Margaret Morr

Margaret Morr[1]

Female 1759 - 1829  (69 years)

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  • Name Margaret Morr 
    Born 20 Aug 1759  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Mar 1829  Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39440103/anna-margaret-meyer

      Section 1, Row 17, #19. Next to husband Philip. This inscription is cut over a defaced inscription which reads: In memory of John Watson who departed this life 24th day of September AD 1823, 28y 1m 22d.

      Section 1, Row 14. Margaret (Mrs. Philip Meyer 1759-1829) is acknowledged on a cast bronze plate affixed to a marble stone "in memoriam of the Meyer family buried in this plot".
    Person ID I156  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2020 

    Father Pvt Andrew Morr,   b. 20 Apr 1727, Baden-Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1801, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Catharina Elizabetha Renninger,   b. 17 Apr 1732, Baden-Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1795, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F86  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philip Meyer,   b. 14 Nov 1755, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1831, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Abt 1780  [2
    Children 
    +1. Philip Moyer,   b. 20 Dec 1780, Penn Township, Northumberland County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1858, Clermont County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. George Meyer,   d. 1842
     3. Jacob Myer,   b. Abt 1790, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1857  (Age 67 years)
     4. Henry Meyer
     5. John Meyer,   b. 15 Oct 1794, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1872, Le Claire, Scott County, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. Benjamin Meyer
     7. Samuel Moyer,   b. 26 Dec 1805, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1884, Garwin, Tama County, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     8. Barbara Meyer,   bur. Saint Peters Cemetery, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Elizabeth Meyer,   b. 17 May 1792, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1865  (Age 73 years)
     10. Margaret Meyer,   b. 21 Feb 1796,   d. 24 May 1878  (Age 82 years)
     11. Catharine Meyer
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F69  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Aug 1759 - Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Mar 1829 - 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, Philip (1756-1831) Sergeant in PA Div Colonial Army Rev War
    Meyer, Philip (1756-1831) Sergeant in PA Div Colonial Army Rev War
    St. Peters Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Miles Township, Centre County, PA
    Plot: Died age 75 years, 5 months, 13 days.
    Section 1, Row 17, #19. Next to wife Margaret.
    A cast bronze plate affixed to a marble stone 'in memoriam of the Meyer family buried in this plot'.
    A cast bronze plate affixed to a marble stone "in memoriam of the Meyer family buried in this plot".
    The monument was placed in 1923 by Dr. Thomas P. Meyer
    Col. Henry Meyer (1764‐1820)
    Mary Steese Meyer (d. 1801)
    Margaret Harper Meyer (1788‐1871)
    Capt. Henry Meyer (1795‐1881)
    Jacob Meyer (1797‐1873)
    Benjamin Meyer (1800‐1824)
    William Meyer (1804‐1824)
    Maj. John Meyer (1806‐1891)
    Reuben Mayer (1808‐1891)
    Abigail Meyer (1819‐1849)
    Selena Meyer (1844‐1845)
    Major John Meyer family
    Catharine Poorman Meyer (1816‐1849)
    Susan Confer Meyer (1833‐1858)
    Abigail Meyer Harter (1841‐1904)
    Daniel Harter (1838‐1907)
    Catharine Harter (1861‐1889)
    John F. Harter (1865‐1884)
    Thomas P. Meyer, Sergeant, Dr. (1843‐1923)
    Lucetta Bierly Meyer (1845‐1923)
    Edward J. Meyer, Corporal (1874‐1923)
    Oliver Perry Meyer (1844‐1857)
    Nathaniel Meyer (1845‐1858)
    Margaret Meyer (1849‐1849)
    Christina Poorman (1777‐1856)
    Philip Meyer, sergeant (1756‐1831) Rev. War
    Mrs. Philip Meyer (1759‐1829) (Margaret Morr)
    Plot: Plot: Section 1, Row 14.

    Histories
    Genealogy of the Morr family by Calvin Fisher Moyer, 1896
    Genealogy of the Morr family by Calvin Fisher Moyer, 1896

  • Notes 
    • GENEALOGY OF THE MORR FAMILY. by Calvin Moyer page 71
      CHAPTER IV.
      ANNA MARGARET MORR AND DESCENDANTS.
      Anna Margaret Morr was the second daughter of Andrew Morr. She was born August 20, 1759; died near Petersburg, Centre county, Pa., March 12, 1829. She was married to Philip Meyer* about the year 1780. He was born November 11, 1755; died near Petersburg, Pa., April 27, 1831. The respective family histories of the Morrs and Meyers have been running in parallel streams for over a century with frequent intermingling of their branches all along their course. The first marriage is the one mentioned above, but as stated in the opening chapter of the volume, there was a John Morr who married Elizabeth Meyer, daughter of John Meyer, at an earlier period. Some suppose that this John Morr and Andrew Morr, Anna Margaret's father were brothers. Anna Margaret lies buried by the side of her husband in the Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery at Petersburg. A brown sandstone marks their resting place. The writer visited their graves at twilight on September 7, 1892. A number of the Meyer family lie buried here, but none of Anna Margaret's descendants. The descendants of this family are numerous and are all in the Western States, principally in Ohio and Iowa.
      **Philip Meyer was heavy built, muscular and active, but not as tall as his brothers. He was a noted wrestler in his day, and was not averse to contests of a more serious nature, as his numerous experiments in that line seem to demonstrate. But, that was in an age when physical power was at a premium. The man who could leap the greatest distance, could kick the highest and hit the harest blows was a hero and received the applause of society. There was a vast amount of hard work to do in those pioneer days, and for want of labor-saving machinery, it had to be accomplished by sheer physical force. Hence, any exercise which tended to muscular development, or exhibited physical vigor in its greatest perfection, was cherished and applauded. Philip served in the Revolutionary War. being a member of Capt. Ben Weiser"s Company. Adam Schaffer was Lieutenant of the Company, and subsequently became captain by promotion. On his return from the army. Philip settled down to domestic life near Freeburg for a number of years, thence moved to Brush Valley, Centre county, Pa. This was about the year 1802. He located on a tract of land consisting of 309 acres, about a mile east of the present post village of Wolf’s Store, and five miles south of the headwaters of Elk Creek. This tract he bought from John George and Philip Morr, executors of their father’s estate, May 1, 1816. Mr. Meyer was of a liberal disposition, kind to his family generous to his neighbors, and a useful citizen in his township. For many years, he was Supervisor of Miles township, serving in that capacity in 1815, when the public road from Wolf's Store across the mountains to Penn'a Valley was made. He was a consistent member of the Reformed Church, and embraced religion in his declining days, and died a happy Christian. — Meyer Genealogy. Vol. I, Pages 42, 43.

      List of children:
      Philip.
      Barbara.
      George.
      Catherine.
      Jacob.
      Henry.
      Elizabeth.
      John.
      Margaret.
      Bemjamin.
      Samuel.

      See book: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofmorrf00moye

  • Sources 
    1. [S48] Genealogy of the Morr Family, Calvin F. Moyer, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 71.

    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.

    5. [S48] Genealogy of the Morr Family, Calvin F. Moyer, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382).