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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