Elizabeth Ann ("Eliza") Myers was born on December 20, 1820 in Cincinnati, Ohio, died at age 40 on May 30, 1861, and was buried in the Hopewell Cemetery in Greene County, Illinois. Elizabeth apparently never adopted the "o" vowel in Moyers. Her son Leander's biography spells his maternal family name as Myers, though the state of Illinois marriage database for weddings until the year 1900 somehow lists her last name as "Morris"!
Eliza married Jordan Albert Lakin, the son of John Musgrove Lakin and Eleanor Jordon on October 13, 1839 in Greene County. Jordan was born in Pennsylvania on December 1, 1817, died at age 51 on July 29, 1869, and was buried in the Hopewell Cemetery in Greene County. Eliza and he had ten children: Melissa J., John Jacob, Austin J., Leander R., Sarah E., Mary A., Harriet N., Georgia O., Lutitia Lulu, and Eliza F. Lakin.
Eliza's husband, Jordan, was a captain during the Civil War in the Illinois 91st Infantry, a regiment which he organized. He was a farmer by profession, and received his education at the Common Schools (public schools) of Fidelity, Clermont County, Ohio. Jordan's father, John Lakin, was a native of Pennsylvania (the Lakin's family movements are parallel to those of the Moyers'). Jordan's grandparents were Samual Lakin, a native of Maryland, and his wife, Sarah (Musgrove) Lakin.
"We who improve Hymen's golden hours By sweet example, know That marriage, rightly understood, Give to the tender and the good, A paradise below" (From the commemorative program to Sam and Lucinda Moyers' 50th Wedding Anniversary) |
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Samuel Nelson Moyers and his wife, Lucinda Hopkins [Deen] Moyers |
Samuel Nelson Moyers, the son of Jacob and Sarah Moyers, was born on January 31, 1827 five miles north of Carrollton, in Greene County, Illinois. In 1842, when he was 15, he and most of his father's family moved to Burlington Township in Des Moines County. By 1856 they were living in nearby Benton Township.
Sam married Lucinda Hopkins Deen (also spelled "Dean") the daughter of Jacob D. Deen and Judith Cox, on August 6, 1846 in Tamatown, Des Moines County, with the Reverend M. See officiating the wedding. Lucy was born on June 15, 1823 in Lewis County, Virginia (which is present day Upshur County, West Virginia). Her father, Jacob, was a native of Rockingham County, and her mother of Pendleton County, both in Virginia. The Deans' parents moved to Iowa and Des Moines County in 1844 and they settled Benton Township. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Sam and Lucinda Moyers would remain married until her death in 1909 after 63 years, 3 months, and 3 days! During the course of his life, Sam would succeed in farming his 130 acre farm near Sperry, and he additionally was involved in county affairs, as he held the office of School Director for eight years. He was a Democrat (but endorsed the principles of Union Labor Party), and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By 1880 Sam and Lucinda were aging, they had a servant working in their household, Nettie Bowman, a 13 year old girl born in Illinois, whose father was born in Pennsylvania and mother in Virginia. In 1884 Sam retired to the nearby town of Mediapolis, buying a few acres of land in the town and building a large house there for himself and Lucy. The Iowa census of 1885 stated Sam was "in the lumber business" whereas an 1897 biography stated Sam took up "small fruit farming" when he moved into town.
Sam and Lucinda had four children. The oldest was Marietta or "Margarett" (as she was listed on a U.S. census) Moyers, who died when 14 years old. She was born on October 5, 1847, died on August 16, 1862 in Des Moines County, and was buried in the Loper Cemetery. The other children of Sam and Lucy Moyers were: George Washington Earl Moyers, the husband of Rebecca Pence; Sarah Elizabeth Moyers, who married James Wilbur Larkin, and Jacob N. Moyers, who was married to Emma E. Swank and later Kate A. Stanley. There were numerous descendants and extended family of these children who came to the large family celebrations for Sam and Lucinda's 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries in 1895 and 1905. A photograph of that celebration is in the Tour section of this web site.
Mother Lucinda Hopkins (Deen) Moyers died on November 9, 1909 in Mediapolis, at age 86. Sam died on January 13, 1920 in Burlington, at age 92; he had moved to Burlington at least as early as 1918 and this was after living with his granddaughter, Lillian (Moyers) Giertz in Joliet, Illinois, for a number of years. He and Lucy are both buried in Loper Cemetery with fading pictures of themselves on their tombstones.
Andrew Jackson Moyers was born on December 2, 1829 (possibly 1831/32) in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, died on March 30, 1862 in Franklin Township, Des Moines County, at age 32, and was buried in the Loper Cemetery.
Andrew married Mary Elizabeth Dean (who used her middle name "Elizabeth"), the daughter of Jacob D. Deen and Judith Cox, on July 22, 1849. Elizabeth was a sister of Lucinda Hopkins "Deen," the wife of Samuel Nelson Moyers (Andrew's brother). Mary Elizabeth was born in 1830 in Stony Run, Lewis County, (West) Virginia. It is uncertain when she died; she was buried in Loper Cemetery. Andrew and Elizabeth had two children, ? W. Moyers (a J. or an I. - a boy), he was born in about 1849/50; and Julia A. Moyers, born in 1854/55. They were in the fourth generation of the family as it is traced here.
There may have been other children in this family. In Loper Cemetery, several unknown Moyers children are buried nearby Andrew. They are:
Susannah Jane Moyers, the youngest daughter of Jacob and Sarah Moyers, was born on November 29, 1831 in Greene County, Illinois, and schooled in that state. Susan moved with her parents to Iowa, and there, at the home of her father, Jacob Moyers, on September 8, 1850 in Des Moines County, she became the first wife of James Morris Rexroat. James was the son of Peter Rexroat of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Morning Hopper, of Richmond, Virginia. Jonathan Eads officiated their wedding ceremony.
James Rexroat was born on January 22, 1828 (possibly 1830) in Russell County, Kentucky. He moved to Morgan County, Illinois in 1847/48 and farmed several years there. In about 1850 he moved to Iowa and bought a farm, but evidently it was not to his liking as in 1853 he moved back to Scotland Township in McDonough County, Illinois. He and Susan Rexroat would remain in Illinois throughout the rest of their married life.
James Rexroat was an importer of Norman, English and Clyde Horses and was known as a breeder of fine stock, including race horses. He went in business with friends originally, "Rexroat, Moore and Westfall," to provide this service, and in 1873 bought them out and ran it by himself. During the course of his life, he made several trips to Europe to get animals for his business. His farm expanded to 320 acres of Illinois land.
He was active in the Masonic Lodge, and was a Republican in politics. In two separate biographies for James Rexroat, he is listed as either a Methodist or a member of the United Brethren Church (and the same discrepancy occurred for his son, Lawson).
Susan and James Rexroat had 13 children: 1Lawson T. Rexroat, who married a cousin, Mintie A. Rexroat; 2Eliza Rexroat, who was born in 1854 in McDonough County, Illinois. Eliza married Oliver Thompson, born 1850, on September 4, 1877 in McDonough County; 3Winfield F. Rexroat, the husband of Minnie Ripp; 4Sarah Rexroat was born in 1857 in McDonough County. She married John W. Barnhart on December 7, 1882 in McDonough County. Sarah died February 18, 1924 in Macomb; 5William Henry Rexroat, whose wife was Mary F. Landis; 6Jordan H. "J. H.," the husband of Viola A. Greenup; 7Tellus C. married Linnie Chandler; 8Robert H. Rexroat, who was born in 1870 or possibly December 1869. He was married to a woman named Laura I. on February 9, 1892 in Morgan County, Illinois; 9Lillie Bell, who was adopted. She was born in about 1870; 10Edgar Lee "Lee," who married Ellena Curnow; 11Frederick Dent Rexroat, who was born on February 1, 1875. He married Alta B. Boothe on December 24, 1899 in McDonough County, Illinois; 12Ulysses Rexroat, who died in infancy; and 13Granville Rexroat, who also died in infancy.
Retirement from farming for James and Susan Moyers came in 1885 or possibly 1890, and he built a house in the town of Macomb, Illinois for this purpose. Susan Rexroat died subsequently at age 60 on July 25, 1892. James remarried a woman named Matilda Medora Manlove on the 21st of November, 1895 in Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. He lived until 1914 when he died at age 86 on October 6 in Macomb.
James and Susannah Jane (Moyers) Rexroat were both buried in the Pennington Cemetery, New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois.
Harrison Moyers was born in February 1833 (the 1860 census information, if correct, would make the year 1825) in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Joseph Jr. and Sallie Moyers. Whether or not Harrison's family moved into Ohio and Illinois as did the family of Jacob Moyers is not known, but it is known he married a woman native to Ohio and by 1860 Harrison and she were living in Des Moines County, not far from his uncle Jacob and aunt Sarah and their children, Harrison's first cousins.
Harrison was working as a wood chopper on a farm in that year before the outbreak of the Civil War, a job he held as well in the 1880 census, when his family was living with that of Frank Willis, age 25, and his wife, Marry.
Harrison married Sarah Ashenfelter, born May 9, 1836 in Ohio. Sarah's mother was also native to Ohio, and her father came from Pennsylvania. She and Harrison were probably married in about 1856 as their first child, Franklin, was born in 1857. Edgar, a second son, was born in about 1858. Their mother, Sarah, was born May 9, 1836 in Ohio and she died after 1920, for in that year she was living with her son, Enos, in Burlington. According to Harrison's entry in the 1900 census, he and she were divorced before the turn of the century.
Harrison and Sarah had eleven children, five of whom were still living in 1900. Nine of these are known, who were: Franklin W., William Edward, George Douglas, known as "Douglas," Mary, Louisa, Enos Wesley, Jacob, Sarah Louella, and Nellie.
Franklin W. Moyers was born in 1857 in Iowa.
William Edward Moyers was born in January 1859 in Iowa. He married Ida Lillian Emmerson.
George Douglas Moyers was born in 1862 in Iowa.
Mary Moyers was born in 1865/66 in Iowa, and was not living by 1900.
Louisa Moyers was born in 1871/72 in Iowa, and was not living by 1900.
Enos Wesley Moyers Sr. was born in April 1871 in Iowa. He married a woman named Emma.
Jacob Moyers was born about 1871 and had died by 1880.
Sarah Louella Moyers was born in 1873 and had died by 1880.
Nellie Moyers was born about 1875 and also had died by 1880.
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