbellstown, Lebanon County, to Spring Bank, Brushvalley, Centre Co., in the spring of 1834, where he purchased a farm. He was a man of herculean frame and strength, but of benevolent and amicable disposition. He was considerably over six feet tall and weighed 386 lbs. Several references have already been made to the subject of this sketch on other pages of this book.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] The Meyer Family Tree compiled by John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, October 1937.

    2. [S2] Genealogy of the Meyer Family, Meyer, Henry, (1890).

    3. [S3] Cemeteries of Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, (Name: Centre County Genealogical Society, 2004;).

    4. [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave.