Jefferson Royer and Hannah Gramley

---

---

Husband Jefferson Royer ^{1 2}

---

           Born: 28 Aug 1808 - near Rockville, Brush Valley, Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 1895 3
         Buried:  - Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

---

         Father: Christopher Royer (1768-1849) 1 4
         Mother: 

---

       Marriage: 20 Nov 1834 - Brush Valley, Centre Co, PA 3

---

---

Wife Hannah Gramley ³

---

           Born: 17 Jul 1815 - Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 May 1890 3
         Buried:  - Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

---

         Father: George Gramley (      -Bef 1883) 3
         Mother: Mary Walbon (      -Bef 1883) 5

---

---

Children

---

1 F Magdalene Royer ³

---

           Born: 13 Oct 1835 3
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

---

2 M Jonathan Royer ³

---

           Born: 16 Oct 1836 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1898
         Buried: 

---

3 M J. M. Royer ³

---

           Born: 3 Feb 1830 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1877 - St. Louis, MO
         Buried: 

---

4 M D. D. Royer ³

---

           Born: 15 Aug 1846 - Clinton Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary A. Roush (1855-      ) 6
           Marr: 21 Jun 1877 6

---

5 F Chesty A. Royer ⁶

---

           Born: 8 Jul 1850 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Perry Genteel (      -      ) 6

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Jefferson Royer

---

He became a successful farmer, having been reared to that occupation by his father, who owned a large amount of land, which he cultivated in addition to his work as a miller and distiller. The subscription schools of that day were far from good, and the one south of Rebersburg, which Jefferson Royer attended as a boy, was no better than others of its class. One teacher named Parkinson had a peculiar and unpleasant little habit of calling his pupils "d--d blockheads." A neighboring barn caught fire one day, and the scholars all ran out without asking permission. When they returned the teacher had disappeared, and he was never heard of afterward.
Jefferson Royer grew to manhood at his father's home, much of his time being spent in driving a team and taking products to market. He and his brother Daniel formed a partnership in farming, and he thus managed to save some money of his own. He married and began house-keeping at the Royer homestead, but later bought a farm in Miles township which he improved and sold. He then rented a farm in Clinton County, and after a time purchased one there, but afterward he bought a new tract of land, heavily timbered, near Zion, Centre County, and lived there fifteen years, improving the place in every way. In 1869 he moved to Brush Valley, where he had bought a farm the year before, and at this place he remained until his retirement from active business, in his sixty-fifth year, when he built a home in Rebersburg in which to spend his declining years.
He was five feet, ten inches in height, well built, and very hardy and robust, retaining his faculties fully up to his death, which occurred when he was aged eighty-seven years.
As a Whig and later as a Republican, he was a regular voter and took keen interest in the success of his party. He served several terms as supervisor in Clinton County. He was also much interested in religious matters, and he and his wife were both members of the Evangelical Association, in which he held various offices, and was a class leader for thirty years.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 224.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 359, 411.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 359.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 359, 411, 669.

5 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 228.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 360.