My granduncle, the youngest brother of Dan Myers; other siblings were Harry E, Lawrence, Leonora B, and Henry B. Most of the facts given here come from a typewritten “personal history” Frank prepared late in his life. I received a copy from Jody Boyd, as part of her study of…
with Maria Bayard (1765-?) The British Are Coming! My fourth great-grandfather Gabriel Sprung was in turn the great-grandfather of my great-grandmother Hanna “Hattie” Sprung Drayer. If you are keeping score – among my near relatives, these are ancestors of Dan/Lillian Myers’ descendants only. Click here to view Gabriel’s profile in…
With Leonora Brown (1827-1849) and Fanny Myers (1826-1909) My second great-grandfather was born in Sunbury, Ohio, on 15 November 1819. Click here to view his place in the family tree. His father, Lawrence Myers, and uncle William, had recently co-founded the town of Sunbury, Lawrence had built a log cabin…
I am reposting this article to mark the death of Stephen Dyer Myers, 24 June 2016. Top photo: Sunrise over Lake Tahoe. In an earlier post, I mentioned the only child of my great-uncle Frank Colby Myers. After discovering that the son was still alive, in an assisted living facility…
With Hattie Sprung (1861-1947) My maternal great-grandparents; that is, parents of my mother’s mother. William Theodore Drayer was born in Kankakee County, Illinois, on 24 August 1859. His parents had come from Ohio and Maryland. Hattie (alt. Hannah) May Sprung was born in Huron County, Ontario, Canada, 24 January 1861…
Myers, Colby, Drayer, Sprung In honor of Uncle Barney Myers’ 105th birthday, I prepared a slideshow for the family reunion in Billings, Montana, held in late July, 2015. I have added audio narration, background music, and a few more slides and stories for this video version, now available via YouTube. There…