Adam Mayer and Christina Switzer

---

---

Husband Adam Mayer ¹

---

           Born: 26 Sep 1834 - Geiselberg, county of Waldfischbach, Rhine-Bavaria 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1898
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Adam Mayer (1812-1893) 2
         Mother: Eva Edinger (1816-1872) 2

---

       Marriage: 17 Nov 1859 - Milwaukee, WI 3

---

---

Wife Christina Switzer ³

---

           Born: 28 Nov 1833 - Nurtingen, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Jacob Switzer (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Magdalena Aberly (      -Abt 1862) 3

---

---

Children

---

1 U [Infant] Mayer ³

---

           Born:  - Wisconsin
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy - De Pere, Brown Co, WI
         Buried: 

---

2 F Mary Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Andy Neubauer (      -      ) 3

---

3 M Henry Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Tillie Hoover (      -      ) 3

---

4 F Ellen Mayer ⁴

---

           Born:  - Morris Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John C. Stewart (1854-Aft 1898) 5
           Marr: 22 Apr 1881 4

---

5 F Elizabeth Mayer ³

---

            AKA: Lizzie Moyer 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Herbert I. Caldwell (1860-      ) 7

---

6 F Clara Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Williams (      -      ) 3

---

7 M Adam Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ruth Neal (      -      ) 3

---

8 F Beckie Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Louis Ernst (      -      ) 3

---

9 F Barbara Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

10 M Herman Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

11 M Perry Mayer ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when eleven years, seven months old
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Adam Mayer

---

Before coming to America he attended the schools of his native land, making good use of the opportunities they afforded, and he also learned the details of carpentering and stonemasonry. He did not understand English at all, however, and as he had but five cents in his pocket when he arrived at Philipsburg he took the first work that could be obtained. After working in the woods for some time he secured more congenial and profitable employment as a carpenter and a stonemason, and for twenty-five years he followed those occupations, and at the same time conducted his farm of 125 acres in Clearfield County. About 1884 he moved to Philipsburg, where he bought a two-story building for business purposes, 155 x 25 feet with an "L" 25 x 40. For several years he was engaged in the flour and feed business, but after disposing of that he was not especially engaged in any line until 1891, when he took charge of a furniture store. After learning the methods employed in the lumber business, he made some profitable ventures in that line himself, buying and clearing land and rafting on the river. Land was cheap, and at one time he owned about eight hundred acres. He intended to give a farm to each of his children, but during the coal excitement it was found that his lands were very valuable for mining, and he sold them at a good price.
He and his family were prominent members of the Lutheran Church. In politics he was first a Republican, but later he voted the Democratic ticket, and in 1896 he was an advocate of free silver at "sixteen to one." He was a director and stockholder in the New Moshannon National Bank (belonging to the Free-masons), which was organized in May, 1896.

In 1857, Mr. Mayer went to De Pére, Wisconsin, and spent four years in a sawmill. While there he met his wife.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 506, 983.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 506.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 507.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 983.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 728, 858, 982.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 790.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 507, 790.