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Descendants of Jacob Myers and Mary Polly Mires



Generation No. 1


 1. JACOB2 MYERS (BRUTUS1) was born Abt. 1789, and died February 04, 1850. He married MARY POLLY MIRES July 23, 1814 in Hunterdon Co., NJ, daughter of SIMON JOHNSON MYERS.


        Children of JACOB MYERS and MARY MIRES are:

 2.                i.    ELIZABETH3 MYERS, b. March 12, 1815, New Jersey.

                   ii.    CATHERINE MYERS, b. April 11, 1816.

 


                 iii.    SARAHANE MYERS, b. March 09, 1821.

 


 3.              iv.    CORNELIUS MYERS, b. August 28, 1824, New Jersey; d. October 03, 1909.

 4.               v.    JOHN MYERS, b. June 12, 1828, Flemington, Hunterdon Co., NJ; d. February 15, 1910, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL.



Generation No. 2


 2. ELIZABETH3 MYERS (JACOB2, BRUTUS1) was born March 12, 1815 in New Jersey. She married ZIBA HACKET Bef. 1838.


        Children of ELIZABETH MYERS and ZIBA HACKET are:

                    i.    MARY ELLEN4 HACKET, m. GEORGE W. (FOY?) FAY, February 22, 1877, Bureau Co., IL.

 


                   ii.    ELIZABETH HACKET, b. December 26, 1838, Hunterdon Co., NJ; d. November 27, 1923, Lincoln, KS; m. JOHN C. WHITMAN, December 24, 1861, Bureau Co., IL.

 


                 iii.    WILLIAM HACKET, b. October 08, 1840, Hunterdon Co., NJ; d. May 03, 1915, Maple Park, Kane Co., IL; m. ELLEN ROGERS, December 16, 1864, Bureau Co., IL.

 


                  iv.    JOHN HACKET, b. September 14, 1844, Hunterdon Co., NJ; d. March 05, 1898, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; m. SARAH ANN RICHMOND, 1878, Bureau Co., IL.

 


 5.               v.    SARAH HACKET, b. November 10, 1845, Hunterdon Co., NJ; d. October 24, 1882, Tampico, IL.


 3. CORNELIUS3 MYERS (JACOB2, BRUTUS1) was born August 28, 1824 in New Jersey, and died October 03, 1909. He married NANCY JANE SELLS August 16, 1851 in Rock Island, IL, daughter of BENJAMIN SELLS and SUSAN SIMMONS.


        Children of CORNELIUS MYERS and NANCY SELLS are:

 6.                i.    JOHN4 MYERS, b. May 13, 1852, Peoria, IL; d. April 21, 1929, Brainerd, MN.

 7.               ii.    CHARLES BENJAMIN MYERS, b. April 1854, Fairfield Twp, IL; d. 1921, Pittsburg, Crawford, Ks.

                 iii.    SARAH MYERS, b. 1857, Bureau Co., IL; d. May 09, 1937, Brainard, WI; m. SHAN PETERSON, October 24, 1874, Bureau Co., IL.

 


 8.              iv.    STEPHEN A. D. MYERS, b. December 22, 1861, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; d. March 01, 1934, Rockford, IL.

 9.               v.    MARY E. MYERS, b. May 27, 1864, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; d. January 20, 1892, Clear Lake, Cerro, Gordon Co., IA.

 10.            vi.    WILLIAM F. MYERS, b. June 1871, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; d. June 28, 1939, Algona, IA.


 4. JOHN3 MYERS (JACOB2, BRUTUS1) was born June 12, 1828 in Flemington, Hunterdon Co., NJ, and died February 15, 1910 in Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL. He married (1) MARY DANBERRY March 02, 1850 in NJ. He married (2) SARAH FRANCES MARSHALL October 22, 1863 in Princeton, Bureau Co., IL, daughter of AARON MARSHALL and SUSAN MATLOCK.


        Children of JOHN MYERS and SARAH MARSHALL are:

 11.              i.    KATE ANN4 MYERS, b. September 03, 1864, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; d. September 23, 1949, Tampico, IL.

 12.             ii.    LILLIE BELLE MYERS, b. June 02, 1867, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; d. June 13, 1944, Washington.

 13.            iii.    ELBA RHINEHART MYERS, b. October 28, 1869, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; d. January 05, 1909, Dewey, Washington Co., OK.

 14.            iv.    SUSAN PRUELLA MYERS, b. August 08, 1875, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL; d. January 22, 1954, Fairfield Twp., Bureau Co., IL.



Generation No. 3


 5. SARAH4 HACKET (ELIZABETH3 MYERS, JACOB2, BRUTUS1) was born November 10, 1845 in Hunterdon Co., NJ, and died October 24, 1882 in Tampico, IL. She married WILLIAM G. DIR June 30, 1861 in Bureau Co., IL.


        Children of SARAH HACKET and WILLIAM DIR are:

 15.              i.    IDA ROSETTA5 DIR, b. January 22, 1864, Tampico, IL; d. July 21, 1921, Siloam Springs, AK.

                   ii.    WILLIAM SHERMAN DIR, b. Abt. 1866, Illinois.

 


                 iii.    ROSE DIR, b. Abt. 1868, Illinois.

 


                  iv.    GRANT DIR, b. Abt. 1869, Illinois.

 


                   v.    JENNIE DIR, b. May 09, 1870, Bureau Co., IL; d. April 05, 1877, Tampico, IL.

 



 6. JOHN4 MYERS (CORNELIUS3, JACOB2, BRUTUS1) was born May 13, 1852 in Peoria, IL, and died April 21, 1929 in Brainerd, MN. He married RUTH KEWLEY June 15, 1873 in Peoria, IL.


        Children of JOHN MYERS and RUTH KEWLEY are:

                    i.    BERT5 MYERS, b. August 03, 1874, Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL; d. July 21, 1958, Iowa City, IA.

 


                   ii.    PETER MYERS, b. January 05, 1877, Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL; d. September 22, 1939, Jelling Twp., Volga City, Clayton Co., IA; m. LETA ALICE KEIHOLTZ, June 26, 1912, Volga City, Clayton Co., IA.

 


                 iii.    ELIZABETH MYERS, b. July 30, 1880, Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL; d. March 28, 1957, Hills, MN; m. JOSPEH ADOLPHUS SWEET, January 15, 1904, Lake Park, Dickinson Co., IA.

 


                  iv.    ELI MYERS, b. October 13, 1884, Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL; d. June 13, 1935, Morning Sun, Louisa Co., IA; m. MARGARET DENT, April 02, 1913, Turkey River, IA.

 


                   v.    JAMES CORNELIUS MYERS, b. April 22, 1886, Volga City, Clayton Co., IA; d. November 12, 1960, Oelwein, Fayette Co., IA; m. HARRIET V. BENTLEY, June 12, 1912, Elkader, Clayton Co., IA.

 


                  vi.    JESSIE MYERS, b. August 24, 1888, Volga City, Clayton Co., IA; d. August 09, 1970, Manchester, Delaware Co., IA; m. (1) MYRL ELLSWORTH PAGE, May 22, 1915, Elkader, Clayton Co., IA; m. (2) WALTER EVERITT, October 18, 1942, Volga City, Clayton, IA.

 


                 vii.    CLIFTON MYERS, b. May 29, 1891, Sperry Twp., Volga, Clayton Co., IA; d. November 05, 1950, Blooming Prairie, Steele Co., MN; m. EVA ROBINSON, March 19, 1913, Volga City, Clayton Co., IA.

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