PART VII

PART VII. 454

IV. JOSEPH ROYER, SON OF III. DANIEL.

IV. JOSEPH ROYER, p. 352, the patriarch of the Royers in Stark

Co., Ohio, was married twice. His first wife was Maria Martin,(*)

b. in 1787, in Lancaster Co., Pa., dau. of Martin Martin who owned

a large farm and grist mill at Conestoga, Lanc. Co. He purchased

the tannery of the author's grandfather, Abraham Zug, in Rapho

Twp., Lanc. Co., whence he moved to Sheridan, Leb. Co., Pa., on

a farm known as Isaac Garnett's. Here his wife died in confine-

ment, Jan. 4, 1820; aged about 33 yrs. Her remains rest in the

Tulpehocken (Royer's) burying ground.

He then married III. Nannie Bucher, b. also in 1787. He

moved from Lebanon Co., to near Green, Lanc. Co., and from there

in 1836, to Stark Co., Ohio, where he died of typhoid fever, Apr.

17, 1856; aged 72 yrs., 6 ms., and 23 ds. He had sold his farm in

Lanc. Co., to Rev. Christian Brubaker of the Brethren, for $75.00

per acre, and paid for his land in Ohio $30.00, owning there over

300 acres. He provided a number of his children with farms. His

wife died also of typhoid fever seven days before him, on Apr. 10,

1856; aged 69 yrs., 5 ms., 9 ds. His son Samuel, married and run-

ning the home farm, died of typhoid between his parents, on Apr.

13, 1856.

The farm he bought in Ohio had previously belonged to a

Brumbaugh, a member of the Brethren, who had built his house

with a large central room upstairs, for holding meetings, here

meetings continued to be held for 20 yrs. after Joseph bought the

property. Love feasts and funeral services were also held here.

Feb. 9, 1846 he gave the ground for the East Nimishillen Brethren

cemetery. He advocated building a meeting-house but was op-

posed by the elder of the congregation. His son Samuel, acting on

the suggestion of his brother Benjamin of Akron, Ind., took a sub-

scription paper around among the members, brought the matter

before the church, and carried it in face of the elder's opposition.

Samuel was placed on the Bldg. Com. The church was to be

located at the cemetery. There being no suitable ground on the

cemetery side of the road, it was built across the road on another

man's property. Joseph's descendants think he gave the ground,

if so he likely did so by supplying money to pay for it. The cha-

grined elder declared that now Joseph would have to feed the mul-

titude every Sunday, that having been the privilege of each brother

when the meetings were at his home. But he never did; for Joseph,

his wife and his son all died of typhoid fever while the

church was in process of erection. They secured the church for

the Nimishillen congregation but they did not live to see it com-

pleted. The church for a long time was know as Royers. It will

be noticed that his brother, IV. Jacob, p. _ _, gave the ground for