Individual Details
Joseph Wesley Myers
(30 Oct 1851 - 5 Jun 1910)
Events
| Birth | 30 Oct 1851 | Struble, Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania |  |  | |
| Census | 9 Jul 1860 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Info | Bef 1862 | Harris Township, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Marriage | 20 Nov 1872 | Harris Township, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania - Catherine Elizabeth Heintzleman | | ||
| Religion | 18 May 1873 | Reformed Church, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Property | 11 Apr 1874 | Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Property | 1 Oct 1878 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 19 Jun 1880 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Property | 20 Aug 1895 | State College, Centre County, Pennsylvavia | | | |
| Census | 6 Jun 1900 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | Apr 1910 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 5 Jun 1910 | Harris Township, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Burial | 8 Jun 1910 | Reformed Church, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Taxes | 1912 | Harris Township, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Property-shared | 6 Aug 1913 | (Joseph Moyer) Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Elizabeth Heintzleman (1853 - 1918) |
| Child | John Phillip Myers (1873 - 1897) |
| Child | Edward Heintzleman Myers (1876 - 1940) |
| Father | Joseph Moyer (1810 - 1865) |
| Mother | Elisabeth Weaver (1818 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Amos Myers (1840 - 1863) |
| Sibling | John M. Myers (1842 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Myers (1843 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Sarah C. Myers (1845 - 1894) |
| Sibling | William J. Myers (1847 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Daniel Weaver Myers (1849 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Joseph Fredrick Myers (1853 - 1925) |
| Sibling | George Moyer (1855 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Henry Franklin Myers (1856 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Calvin Moyer (1858 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Adeline V. Myers (1860 - 1941) |
Notes
Birth
Obituary states birth place and datesCensus
Joseph 50 farmer, Elizabeth 46, John 18, Mary A. 16, Sarah 14, William 12, Daniel 10, Wesley 8, Fredrick 6, Henry 4. His family is only three families from Robert Goheen family.Info
is in a photo of the Boalsburg Band, a 13 a member organization pre civil war.Religion
Both Wesley and his wife Elizabeth were confirmed into St. John's Reformed Church on the same date.Property
Lot in Boalsburg on Pine street, (Lot no. 21) eventually owned by Edward H Myers, then Richard A Goheen. Sold over a century later.Property
John and Wesley Myers purchased land of Philip Scheneberger, deceased, in Harris township consisting of 119 acres and 48 perches.Census
1880 Census Wesley is a Laborer age 28, Elizabeth 26, John P. age 7, Edward age 4.Census
John and Wesley are renting a farm for share of products. 17 acres tilled, 3 acres permanent, $75 machinery, $300 livestock,Property
Wesley purchased land for $525 in the Village of State College. Beginning at a point South Twenty-one degrees East 21 feet 10 inches from corner between the lots of William Frear, Miss Elizabeth D. Price and Allen St. thence along said street S 51.5 degrees E 208 ft to Allen st. thence along said street S 51.5 degrees E 50 ft to lot of D.W. Myers. thence along lot of said Myers S 51.5 degrees W 207 1/2 ft. to alley. thence along alley N 50 degrees W 50 ft to beginning. Containing 50 ft front on Allen street.Census
Wesley Myers born October 1851, married 28 years, born in Pennsylvania and parents born in Pennsylvania. He is a butcher and owns a farm free of mortgage. Catharine, his wife, born December 1854, has had 2 children and one is alive. Catharine and her parents were born on Pennsylvania. Edward H., their son, born January 1876, single and born in Pennsylvania. Edward is a teacher.Death
Meyers - J. Wesley Meyers one of the best known men of Pennsvalley died at his home at Boalsburg on Sunday afternoon of diabetes. Though he had been ailing for some time he had been around until a few days prior to his death. He was a son of Joseph ad Elizabeth Meyers and was born at Struble fifty-eight years ago. For many years he resided in Boalsburg where he was in the butchering business until his health failed him when he sold out and retired.In 1879 he was married to Miss Lizzie Huntzleman who survives with one son, Edward. He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: W. J. and Henry Meyers, of Alexandria; J. F., of Fairbrook; D. E., of Boalsburg, and Mrs A. V. Kline, of State College. He was a member of the Reformed church and Rev A.A. Black officiated at the funeral which was held on Wednesday morning at 10:30 o"clock, burial being made in the Boalsburg Cemetery.
Burial
The funeral was conducted by Rev. A. A. Black of the Reform Church. Burial being made in the Boalsburg Cemetery.Taxes
on estate was based on $300 and also 5 1/2 acres of land in Boalsburg.Property-shared
50 acres and 70 perchesEndnotes
1. 1910 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris twp, ED 21, family 48, line , sheet 2, Wesley Myers, NARA microublication, roll 1325.
2. 1860 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Harris twp, family 906, line 9, page 577, Joseph Myers, NARA micropublication M653, roll 1090..
3. , Newspaper articles, , Times 1 Feb 1939, by Myrtle-Magargel, State College. Pennsylvania, Centre County Library and Historical Museum, Bellefont, Pennsylvania.
4. St. John's Reformed congregation, Boalsburg, Pa., 1858-1911, , ; Mrs. Adella Fink Spangler, Wesley Myers and Catherine Heintzleman.
5. 1910 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris twp, ED 21, family 48, line , sheet 2, Wesley Myers, NARA microublication, roll 1325.
6. St. John's Reformed congregation, Boalsburg, Pa., 1858-1911, , ; Mrs. Adella Fink Spangler, Wesley Myers and Elizabeth Myers.
7. Centre County, Pennsylvania, , Vol I-2 pages 551-552; Deed Albert Stubertat to Wesley Myers, 7 April 1874; Centre County courthouse, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
8. Centre County, Pennsylvania, , Book O-2, page 374-376; Deed Philip Shenebrger Exe. to John and Wesley Myers, 1 October 1878; Centre County courthouse, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
9. 1880 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris twp, ED 236, family 2, line 9, page 402, Joseph Myers, NARA microfilm T9, roll 1113.
10. 1880 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris twp, ED 236, family 2, line 9, page 402, Joseph Myers, NARA microfilm T9, roll 1113.
11. Land Records: Joseph Myers Deed book, Vol 73, page 22; Centre County courthouse, Bellefonte, Pennsylvnaia, , .
12. 1900 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris township, ED 20, family 120, line 90, sheet 5, page 206, Wesley Myers, NARA micropublication T623, roll 1391.
13. 1910 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris twp, ED 21, family 48, line , sheet 2, Wesley Myers, NARA microublication, roll 1325.
14. "," , ; online archives ( : accessed ).
15. Wesley Myers, death certificate no. 59986 (5 June 1910), Commpnwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health Bureau of Vital Stastistics, Ancestry.com.
16. "," , ; online archives ( : accessed ).
17. St. John's Reformed congregation, Boalsburg, Pa., 1858-1911, , ; Mrs. Adella Fink Spangler, Wesley Myers.
18. , Centre County Library in Bellefonte, Centre, PA (: , ), Original assessor book in Centre County Library and Historical Museum, Bellefonte, Centre, PA.
19. Centre County, Pennsylvania, , Vol 104 page 627; Jacob [sic] Myers Heirs to Theodore Davis Boal, 6 August 1913; Centre County courthouse, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.