Born in Luzerne County, PA, this day in 1796*: our third great-grandaunt Mary Myers, daughter of Philip Myers. She married George C Peck, a prominent Methodist minister and a published historian of the Wyoming Valley. Buried at Forty Fort Cemetery. *I am using the birth date from the “Charles Myers Bible” (top photo), rather than the one on the gravestone.
Mary and George were grandparents of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage. Read more …
Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
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Married on this date in 1920: our granduncle Frank Colby Myers and Mildred Dyer. Read more …
