Aaron J. Moyer,
b. in Northumberland Co., Pa., Jan. 25, 1847; mrd. Rebecca Weaver, of
Freeport, Armstrong Co., Pa. She was b. Oct. 9, 1853. While a boy Mr.
Moyer attended public school and during vacation was on the lookout for
small jobs of work, and was always in demand; at the age of 12 he
became a farmer boy; at 14 was at work in a lumber mill at
Williamsport, Pa., where he met with an accident that resulted in the
loss of his left hand. After recovery he became a student in
Williamsport Dickinson Seminary.
He enlisted in 37th Regt. Pa.
Vol. for the Gettysburg campaign. He became a clerk in 1863, a school
teacher in 1865, and continued clerking and teaching until 1872. He was
also a teacher at Crescent, Corter's, Trout Run and South Williamsport,
Pa., and was a student for one term (1869) in the Williamsport
Dickinson Seminary. He became a bookkeeper for a lumber company at
Freeport, Armstrong county, Pa., in 1872, and bookkeeper for the Mercer
Mining and Manufacturing Company, at Pardoe, Mercer county, Pa., in
1874. Returned to Trout Run in 1875, taught school and learned
telegraphy. In 1876 he became freight and ticket agent for the Shenango
and Allegheny Railroad at New Hope, Butler county, Pa.; in 1879 he was
transferred as agent to Pardoe, Pa.; in 1880 became freight and ticket
agent for the Ohio Southern Railroad at Springfield, O.; in 1881 he was
in the employ of the Champion Bar and Knife Company, Springfield, O.;
in 1883 was employed by the Rogers' Iron Fence Company, Springfield,
O.; in 1889 he organized the Springfield Agricultural Iron Works, in
which he is (1896) manager and heavy stockholder. His restless business
qualities struggled long for congenial conditions. Episcopal. Children:
Aaron, F. Hughes, Rebecca, Frederick.
Aaron Joseph Moyer, Jr.,
b. in Pardoe, Mercer Co., Pa., May 27, 1874. He attended public school
and then Wittenburg College, Springfield, O. In 1894 he entered Harvard
University in the class of '96. After graduation he purposes to
complete the course of the Harvard Law School. P. O. Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass. Epis.
Fredelia Hughes Moyer, born
in Trout Run, Lycoming Co., Pa., Jan. 12, 1876. Attended public school
and then Wittenburg College, Springfield, O. In 1894 he entered Cornell
University in the course of mechanical engineering. P. O. Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y. Epis.
Rebecca Moyer, born in Pardoe, Mercer Co., Pa., Sept. 21, 1879. P. O. Springfield, O. Epis.
Frederick Weaver Moyer, b. in Springfield, O., Dec. 7, 1881. P. O. Springfield, O. Epis.
Source: (A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers, by Rev. A.J. Fretz, 1896)
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