James Francis "Frank" Moyer and Lilly Clarissa Caldwell

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Husband James Francis "Frank" Moyer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Feb 1856 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: George W. Moyer (1819-1898) 2 3
         Mother: Eveline Weir (Abt 1821-Aft 1909) 2

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       Marriage: 2 Dec 1880 4

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Wife Lilly Clarissa Caldwell ^{1 4}

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           Born: 2 Aug 1860 4
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Father: Oliver Perry Caldwell (1818-1883) 5
         Mother: Marilla Stright (      -1886) 6

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Children

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1 F Lena Evaline Moyer ⁴

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           Born: 27 Oct 1881 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Andral Z. Scrivens (1875-      ) 4

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2 F Estella May Moyer ⁴

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           Born: 18 Jul 1884 - Nebraska 4
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         Spouse: David B. Thomas (      -      ) 4

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3 M Marvin Weir Moyer ⁴

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           Born: 9 Jul 1887 - Nebraska 4
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4 M William Ernest Moyer ⁴

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           Born: 18 Oct 1898 4
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General Notes: Husband - James Francis "Frank" Moyer

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He completed his common-school education at Sheakleyville, PA, attended the high school for two terms, and then learned the tanner’s trade under I. V. Thompson. Subsequently his father purchased the plant and the son was in full charge of it for two years, when it was destroyed by fire. James F. then returned to farming and the cutting of timber, in which he was engaged for two years. In 1884 he moved to Nance County, Nebraska, where he bought two hundred and forty acres of land and engaged in the raising of live stock for seven years. His great specialty was the raising of hogs and their shipment to the Omaha market. During this period Mr. Moyer had all the western experiences which come to prairie dwellers, including a taste of one of the worst blizzards which ever swept his part of the state. At the time it commenced to rage the neighborhood children were at school and, as it progressed in fury, he and a neighbor fought their way to the little school house (now nearly buried), tied the frightened children together and brought the procession to his home, where they remained until the passing of the blizzard. At the conclusion of his seven years’ residence in Nebraska, he was compelled to return to Sheakleyville to take charge of the family estate, which was encumbered with an indebtedness of about three thousand dollars. Through his energy and fine business talents this was not only raised, but a comfortable sum realized for the heirs. During this period he was actively engaged in farming and stock raising, and for a number of years has been an extensive raiser and dealer in Shropshire sheep. Two years after returning from Nebraska he bought a farm near Hadley, which he sold in 1904, then investing in property at Greenville, Pennsylvania. As a resident of Sheakleyville he was always recognized as a leader in the promotion of all public enterprises, and his fellow citizens will always be grateful to him for his forethought in providing them with telephone communication with other points in the county. In 1902 he with several of the business men of the place built a private telephone line between Sheakleyville and Hadley, the management afterward absorbing the Behringer Phone Company of Cochranton. All interests in the field were finally consolidated as the Cochranton Phone Company, and northern Mercer County was bound together in telephonic communication. He was a director in that company. Mr. Moyer served as supervisor for three years; was known as a stalwart Prohibitionist, casting his first vote for James Black; was identified with P. of H. Grange and the Pomona Circle, and since early in life has been active in the work of the Methodist church, of which he was a trustee several years. [HMC 1909, 1055]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 977, 1100.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1053.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1100.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1056.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 977, 1104.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 977.