Beighley Lineage:Information about Conrad Myers
Conrad Myers (b. July 13, 1820, d. February 16, 1901)
Notes for Conrad Myers:
14.CONRAD3 MYERS (SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was born July 13, 1820 in Lancaster
Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and died February 16, 1901 in
Lancaster Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.He married EMALINE C.
PEFFER, daughter of JACOB F. PEFFER.She was born January 24, 1826 in
Pennsylvania, and died July 22, 1914 in Lancaster Township, Butler County,
Pennsylvania.
More About EMALINE C. PEFFER:
Burial: Mt. Zion
Children of CONRAD MYERS and EMALINE PEFFER are:
23. i. ANNA LOUISA4 MYERS, b. Abt. 1847.
24. ii. ISAAC NEWTON MYERS, b. February 1850; d. 1923.
25. iii. SAMUEL FREDERICK MYERS, b. 1851; d. 1934.
iv. MARY MYERS, b. 1857; d. 1932.
Notes for MARY MYERS:
Source:Annabelle Young has Mary Myers 1857- 1932 as a sister to Anna
Myers Reed.
Biographies on the Myers family from the 1895 Butler County Pennsylvania History Book for your reference.
CONRAD MYERS was born in Lancaster township, Butler county, in 1820, son of Samuel and Mary M. MYERS. He lived with his parents, engaged in the duties of the farm, until his marriage to Emeline PEFFER, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine PEFFER. After his marriage he resided with his parents for one year, then settled on his present homestead of sixty acres in Lancaster township, upon which he has since lived. He is the father of three children, viz.: Anna L., deceased wife of William REED; Isaac Newton, and Samuel F. Mr. MYERS and wife are members of the Lutheran church and he has served as deacon and elder for a number of years. Politically, he is a Republican.
SAMUEL MYERS, son of John MYERS, was born in Virginia, in 1793, was reared upon his father's farm, and then came to Butler county, where he married Mary M. BIEGHLEY, a daughter of John and Catherine BIEGHLEY, of Connoquenessing township. He resided for a time in Lancaster township, upon a farm of 100 acres of land given him by his father-in-law, and afterwards purchased 150 acres in Connoquenessing township. Here he engaged in farming to the time of his death, which occurred in 1882. His wife died in 1886, They reared a family of six children, as follows: Easter, deceased wife of Adam ROSEBAUGH; Rebecca, deceased wife of Slemens MORRISON; Conrad; Sarah; Rachel, and Luther. Mr. MYERS and wife were members of the Lutheran church, in which denomination he filled the offices of deacon and elder. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Politically, he was a Republican.
JOHN MYERS, SR., was a native of Germany who came to America prior to the Revolution and served in that struggle for liberty. After the close of the war he settled in Virginia, and resided there until his removal to Butler county. About 1805 he accompanied John BOSTON, William BEIGHLEY, Adam ALBERT, and John MOON to this county, and settled upon what is now the BAUDER farm, in Muddy Creek township, but through an imperfect title or some other cause he lost the property. He then purchased 400 acres, situated where David MYERS' heirs, John MYERS, and William and Charles MYERS, now reside, upon which he resided until his death. He was married in Virginia to Sarah MOON, a daughter of John MOON, and their children were as follows: Solomon; John; Samuel; Daniel; George; David, and Annie, who married John BEIGHLEY, all of whom are deceased. Mr. MYERS and wife were pioneer members of the Lutheran church of Lancaster township.