He was born on 12 January 1847, at Hill Church, [Pike Township? , Berks County?], Pennsylvania, to Ruben Boyer and Catharine Moyer. [sources: date: 21, 22; 7, 8, 11, 13; 3 (18 in 1865), 9 (23 in 1870), 10 (33 in 1880), 11 (53 in 1900), 12 (63 in 1910), 18, 19 (14 in 1860), 20 (5 in 1850). place: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20. parents: 18, 21, 22]
In 1850, he may be the Jeremiah Boyer living in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. If so, he was living with John and Mary Moyer, Catharine Boyer, and others. [source: 20]
In 1860, he was apparently living in Pike Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was living with John Berchert (a farmer) and Berchert's family. He had not attended school within the year. [source: 19]
He was a substitute. He enlisted and was mustered into service on 23 March 1865. He was mustered in as a private at Reading, Pennsylvania. He was a private in company B. [sources: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 23]
He may have been charged for lost equipments, perhaps when the regiment mustered out. [source: 2]
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865. He was a private, in company B. [sources: 1, 3, 4 (15 Jul), 6, 7, 23]
In 1868/69, he married Sarah Ann Moore ("Sallie"). She was born in February 1848. Their children include:
[sources: 9, 10, 11 (9 children, 6 alive in 1900), 12 (9 children, 6 alive in 1910), 13, 15]
In 1870, he was living in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (9). He was living with his wife Sally Ann and their child Ammon. He was a laborer in the mines, and owned $435 in personal property. [source: 9]
In 1880, he was living in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Sarah and their children Ammon, Mary, Kate, and Amanda. He worked in a mine. [source: 10]
In 1890, he was living in Douglass Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (post office Pine Iron Works). [source: 4]
On 17 July 1899, he successfully applied from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 5, 6]
In 1900, he was living in Douglass Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Sally Ann, and children Amanda, Henry, Annie, and Sallie. He was a farmer. [source: 11]
He again applied for a pension on 9 February 1907. [source: 6]
In 1910, he was living in Douglass Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Sallie Ann and daughter Sallie. He was a farmer, on a general farm. [source: 12]
He ran a hotel near Manatawney Station for many years. [source: 8]
He died on 2 December 1918, in Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He died of cancer of pylorus. He was a laborer. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [sources: 6 (2 (?) Dec 1915 (?)), 7 (1 Dec 18), 8 (2 Dec 18), 14 (2 Dec 18)]
On 24 December 1918, his widow, Sallie Ann Y Boyer, successfully applied from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 5, 6]
In 1920, his widow, Sallie Boyer, was living on East Fifth Street, Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was living with her grandson Paul B Gottshall and his family. [source: 17]
On 6 March 1930, his widow, Sallie Ann Y Boyer, died, in Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [sources: 15, 16, 22]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Jeremiah M Boyer)
2 list of men who owed money [?] (JM Boyer or J Boyer [uncertain which is this person])
3 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 23 June 2004 (Jeremiah M Boyer)
4 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Douglass Township, supervisor's district 130, enumeration district 18, page 1 (Jeremiah Boyer)
5 pension index, by name (Jeremiah M Boyer)
6 pension index, by regiment (Jeremiah M Boyer)
7 Pennsylvania veterans burial records, available on Ancestry (transcribed 4 February 2011) (Jeremiah M Boyer)
8 Find a grave, memorial 30973390, created by Mike O, added 29 October 2008, accessed 4 February 2011 [identification is confirmed by reference on his tombstone, pictured, to his service] (Jeremiah Boyer)
9 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Colebrookdale Township, microfilm series M593, film 1305, page 168 = 19 handwritten (Jeremiah Boyer)
10 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Colebrookdale Township, supervisor's district 3, enumeration district 9, microfilm series T9, film 1099, page 145 = 13 A handwritten (Jeremiah Boyer)
11 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Douglass Township, 1st precinct, supervisor's district 7, enumeration district 16, microfilm series T623, film 1376, page 235 = 6 A handwritten (Jeremiah Boyer)
12 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Douglass Township, precinct 1, supervisor's district 9, enumeration district 17, microfilm series T624, film 1312, page 265 = = 2 A handwritten (Jeremiah M Boyer)
13 'Eastern PA Ancestors', a gedcom, available on RootsWeb WorldConnect, contact Ann Phillips, updated 20 January 2011, accessed 4 February 2011 (Jeremiah M Boyer)
14 Pennsylvania death indices, 1918 (accessed 8 March 2013) ("Boyer,Jeremiah M;--182419;Boyertown;Dec.2 [1918]")
15 Find a grave, memorial 97932396, created by Mike O, added 28 September 2012 (accessed 8 March 2013) (Sallie Ann Y Boyer)
16 Pennsylvania death indices, 1930 ("SALLIE A BOYER [place] BYRTN [soundex code] B600 [county of death] 06 [date] 3 6 30 [file number] 26099")
17 1920 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Boyertown, supervisor's district 5, enumeration district 12, microfilm series T625, film 1535, page 161 = 20 B handwritten (FamilySearch) (Sallie Boyer)
18 'Batz' (a family tree available on Ancestry.com), owner kbatz87, accessed 9 March 2013 (Jeremiah Boyer)
19 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks, Pike Township, microfilm series M653, film 1076, page 658 = 67 handwritten (FamilySearch) (Jeremiah Boyer)
20 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Pike Township, microfilm series M432, film 754, page 457 verso = 916 handwritten = 20 handwritten to 458 recto = [21] handwritten = 917 handwritten (FamilySearch) (Jeremiah Boyer)
21 St Joseph's (Hill) Lutheran Church baptismal records, in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, reel 565 (Jeremiah Boyer)
22 death certificate, Pennsylvania, Berks County, 2 December 1918, file number 182419 (Jeremiah M Boyer)
23 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Jeremiah M Boyer)
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| Dwellings visited | 147 | ||||||||||
| Families visited | 154 | ||||||||||
| Name | John Moyer | Mary do | Catharine Boyer | John do | Jeremiah do | Catharine Boyer | Mary do | Elizabeth Moyer | Sarah do | Daniel do | William do |
| Age | 48 | 49 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6/12 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 11 |
| Sex | M | F | F | M | M | F | F | F | F | M | M |
| Color | |||||||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | do [sc. Farmer] | ||||||||||
| Real estate owned | 1000 | ||||||||||
| Birthplace | do [sc. Berks Co] | do | do | do | do | Berks Co | do | do | do | do | do |
| Married within year | |||||||||||
| Attended school within year | |||||||||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | |||||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 37 |
| Dwelling number | [437] |
| Family number | [460] |
| Name | Jeremiah Boyer |
| Age | 14 |
| Sex | m |
| Color | |
| Occupation | |
| Value of real estate owned | |
| Value of personal estate | |
| Place of birth | do [sc. Pennsylvania] |
| Married within year | |
| Attended school within year | |
| Cannot read & write | |
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Dwelling-house number | 130 | ||
| Family number | 151 | ||
| Name | Boyer Jeremiah | " Sally Ann | " Ammon |
| Age | 23 | 22 | 7/12 |
| Sex | M | F | M |
| Color | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Labourer at Mines | Keeping house | At home |
| Real estate value | |||
| Personal estate value | 435 | ||
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania | Penna | Penna |
| Father foreign born | |||
| Mother foreign born | |||
| Birth month if born within year | Nov | ||
| Marriage month if married within year | |||
| Attended school past year | |||
| Can't read | |||
| Can't write | |||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | ||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| street name | ||||||
| house number | ||||||
| dwelling visit # | 101 | |||||
| family visit # | 125 | |||||
| name | Boyer Jeremiah | - Sarah | - Amon | - Mary | - Kate | - Amanda |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | F | F | F |
| age | 33 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| month born if born in year | ||||||
| relationship | wife | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Daughter | |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| married | 1 | 1 | ||||
| widowed/divorced | ||||||
| married during year | ||||||
| occupation | works in Mine | Keeping house | At home | |||
| months unemployed | ||||||
| currently ill? | ||||||
| blind | ||||||
| deaf/dumb | ||||||
| idiotic | ||||||
| insane | ||||||
| disabled | ||||||
| school this year | ||||||
| can't read | ||||||
| can't write | ||||||
| birthplace | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn |
| father's birthplace | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn |
| mother's birthplace | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn | Penn |
| line | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| street | ||||||
| house number | ||||||
| dwelling number | 105 | |||||
| family number | 107 | |||||
| name | Boyer Jeremiah | " Sallyann | " Amanda | " Henry | " Annie | " Sallie |
| relationship | head | wife | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Daughter |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | M | F | F |
| birth date | Jan 1847 | Feb 1848 | Sep 1878 | Dec 1884 | Sep 1888 | Dec 1893 |
| age | 53 | 52 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 6 |
| married? | M | M | S | S | S | S |
| # years married | 31 | 31 | ||||
| mother of how many children? | 9 | |||||
| # of children living | 6 | |||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigration year | ||||||
| # years in USA | ||||||
| naturalized citizen? | ||||||
| occupation | Farmer | Cegar Maker | ||||
| # months not employed | 0 | 0 | ||||
| # months in school | 5 | 5 | ||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| owned/rented | O | |||||
| free or mortgaged | M | |||||
| farm/house | F | |||||
| # of farm schedule | 52 |
| line | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| street | |||
| house nr | |||
| dwelling nr | 24 | ||
| family nr | 25 | ||
| name | Boyer Jeremiah M | - Sallie Ann | - Sallie |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Daughter |
| sex | M | F | F |
| color | W | W | W |
| age | 63 | 62 | 16 |
| marital status | M1 | M1 | S |
| #years present marriage | 41 | 41 | |
| mother of # children | 9 | ||
| mother of # living children | 6 | ||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | |||
| naturalized/alien | |||
| speaks English | German | German | English |
| occupation | Farmer | none | none |
| nature of industry etc. | General Farm | ||
| employer etc. | OA | ||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | |||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | |||
| can read | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | no | ||
| owned/rented | O | ||
| owned free or mortagaged | M | ||
| farm/house | F | ||
| nr on farm schedule | 19 | ||
| civil war vet | UA | ||
| blind | |||
| deaf & dumb |
| line | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 |
| street | East Fifth St. | ||||
| house number | X | ||||
| dwelling visit number | 438 | ||||
| family visit number | 460 | ||||
| name | Gottshall Raul B | - Ellen M. | - Goneril M | - Catherine M | Boyer Sallie |
| relationship | Head | wife | Daughter | Daughter | Grandmother |
| own/rent | R | ||||
| free/mortgaged (if owned) | |||||
| sex | M | F | F | F | F |
| race | W | W | W | W | W |
| age at last birthday | 24 | 24 | 4 9/12 | 3 3/12 | 71 |
| marital status | M | M | S | S | Wd |
| year of immigration | |||||
| naturalized/alien | |||||
| year of naturalization | |||||
| attended school since Sept 1919 | |||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | ||
| can write | yes | yes | yes | ||
| birth place | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| native language | |||||
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's native language | |||||
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's native language | |||||
| can speak English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| occupation | Barber | none | none | none | none |
| industry, business | Shop | ||||
| employment status | O.A. | ||||
| number of farm schedule | |||||
| Ruben Boyer Catharine |
| Jeremiah Jan.12,1847-Mar.14,1847 |
| Daniel Moyer Sarah |