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Jacob MYERS

Jacob MYERS

Male 1821 - 1909  (88 years)


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  • Name Jacob MYERS
    Birth 22 Nov 1821  Shenandoah Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Mexican War 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 1862 to 1865  [3] 
    Co K, 10th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (lost right arm near shoulder) 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Death 28 Dec 1909  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 20 1860:
      Jacob Myers, 37, b. Va, laborer; Sarah A, 37, b. Va; W. H. (male), 16, b. Va.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central Twp):
      Jacob Myres, 49, laborer; Sarah A, 49; Mary L, 9.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
      Jacob Myers, 57, laborer, unable to read or write; wife Sarah A, 56, unable to read or write; son-in-law Rily W. Smith, 21, laborer, attended school within the census year, married within the census year; dau Mary F. Smith, 19, married within the census year; granddau Cordilia Smith, 1; adopted child Effi Roberts, 5.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Jacob Myers, 78, b. Nov 1821 in Va, married 5 yrs; wife Holda A, 35, b. Dec 1864 in WVa, married 5 yrs, mother of one child (still living).

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910:
      William R. Smith, 58, farmer; wife Mary F, 49; son James B, 24, trolley lineman; dau Edna M, 20; dau Ruey M, 18; son Charles R, 16; mother-in-law Huldah A. Myres, 46, single.

      1920 Census, Washington Co, Ohio (Village of Belpre), enumerated on Jan 9 1920:
      Head of household Hulda M. G. Myres, 55, b. WVa, widowed; stepfather Henry Sprouse, 64, b. WVa, widowed.
    Person ID I59115  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2015

    Family 1 Sarah A. ___,   b. 6 Dec 1822   d. 20 Nov 1893, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [4]
    Children 
     1. W. H. MYERS,   b. CA 1844
    +2. Mary Frances MYERS,   b. 13 Apr 1860, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1936, Munhall, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F24462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hulda M. G. OSBORN,   b. Dec 1864, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 17 Jan 1895  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Family ID F24465  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S2024] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    3. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.