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                               IV. BENJAMIN ROYER                             125
 
     VII. DANIEL GRAVER, afore, m. Dec. 15, 1867, to Catharine S.
Hauck, b. Aug. 3, 1843; farmer, near Neffsville; children:
     VIII. Anna H. Graver, b. Feb. 1, 1869; m. to Prof. H. Justin
Roddy, instructor in Millersville State Normal School, and author
of Roddy's Geographies; 2 ch.: IX. Anna Mary; and IX. Justin.
     VIII. George H. Graver, b. July 10, 1870; m. June 2, 1897, to
Eda V. Shreiner, b. Sept. 7, 1874; farmer at Neffsville; three ch.:
IX. Esther S.; IX. John S.; and IX. Daniel Paul.
                                    -From Mrs. Daniel and Mrs. Geo., 1914.
 
     VII. MARY ANN GRAVER, afore, m. Apr. 19, 1860, Jacob D.
Witters, b. Apr. 28, 1836; d. Aug. 31, 1906; son of Geo.; shoemaker in
Lititz, Pa.; U. E.; one ch.:
     VIII. Emanuel G. Witters, b. July 6, 1860, m. Sept. 1, 1885, to
Emma Enck, b. June 17, 1861; sewing machine agent and repairer
in Lititz; she, Moravian; two ch.:
     IX. Jennie E., b. Aug. 13, 1886; m. May, 1907, to Melvin
Schreiner, laborer in Manheim, Lanc. Co.; 3 ch.: X. Anios; X. Har-
ry; and X. Mary.
     IX. Mary E., b. May 25, 1889; d. Apr. 18, 1891.
                                                                      -Mrs. Witters, 1914.
 
     VII. REBECCA GRAVER, afore, m. Dec. 19, 1865, to Abraham L.
Weidler, b. May 4, 1841; farmer near Neffsville, till he retired in
Neffsville; children:
     VIII. Mary A. Weidler, b. Sept. 8, 1866; m. in 1887, to Peter
Graybill, farmer; six ch.: IX. Alice; IX. Susan; IX. Ada; IX.
Weidler; IX. Marie; and IX. Grace. All single, at home with
mother, 718 N. Plum St., Lancaster, Pa.
     VIII. George Weidler, b. Mar. 30, 1869; m. Clara Royer, p. 94.
                                                                 -Mrs. Weidler, 1914.
 
                                                   Section 2.
 
     VI. SAMUEL Y. ROYER "Big Sam." p. 124, was married to V.
Elizabeth Reist,(*) who was born Feb. 8, 1822. He resided near
Akron, Lancaster County, Pa. I met him at his home Mar. 29,
1897, when and where I obtained the record of his family as given
below. He died Oct. 22, 1905. His children are:
 
     VII. Phares R. Royer   b. Mar. 2, 1845;  died single Apr. 2, 1873.
     VII. Isaac R.        "        b. Aug. 14, 1846+
     VII. Anna Eliza   "        b. Feb. 25, 1848+
     VII. Harriet          "        b. Oct. 3, 1849+
     VII. Abraham R. "        b. Apr. 19, 1851+
     VII. Milton R.     "        b. Apr. 1, 1854+
     VII. Susan Ella    "       b. Nov. 20, 1857+
     VII. Emma Rebecca     b. July 27, 1864+
      In relationship this family and the writer's are fourth cousins.
 
     VII. ISAAC R. ROYER, afore, m. May 6, 1879, to Frances Buch,
b. May 11, 1851, dau. of Daniel and Martha Shaeffer Buch of New
Holland, Pa. Isaac is a farmer, lives in Brownstown, W. Earl Twp.
He is well informed on the history of his own and other families.
Children:
      * Elizabeth Reist was a daughter of IV. Jacob and Nancy Shaeffer Reist.

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