Family Group Sheet
NameChristopher MYERS
Birthabt 1800, Pennsylvania [36]
Census23 Aug 1850, Dist. 27, Daviess Co, MO
Deathaft Aug 1850
Marriageabt 1823
Children
1 FMary Myers
Birthabt 1825, Ohio
Death?
SpouseWilliam Weiser
Marriageabt Sep 1840, Liberty Twp, Daviess, MO
2 MJohn H. Myers
Birthabt 1829, Ohio
SpouseCatherine Youtsey
Marriage13 May 1850, Daviess Co, MO [43, Abstracted in MODAVIES-L 9/00]
Birth26 Jun 1831, Ohio [32], [292, Gives birth year as 1851, but age as 85]
SpouseOlive Amanda COLE
Marriage21 Jun 1849, Daviess Co, MO [43]
4 FSarah Jane Myers
Birthabt 1832, Ohio
SpousePeter Youtsey
Marriage29 Oct 1850, Daviess Co, MO [43, Abstracted in MODAVIES-L 9/00]
5 MEmory Myers
Birthabt 1839, Ohio
6 MSamuel Myers
Birthabt 1840, Ohio
7 MWilliam Myers
Birthabt 1842, Ohio
8 MLafayette Myers
Birth1 Jun 1844, Daviess Co, MO
Deathaft 1900, Of Liberty, Daviess, MO
SpouseMary E. Shelby
Marriage12 Nov 1869, Daviess Co, MO [253]
9 FLouvisa C. M. Myers
Birthabt 1848, Missouri
Notes for Christopher MYERS
Listed as “pioneer,” a resident of Daviess County on 1 Jan 1837. In the fall of 1840, they hosted the first wedding of a white couple in the township, of their daughter Mary to William Weiser. “The mother of the bride gave her a new iron pot.” (Hist of Daviess Co, MO).
Assumed as Christopher's father because he lives just a couple households away from Christopher and Olive in 1850 as well as the young family of John H. Myers, also born in Ohio.
Assumed as Christopher's father because he lives just a couple households away from Christopher and Olive in 1850 as well as the young family of John H. Myers, also born in Ohio.
Census notes for Christopher MYERS
1840 OH? 1850 MO 1860 MOX 1870 MOX
1830 OH: 400 Pre Hrm (Same as Seth Cole), 115 Del Tho.
1840 Delaware, OH: Christopher 1 m 30-40, 2 m u-5, 2 m 5-10, 2 f 5-10, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 70-80, 1 f 30-40. (Thompson, p. 110) (1/2/96) [This can’t be them -- they wer ein Daviess Co by 1837.]
1850 Daviess, MO: Christ. 41, b. PA; Catharine 43, OH. Sarah T. 14; Emory 11; Sam’l 10, Wm, 8; Lafayette, 16; Louvisa 12. John T. nearby (Dist. 27, p. 353) (8/5/95) [Note, if he had a daughter m. in 1840, the 41 is probably wrong.]
1860 MO: Webster and Cape Girard county entries diff people. (7/9/96)
1870 MO: Christophers in Buchanan age 46 and 24. Catherine in Calloway inmate in state asylum. (7/2/97)
1830 OH: 400 Pre Hrm (Same as Seth Cole), 115 Del Tho.
1840 Delaware, OH: Christopher 1 m 30-40, 2 m u-5, 2 m 5-10, 2 f 5-10, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 70-80, 1 f 30-40. (Thompson, p. 110) (1/2/96) [This can’t be them -- they wer ein Daviess Co by 1837.]
1850 Daviess, MO: Christ. 41, b. PA; Catharine 43, OH. Sarah T. 14; Emory 11; Sam’l 10, Wm, 8; Lafayette, 16; Louvisa 12. John T. nearby (Dist. 27, p. 353) (8/5/95) [Note, if he had a daughter m. in 1840, the 41 is probably wrong.]
1860 MO: Webster and Cape Girard county entries diff people. (7/9/96)
1870 MO: Christophers in Buchanan age 46 and 24. Catherine in Calloway inmate in state asylum. (7/2/97)
Notes for Catherine (Myers)
There’s a Catherine Myers buried in Creekmore Cemetery, Altamont, Daviess County, Oct. 7, 1806-May 25, 1898. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28224614) There are no other identifiable Myers in the cemetery.
1880 Davies Co, MO: Catharine Myers 73 OH, par PA/VA (p. 33B, Liberty).
1880 Davies Co, MO: Catharine Myers 73 OH, par PA/VA (p. 33B, Liberty).
