Died in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on this date in 1855: third great-grandmother Eliza Brown (m. Myers). Also featured on her birth date, 25 January. Eliza was from a pioneer family in Delaware County, Ohio, and married Lawrence Myers after he moved there to found the town of Sunbury. She managed their stagecoach inn for fifteen years after Lawrence died, before moving to Oskaloosa to spend her twilight years with her son Henry Myers. Read more …
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- Ancestral Sites in Norway
- Ancient History I: The First Millennium
- Ancient History II: 1000-1250
- Ancient History III: 1250-1500
- Early, Early Americans
- Anne Larsdatter Skurdal (1801-1890)
- Anne Samuelsdatter Bjerke (1845-1885)
- Samuel Jorgenson, AKA Samuelson(!)
- Ole Larson (1841-1908)
- Dan and Lillian Myers
- Myers, Drayer, Colby, Sprung: Back To the Revolution!
- Isaac Larson (1884-1969)
- Lovell & Reatha Larson
- Helene Olsdatter (1854-1927)
- Marte Bø: Great-Grandma, Murderess
- Philip Myers (1759-1835)
- Wyoming Captive
- Michael Myers (1768-1815)
- Smith Larson (1877-1922), WWI Vet
- Tracing the Slettens
- Martha Bennett (m. Myers, 1763- 1851)
- William Drayer (1859-1937)