Individual Details
Charity MYERS
(Abt 1822 - Bef 27 Apr 1868)
Charity Myers was considered "a lunatic and non compos mentis...and incompetent to unite in the execution of a deed.." according to a special act passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate on the 14 May 1857. This act gave her husband John Conner permission to apply to the Blair County Court for a trustee to execute and deliver a deed to George B. Cramer for a tract of land of one acre or less he had sold to him. The trustee was to give bond that the proceeds of the sale of the land were to be applied to pay the expenses of keeping and maintaining Charity Conner. John and Charity Conner's children were living in different households in the 1860 census. It is not known when she died.
There is a Margaret Conner living in dwelling 667, family 651 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania in the 1860 census that is listed as insane. She was born about 1820 and is living by herself in the East Ward of Altoona. This may be the same person.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1822 | Cambria County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Birth | Abt 1822 | Blair County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | Bef 27 Apr 1868 | | |||
| Marriage | John F. CONNER |  | |
Families
| Spouse | John F. CONNER (1821 - 1862) |
| Child | Keziah CONNER (1848 - ) |
| Child | John M. CONNER (1851 - 1932) |
| Child | Shedrick CONNER (1852 - 1935) |
Notes
Marriage
The Indiana County History by Arms and White gives her name as Keziah Myers. Her name was Charity as per the death certificate of their son John M. Conner, the 1850 census, and estate papers at the Blair County Courthouse. Her son Shadrick Conner's death certificate gives her name as Charlotte Myers.Endnotes
1. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 March 2015), Shedrick Conner, died 25 April 1935; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 36662.
2. "Indiana County Biographies," database, PA-Roots (http://www.pa-roots.org : accessed 5 March 2015), John M. Conner; citing Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania by Samuel T. Wiley (John M. Gresham & CO., Philadelphia, 1891); page 188.
3. 1850 U.S. Census, Blair County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Township, page 254B, dwelling 239, family 258, John Conor; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 March 2015); from National Archives microfilm M432, roll 755.
4. Blair County, Pennsylvania, Blair County Orphans' Court Records No. 78, Petition of John Conner for Guardian, April Term 1868, "John Conner petitioned the Court for a guardian since he was above 14 years of age. The Court appointed Uriah Gorden as his guardian with $200 bond.," 27 April 1868; digital images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed, 5 May 2015).
5. Capt. C. T. Arms; E. White, compiler, History of Indiana County Pennsylvania 1880 (Newark, Ohio: J. A. Caldwell, 1880; reprint, U.S. A.: Walsworth Publishing Company , 1981), 497.
6. State of Pennsylvania, Laws of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania Passed at the Session of 1857 (Harrisburg: A. Boyd Hamilton, State Printer, 1857), 577-578; digital images, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 7 March 2015; No. 616.
7. Blair County, Pennsylvania, Blair County Orphans' Court Records No. 121, Petition of Isaac and Keziah Gorden, May Term 1868, "Isaac and Keziah Gorden petitioned the Court to appraise a lot in Altoona that John Conner owned at the time of his death. The children of John and Charity Conner (both deceased) are Keziah, John, and Shadrach.," 7 May 1868; digital images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed, 5 March 1868).
8. "Indiana County Biographies," database, PA-Roots (http://www.pa-roots.org : accessed 5 March 2015), John M. Conner; citing Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania by Samuel T. Wiley (John M. Gresham & CO., Philadelphia, 1891); page 188.