246 ROYER FAMILY IN AMERICA
246 ROYER FAMILY IN AMERICA
Section 7.
VI. Samuel D. Royer, p. 241, m. Dec. 19, 1846, to Mary
Mum-
mer? b. Oct. 30, 1846, dau. of Jos and Catharine. he
is also an
elder of the Church of the Brethren. He was a farmer
and lives
near Bradford, Ohio. He has but one child:
VII. Susan Catharine Royer, b. Jan. 11, 1867; m. Sept.
17, 1885, to David
Hoover, b. Dec. 29, 1864; farmer, 2 mi. n. of Bradford;
B. ; 2 ch.:
VIII. Mary Etta Hoover, b. Mar. 12, 1887; m. Aug. 24,
1911, to Wm J.
Puckley, b. June 8, 1887, son of J??, S., of Sterling,
Ill,; preacher of B. , now
student in Bethany Bible School, Chicago, Ill.; no ch.
VIII. Harley R. Hoover, b. May 5, 1888; single; farmer,
at home.
---From Family, 1915.
CHAPTER III.
Lydia Royer, p. 240, was married twice. Her first husband
was John Jordan of Lancaster Co., b. Nov. 14, 1792; d.
Oct. 31, 1823.
They likely moved to Union Co. at the same time that
her father
John Royer did as the next year, 1823, Jordan was killed
there
while in the act of tearing down an old log house. They
were
likely members of the Brethren Church. In 1846 she moved
from
Union Co., to Ill., with her son-in-law Allen Boyer.
She married,
in 1852, John Price, who died a few months later. Her
first union
was blessed with two children. Her daughter became Mrs.
Allen
Royer, at whose home she died in 1887, aged 86 years.
(See Gospel
Messenger of 1887, p. 477.) Her Children:
Page Name Birth Death
246 VI. Leah Jordan Aug. 15, 1818 Nov. 21, 1910
VI. Gabriel " July 25, 1822 Apr. 25, 1856
Section 1.
VI. Leah Jordan, p. 246, m. by Eld. John Lauver, Feb.
16,
1840, to Allen Boyer, b. Mar. 29, 1819, in what is now
Snyder Co.,
Pa.; lived in 1835 with Eld. Isaac Myers of Buffalo Valley
Union
Co., through whose influence he joined B. being baptized
by Eld.
John Royer in 1836; farmer and school teacher; installed
a deacon
by Eld. John Kline in 1841; in 1846 moved to Stephenson
Co., Ill.;
elected to ministry in 1862; gave to Gen. Mrs. Board
of B. 131 vol-
umes of B. Church papers. almanacs and reports; 11 ch.:
VII. Ezra Boyer, b. Nov. 29, 1840+
VII. Isaac Boyer, b. Aug. 6, 1842; d. Jan. 9, 1901+
VII. Annie Boyer, b. Mar. 24, 1844+
VII. John Boyer, b. Oct. 30, 1846+
VII. Levi Boyer, b. Mar. 24, 1850+
VII. Sarah Boyer, b. Feb. 11, 1853; single in Lona, Ill.
VII. Mary Boyer, b. July 8, 1855; d. Sept. 22, 1861.
VII. Hannah Boyer, b. Apr. 1, 1857+
VII. Simon Boyer, b. May 27, 1859+
VII. Enoch Boyer, b. May 15, 1861+
A daughter d. unnamed.
---Family Bible, 1915
VII. EZRA BOYER, afore, m. Feb. 23, 1868, by Eld. Enoch
Eby, to Cath-
arine Johnson, b. Sept. 15, 1846; farmer on home place,
2 mi. w. of Lena; 5
ch.:
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