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Updated: 07-26-2019 15:07:02.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Rachael Meyers: Birth: 7 SEP 1853 in Claiborne County, TN. Death: 6 FEB 1915

  2. Simon P. Meyers: Birth: OCT 1855 in Claybourn County, TN. Death: 8 NOV 1933 in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana

  3. Louis M. Meyers: Birth: ABT 1856 in Tennessee.

  4. Mary E. Meyers: Birth: 8 AUG 1857 in Claybourn County, TN. Death: 7 AUG 1923 in New St., Washington, Daviess County, IN

  5. William Nelson Meyers: Birth: ABT 1859 in Tennessee. Death: 3 NOV 1937 in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana

  6. Martha Jane Meyers: Birth: 16 MAR 1861 in Mushroom, Claiborne County, TN. Death: 28 MAR 1936 in 324 S.E. 7th St.. Washington, Daviess County, IN

  7. Catherine Meyers: Birth: 6 AUG 1862 in Claybourn County, TN. Death: 16 SEP 1940 in at home, Montgomery, IN

  8. Sarah Lavina Meyers: Birth: ABT 1868 in Tennessee.

  9. Rhoda C. Meyers: Birth: 2 MAR 1868 in Tennessee. Death: 28 JAN 1934 in near, Indianapolis, IN

  10. Minerva E. Meyers: Birth: ABT 1869 in Tennessee.

  11. James N. Meyers: Birth: ABT 1872 in Indiana.


Notes
a. Note:   N166 He came by covered wagon to Indiana in 1868 and settled in Maysville, IN, just outside of Washington, IN. Only ten of their children came with them, and their names were: Martha Jane, Simon, Louis, Mary, Vina, Nelson, Minverva, Rhoda, Catherine, and James. It is not known if Rachael married in Tennessee before the move, or if she died before the move. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War per Roy Bowman. It appears that he spelled his surname as Myers, per Kelly Oliver, some of Valentine's children used the spelling of Myers and other children used Meyers. Ke was a carpenter.
  Per Ancestry.com "Valentine Myers" served in the Civil War in Co. B, 1st Battalion, Tennessee Light Artillery, Union, discharge rank, 2nd Lieutenant. Buried in Veale Creek Cemetery, Daviess County, Indiana. It appears that Valentine spelled his surname as Myers (his tombstone is spelled Meyers). Per Kelly Oliver, some of Valentine's children used the spelling of Myers and other children used Meyers. Per Kelly Oliver: "Grandma Oliver's sister said that Valentine Myers and Sarah Jane Whitfield had 11 kids and moved to IN by covered wagon in 1868. They settled in Maysville, IN, just outside of Washington, in Daviess Co. She said that only ten of their kids came with them, and their names were Martha Jane, Simon, Louis, Mary, Vina, Nelson, Minverva, Rhoda, Catherine, and James." It is not known if Rachael married in Tennessee before the move, of if she died before the move.
b. Note:   Cancer of face, duration 1 year; M. L. Bonhan & Sons Funeral Home, Washington, IN

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