Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
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Frederick C. Moyer and Mary A. Boyer




Husband Frederick C. Moyer 1

           Born: 17 Feb 1810 - near Freeburg, Snyder Co, PA 1
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           Died: 30 Jul 1891 2
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         Father: Christopher Moyer (1776-1840) 1
         Mother: Bettie Howerter (1777-1862) 1


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Wife Mary A. Boyer 1

           Born: 11 May 1810 - Penn Twp, Snyder Co, PA 1
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           Died: 28 Dec 1896 2
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         Father: John Boyer (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Spotts (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M William Moyer 2

           Born: 27 Sep 1834 - Freeburg, Snyder Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Sarah C. Hilbish (1837-      ) 3
           Marr: 18 Dec 1860 3


2 M Philip B. Moyer 2

           Born: 13 Nov 1835 2
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3 F Caroline Moyer 2

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         Spouse: S. G. Hilbish (      -      ) 2


4 F Sarah E. Moyer 2

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1898
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dr. J. C. Schaeffer (      -Bef 1898) 2


5 M Daniel B. Moyer 2

           Born: 5 May 1841 2
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           Died: 7 Jul 1874 2
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6 M John C. Moyer 2

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           Died: when eighteen years old
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7 M Henry B. Moyer 2




           Born: 24 Jul 1846 - Freeburg, Snyder Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Lizzie Mertz (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 5 Apr 1875 4


8 F Lydia Moyer 2

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         Spouse: Henry Brown (      -      ) 2


9 F Mary J. Moyer 2

           Born: 
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         Spouse: F. E. Hilbish (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - Frederick C. Moyer


He was a representative citizen of Snyder County, Pennsylvania, and for more than half a century conducted an extensive mercantile business at Freeburg. He was identified with various important interests in his locality, many of which were far-reaching in their influence, and, as the founder of Freeburg Musical College, he created a lasting monument to his memory.
He was born near Freeburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, at the old family homestead where his early years were spent. In April, 1832, he engaged in mercantile business in Freeburg, and nine years later his youngest brother, George C. Moyer, became his partner under the firm name of G. & F. C. Moyer, which existed about fifty years.
In 1838 he located on the northwest corner of South and Market streets, at Freeburg, and there he continued to reside until his death. For thirty-eight years he conducted a hotel there, but in 1870 he remodeled the place, adding a third story, and thus secured an admirable location for the Musical College. For many years he was the director of this institution, which speedily won popularity, and was later managed by his son, Henry B. Moyer. He was also extensively engaged in farming, and his progressive ideas were shown in the ditching of low lands, the use of lime, and the changing of the course of creeks whenever necessary to straighten them or to secure other desirable ends, and in these and similar measures his neighbors afterward followed his example to some extent. When the first bank was established at Lewisburg he was one of its directors, and he was a trustee of the Mifflinburg Academy during 1844, 1845 and 1846, while it was a State institution. In politics he was a Republican of the strongest kind, and at one time he remarked that he did not see how any Moyer could be a Democrat. From 1847 to 1850 he was auditor of Union County, while later he served for three years as one of the auditors of Snyder County. For twelve years he was postmaster of Freeburg, under the adminis-trations of Harrison, Taylor, and Lincoln. In religious work he was active as a member of the Reformed Church at Freeburg, in which he served as trustee for thirty-four years and for a long period conducted the congregational singing.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1102.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1103.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1104.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1105.


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