PART III
PART III. 395
IV. DAVID ROYER, SON OF III. DANIEL
IV. DAVID ROYER, p. 352, m. Anna Miller, b. on Thurs.,
Feb.
12, 1778; d. Mon., Apr. 27, 1835. He resided on the homestead
of
his father Daniel on the Middle Creek, mentioned on p.
352. He
and his wife were baptized into the Brethren church in
1812. He
made his will Dec. 8, 1832, whcih was recorded July 23,
1833. He
and his wife were buried in the Middle Creek cemetery,
where rest
the remains of his father and grandfather. He had four
sons, two
of whom died in infancy of whom we have no record, the
other two
were:
Page Name Birth Death
V. Jonas Royer 1809
395 V. Samuel " Feb. 21, 1798 Mar. 22, 1897
CHAPTER I.
V. SAMUEL ROYER, above, was married to Julia Bauman,
who
was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., on Monday, Sept. 13,
1802; and died
on Monday, Dec. 12, 1882; aged 79 yrs., 2 mos., 29ds.
Funeral text
Rev. 7:15. He owned and resided on the old homestead
of his
father. The old brick house on said farm was built in
1809. Here
he died at the extreme age of 99 yrs., 1mo., 1d. His
funeral was
held on the following Friday, which was largely attended
by friends
and relatives, of whom the writer was one of the number.
Services
were held in the Middle Creek house, from Ps. 90:12.
He had no
descendants.
V. SAMUEL ROYER, "Rich Sam", has perhaps been
more talked
about than any other Royer mentioned in this book. Some
regard
him as a miser, others as more liberal to them than their
own
parents. He perhaps took something akin to delight in
awaking
great financial expectations on the event of his death.
Some think
that undue influence was brought to bear on him in making
his
last will, and have abundant grounds to present to establish
the
contention. Considering the grave markers used in general,
he
has a very respectable tombstone. When urged to become
a can-
didate for the state Assembly, he did not want to sit
among the
thieves at Harrisburg. He was regarded by many as the
great
authority on Royer History. He was very old and likely
had ab-
sorbed all the family traditions, but some of his deductions,
which
he likely regarded indisputable, were wide of the mark.
He
claimed that he was the originator of high drive wheels
on loco-
motives, getting his idea from the Conestoga wagon. The
engine,
with its low wheels, was stalled on an up-grade when
Sam went to
Philadelphia for merchandise, which in those days the
shipper had
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