Logan County, Tazewell County and Mason County, Illinois Genealogy

Amy Merstetter¹

d. 1981

Father: Frank S. Merstetter¹

Graduation*: Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Kansas¹
Name-Married: Amy Wood¹
Marriage*: 27 June 1917; Principal=Charles Brown Wood¹
Death*: 1981¹

Last Edited: 6 Feb 2017

Family: Charles Brown Wood b. 20 Nov 1885, d. 1968

Citations

[S39] Delavan History Book Committee, Delavan, Illinois: 1837-1987 (Delavan, Illinois: Delavan History Book Committee, 1987), p. 359.

Frank S. Merstetter¹

Residence*: Kansas City, Kansas¹

Last Edited: 6 Feb 2017

Family:

Amy Merstetter+¹ d. 1981

Citations

[S39] Delavan History Book Committee, Delavan, Illinois: 1837-1987 (Delavan, Illinois: Delavan History Book Committee, 1987), p. 359.

Una W. Metcalf^1,2

b. 14 June 1875, d. 9 April 1933

Name-Married: Una Denny¹
Birth*: 14 June 1875; Kentucky^1,2
Marriage*: between 1887 and 1888; Principal=Daniel B. Denny¹
Residence*: 1930; Minier, Tazewell Co., Illinois¹
Death*: 9 April 1933²
Burial*: Minier Cemetery, Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois²

Last Edited: 5 Nov 2014

Family: Daniel B. Denny b. 1862, d. 26 Aug 1950

Citations

[S3] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1930". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2002.
[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Una W. Metcalf Denny.

Frank T. Metelko¹

b. 2 April 1911, d. 30 July 1981

Birth*: 2 April 1911; Illinois^2,3
Marriage*: 24 June 1939; Principal=Nancy Katherine Allen¹
Occupation*: 1940; Retail Receiving Clerk²
Residence*: 1940; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois²
Death*: 30 July 1981; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois^1,3

Last Edited: 19 Jun 2013

Family: Nancy Katherine Allen b. 7 May 1916, d. 10 Jan 2007

Citations

[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Nancy Metelko - 11 January 2007.
[S74] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2012.
[S23] Social Security Administration. "Social Security Death Index ". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011.

Aldine Elizabeth Metz¹

b. 2 March 1919, d. 17 January 2009

Father: Fred Metz¹ b. 1886, d. 1955
Mother: Mary Koch¹ b. 1881, d. 1930

Name-Married: Aldine Elizabeth Bachman¹
Birth*: 2 March 1919; Forrest, Livingston Co., Illinois¹
Marriage*: 14 August 1938; Washington, Illinois; Principal=David R. Bachman²
Death*: 17 January 2009; Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois¹
Burial*: Mennonite Cemetery, Hopedale Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois¹

Last Edited: 26 Oct 2015

Family: David R. Bachman b. 3 Feb 1914, d. 13 Jun 1996

Citations

[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Aldine Elizabeth Metz Bachman.
[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, David R. Bachman.

Fred Metz¹

b. 1886, d. 1955

Marriage*: Principal=Mary Koch¹
Birth*: 1886¹
Death*: 1955¹

Last Edited: 21 Jul 2015

Family: Mary Koch b. 1881, d. 1930

Ralph F. Metz¹ b. 1914, d. 1998
Aldine Elizabeth Metz+¹ b. 2 Mar 1919, d. 17 Jan 2009
Ray Metz¹ b. 1920, d. 2002

Citations

[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Aldine Elizabeth Metz Bachman.

Ralph F. Metz¹

b. 1914, d. 1998

Father: Fred Metz¹ b. 1886, d. 1955
Mother: Mary Koch¹ b. 1881, d. 1930

Birth*: 1914¹
Death*: 1998¹

Last Edited: 21 Jul 2015

Citations

[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Aldine Elizabeth Metz Bachman.

Ray Metz¹

b. 1920, d. 2002

Father: Fred Metz¹ b. 1886, d. 1955
Mother: Mary Koch¹ b. 1881, d. 1930

Birth*: 1920¹
Death*: 2002¹

Last Edited: 21 Jul 2015

Citations

[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Aldine Elizabeth Metz Bachman.

Adam Christopher Metzger¹

b. 5 September 1899

Father: Charles Frederick Metzger¹ d. c 1909

Birth*: 5 September 1899; near Pana, Illinois¹
Graduation*: Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State Normal University, University of Iowa¹
Marriage*: 22 August 1928; Bloomington, Illinois; Principal=Helen Lucile Blair¹
Occupation*: between 1937 and 1969; High School Science and Mathematics Teacher at Lexington, Chenoa, Cropsey, Delavan (1944) and Hopedale, Illinois¹

Last Edited: 5 Nov 2016

Family: Helen Lucile Blair b. 6 Mar 1905

Citations

[S39] Delavan History Book Committee, Delavan, Illinois: 1837-1987 (Delavan, Illinois: Delavan History Book Committee, 1987), p. 291.

Adam Phillip Metzger¹

b. 28 July 1832, d. 17 January 1901

Birth*: 28 July 1832; Nellingen, Landkreis Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany¹
Marriage*: 22 May 1853; New York; Principal=Johanna Elizabeth Agner¹
Death*: 17 January 1901; Shelby Co., Illinois¹

Last Edited: 5 Nov 2016

Family: Johanna Elizabeth Agner b. 2 Oct 1832, d. 22 Jan 1913

Charles Frederick Metzger+¹ d. c 1909

Citations

[S39] Delavan History Book Committee, Delavan, Illinois: 1837-1987 (Delavan, Illinois: Delavan History Book Committee, 1987), p. 291.

Charles Frederick Metzger¹

d. circa 1909

Father: Adam Phillip Metzger¹ b. 28 Jul 1832, d. 17 Jan 1901
Mother: Johanna Elizabeth Agner¹ b. 2 Oct 1832, d. 22 Jan 1913

Birth*: New York¹
Occupation*: Farmer near Pana, Illinois¹
Death*: circa 1909¹

Last Edited: 5 Nov 2016

Family:

Adam Christopher Metzger¹ b. 5 Sep 1899

Citations

[S39] Delavan History Book Committee, Delavan, Illinois: 1837-1987 (Delavan, Illinois: Delavan History Book Committee, 1987), p. 291.

? Meyer¹

Father: Edward Isaac "Ike" Meyers¹ b. 30 Aug 1886, d. 15 Dec 1960
Mother: Gertrude Adams¹ b. 15 Jan 1886, d. 23 Nov 1970

Birth*:
Death*: Died in Infancy¹

Last Edited: 28 Jul 2013

Citations

[S14] News Article, The Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Obituary of Dorothy Irene Verban - 10 December 1994.

? Meyer¹

b. circa 1904, d. circa 1905

Father: Oran Henry (Arend Hinderks) Meyer² b. 4 Aug 1877, d. 15 Feb 1934
Mother: Orilla Marie Fisher² b. 21 Feb 1875, d. 28 Mar 1905

Burial*: Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois³
Birth*: circa 1904
Death*: circa 1905; Died in Infancy

Last Edited: 12 Dec 2013

Citations

[S29] William R. Detmers, Hartsburg Union Cemetery (Lincoln, Illinois: Logan Co. Genealogical & Historical Society, 2007), p. 26.
[S32] Ancestry.com. "Ancestry.com Public Member Trees". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah.
[S29] William R. Detmers, Hartsburg Union Cemetery (Lincoln, Illinois: Logan Co. Genealogical & Historical Society, 2007), p. 15.

Albert Hinderks Meyer^1,2

b. 24 March 1848, d. 7 January 1929

Father: George (Geerd Harms) Meyer¹ b. 9 Mar 1807, d. 9 Sep 1891
Mother: Gertruid Magdalena Hinderks¹ b. 25 Feb 1814, d. 25 May 1903

Birth*: 24 March 1848; Pilsum, Landkreis Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany^1,3,4
Baptism: 9 April 1848; Evangelisch Kirche, Pewsum, Landkreis Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany⁴
Immigration*: 10 May 1867; Departed Bremen, Germany aboard the "Albert" arriving at New York City 10 May 1867 and settling in Peoria, Illinois⁵
Occupation*: between 1870 and 1900; Farmer^1,6,7
Residence: 1870; Sheridan Twp., Logan Co., Illinois¹
Marriage*: 12 March 1880; Burtonview, Logan Co., Illinois; Principal=Christina Louise Johanna Sank^3,7,8
Residence: 1880; Sheridan Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁶
Residence: 1900; West Lincoln Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁷
Residence*: 1903; Logan Co., Illinois⁹
Residence: 1910; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois¹⁰
Residence: 1920; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois¹¹
Death*: 7 January 1929; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois³
Obituary: 8 January 1929; Bloomington Pantagraph¹²
Burial*: 9 January 1929; Old Union Cemetery, West Lincoln Twp., Logan Co., Illinois³

Last Edited: 7 Oct 2019

Family: Christina Louise Johanna Sank b. Feb 1858, d. 3 Apr 1931

Anna Maria Louise Meyer+³ b. 27 Nov 1881, d. 23 Aug 1943
Maria Wilhelmina Albertina "Minnie" Meyer+⁷ b. 28 Feb 1886, d. 7 Aug 1958

Citations

[S12] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1870". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2009.
[S32] Ancestry.com. "Ancestry.com Public Member Trees". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah.
[S10] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index: 1916 - 1947". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011.
[S157] Ancestry.com. "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages and Burials: 1519-1969". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2016.
[S36] Ira A. Glazier & P. William Filby, editors, Germans to America (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1991), Vol. 19, p. 119.
[S6] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1880". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.
[S7] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1900". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2004.
[S35] Illinois State Archives. "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763-1900". Database. Illinois Secretary of State.
[S61] [Anonymous], Past and Present of Piatt County, Illinois (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903), p. 463.
[S5] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1910". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2006.
[S4] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.
[S14] News Article, The Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Obituary of Albert Meyer - 8 January 1929.

Alfred Meyer¹

b. May 1899

Father: Franklin R. Meyer¹ b. 23 Aug 1873, d. 16 Aug 1954
Mother: Elnora Kief¹ b. 7 Jun 1878, d. 4 Apr 1975

Name-Variation: Eggie A. Meyer²
Birth*: May 1899; Illinois²
Residence: 1900; Pekin, Tazewell Co., Illinois²
Residence: 1910; Delavan Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois³
Occupation*: 1920; Farmhand⁴
Residence*: 1920; Sand Prairie Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois⁴

Last Edited: 26 Jun 2015

Citations

[S1] Hartsburg Centennial Book Committee, Hartsburg, Illinois - Yesterday and Today: 1871-1971 (Hartsburg, Illinois: Hartsburg Centennial Book Committee, 1971), p. 91.
[S7] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1900". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2004.
[S5] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1910". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2006.
[S4] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.

Anna Maria Louise Meyer^1,2

b. 27 November 1881, d. 23 August 1943

Father: Albert Hinderks Meyer¹ b. 24 Mar 1848, d. 7 Jan 1929
Mother: Christina Louise Johanna Sank¹ b. Feb 1858, d. 3 Apr 1931

Name-Married: Anna Behrens
Birth*: 27 November 1881; near New Holland, Logan Co., Illinois^1,2
Marriage*: 26 October 1899; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois; Principal=Carl August Behrens^1,3,4
Residence: 1900; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁵
Residence*: 1910; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁶
Residence: 1920; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁷
Residence: 1930; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁸
Residence: 1940; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁹
Death*: 23 August 1943; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois^1,2
Obituary: 25 August 1943; Bloomington Pantagraph²
Burial*: 26 August 1943; Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois^1,2

Last Edited: 7 Oct 2019

Family: Carl August Behrens b. 19 Aug 1873, d. 31 Jan 1953

Wilhelm Ernst August Behrens¹⁰ b. 11 Sep 1903, d. 20 Aug 1905
Carl Walter Albert Behrens³ b. 27 Jul 1906, d. 24 Oct 1941
Marie Christina Louise Behrens+^3,11 b. 9 Oct 1908, d. 25 May 1985
Walter Edward Albert Behrens³ b. 15 May 1913, d. 10 Dec 1940
Louise Behrens+³ b. 1916, d. 1949

Citations

[S10] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index: 1916 - 1947". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011.
[S14] News Article, The Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Obituary of Anna Behrens - 25 August 1943.
[S1] Hartsburg Centennial Book Committee, Hartsburg, Illinois - Yesterday and Today: 1871-1971 (Hartsburg, Illinois: Hartsburg Centennial Book Committee, 1971), p. 76.
[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, Immanuel, Lincoln, p. 311.
[S7] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1900". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2004.
[S5] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1910". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2006.
[S4] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.
[S3] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1930". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2002.
[S74] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2012.
[S29] William R. Detmers, Hartsburg Union Cemetery (Lincoln, Illinois: Logan Co. Genealogical & Historical Society, 2007), p. 25.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Marie Jeckel - 28 May 1985.

Berentje Hermina Meyer¹

b. 13 January 1900, d. 7 April 1901

Birth*: 13 January 1900²
Baptism: 25 April 1900; Zion Methodist Church, Emden and Hartsburg, Logan Co., Illinois¹
Death*: 7 April 1901²
Burial*: 10 April 1901; Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois²

Last Edited: 8 Aug 2016

Citations

[S137] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Methodist Church Vital Records: 1824-2009". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2014, Zion, Emden & Hartsburg, p. 148.
[S96] Ruth Boyken and Hans-Georg Boyken, Wo sind sie geblieben? - Ostfriesen in Amerika (Where did they stay? - East Frisians in America) (Titonka, Iowa: Boyken & Boyken Partners, 1998), 12 - 1901.

Bertha H. Meyer¹

b. 1902, d. 1989

Name-Married: Bertha Lowman²
Marriage*: Principal=George Herbert Lowman³
Birth*: 1902¹
Residence*: 1972; Lawndale, Logan Co., Illinois²
Death*: 1989¹

Last Edited: 10 Dec 2018

Family: George Herbert Lowman b. 1894, d. 1983

Dale Emery Lowman³ b. 29 Mar 1931, d. 9 Oct 2018

Citations

[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Dale Emery Lowman.
[S14] News Article, The Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Obituary of Martha Coers - 22 April 1972.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Dale Lowman - 17 October 2018.

Betty L. Meyer^1,2

b. 29 October 1932, d. 28 October 2009

Father: Henry Oran Meyer¹ b. 9 Mar 1905, d. 15 Aug 1968
Mother: Elsie Isabell Logsdon¹ b. 1913, d. 21 Dec 1951

Name-Married: Betty L. Knollenberg³
Birth*: 29 October 1932; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois^1,2,4
Residence*: 1940; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois¹
Employer*: Eaton Corp.; Avery & Comstock⁴
Death*: 28 October 2009; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois^2,4
Obituary: 10 November 2009; Lincoln Courier³

Last Edited: 23 Sep 2019

Citations

[S74] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2012.
[S23] Social Security Administration. "Social Security Death Index ". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Betty Knollenberg - 10 November 2009.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Betty L. Knollenberg - 10 November 2009.

Caroline (Christine Rosine) Meyer^1,2,3

b. 30 March 1850, d. 10 June 1935

Name-Married: Caroline Kohl¹
Name-Married: Christina Kohl⁴
Birth*: 30 March 1850; Württemberg, Germany⁵
Marriage*: 30 October 1884; Logan Co., Illinois; Principal=Peter Kohl^1,6,7
Residence*: 1920; Sheridan Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁴
Residence: 1930; Sheridan Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁸
Death*: 10 June 1935; Sheridan Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁵
Burial*: 13 June 1935; Union Cemetery, West Lincoln Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁵

Last Edited: 24 May 2018

Family: Peter Kohl b. 29 Mar 1852, d. 21 Apr 1908

Anna Kohl+⁴ b. 12 Sep 1885, d. May 1982
Karoline Kohl+⁹ b. Dec 1886, d. 18 Dec 1919
Wilhelm Kohl+¹⁰ b. 28 Jan 1889
Peter Kohl¹¹ b. 20 Feb 1891, d. 20 Apr 1982
Louise Christiana Kohl⁴ b. 15 Sep 1892

Citations

[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, St. Peter's, Emden, p. 71.
[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, St. Peter's, Emden, p. 93.
[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, Immanuel, Lincoln, p. 314.
[S4] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.
[S10] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index: 1916 - 1947". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011, Christiane Rosine Kohl.
[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, Immanuel, Lincoln, p. 348.
[S35] Illinois State Archives. "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: 1763-1900". Database. Illinois Secretary of State.
[S3] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1930". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2002.
[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, St. Peter's Emden, p. 74.
[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, St. Peter's, Emden, p. 82.
[S145] Ancestry.com. "Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records: 1875-1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2015, St. Peter's, Emden, p. 86.

Catherine Meyer¹

Marriage*: Principal=Henry Diers¹
Birth*: Germany¹
Name-Married: Catherine Diers¹

Last Edited: 1 Aug 2019

Family: Henry Diers

Henry Diers¹ b. 12 Mar 1846, d. 22 Feb 1921
John H. Diers+² b. 14 Jun 1848, d. 7 Feb 1927

Citations

[S10] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index: 1916 - 1947". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011, Henry Diers.
[S10] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index: 1916 - 1947". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011, John H. Diers.

Dewey L. Meyer^1,2

b. 24 September 1898, d. 11 October 1981

Father: Lewis H. Meyer¹ b. 24 Jan 1868, d. 1 May 1948
Mother: Dena Lubbers¹ b. 2 Nov 1873, d. 19 Feb 1947

Birth*: 24 September 1898; Piatt Co., Illinois^1,3,2
Death*: 11 October 1981²
Burial*: Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, Piatt Co., Illinois²

Last Edited: 27 Dec 2014

Citations

[S7] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1900". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2004.
[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Dewey L. Meyer.
[S17] United States Selective Service System. "World War I Draft Registration Cards: 1917-1918". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2005.

Doloris I. Meyer^1,2

b. 3 January 1908, d. 15 October 1992

Father: Oran Henry (Arend Hinderks) Meyer¹ b. 4 Aug 1877, d. 15 Feb 1934
Mother: Mary Jane "Jennie" Hite¹ b. 1879, d. 23 Sep 1954

Name-Married: Doloris Cunningham²
Name-Married: Dolores I. Barry³
Birth*: 3 January 1908; Hartsburg, Logan Co., Illinois^4,5
Residence*: 1910; West Lincoln Twp., Logan Co., Illinois¹
Residence: 1920; West Lincoln Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁶
Marriage*: 17 July 1923; Principal=George Matthew "Slick" Barry^3,7
Residence: 1930; Emden, Logan Co., Illinois⁸
Divorce*: Principal=George Matthew "Slick" Barry³
Occupation*: between 1949 and 1977; Business Manager and Head of the Student Union at the University of Arkansas⁵
Marriage*: Principal=Irwin (Irvin) Melvin Cunningham²
Religion*: Member of the United Methodist Church at Hartsburg⁵
Death*: 15 October 1992; Hartsburg, Logan Co., Illinois; Died at Lincoln^4,5
Obituary: 16 October 1992; Lincoln Courier⁵
Burial*: 17 October 1992; Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁵

Last Edited: 23 Sep 2019

Family 1: George Matthew "Slick" Barry b. 10 May 1902, d. 3 Apr 1966

George Weldon Barry+³ b. 5 Feb 1924, d. 31 Mar 2010
Marvin Ellsworth Barry+³ b. 10 Jun 1926, d. 19 Apr 1997

Family 2: Irwin (Irvin) Melvin Cunningham b. 11 Jun 1905, d. 27 Feb 1977

Citations

[S5] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1910". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2006.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Marvin Barry - 21 April 1997.
[S1] Hartsburg Centennial Book Committee, Hartsburg, Illinois - Yesterday and Today: 1871-1971 (Hartsburg, Illinois: Hartsburg Centennial Book Committee, 1971), p. 72.
[S23] Social Security Administration. "Social Security Death Index ". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Doloris Cunningham - 16 October 1992.
[S4] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of George Barry - 4 April 1966.
[S3] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1930". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2002.

Donna L. Meyer^1,2

b. 20 November 1931, d. 10 October 2018

Name-Married: Donna Woodrow¹
Birth*: 20 November 1931; Pekin, Tazewell Co., Illinois²
Notes*: Daughter of Harold and Eva Staley Meyer²
Residence*: 1940; Manito, Mason Co., Illinois³
Graduation*: 1949; Manito High School, Manito, Mason Co., Illinois²
Marriage*: 20 May 1951; Manito, Mason Co., Illinois; Principal=James Merle Woodrow^1,4
Religion*: Member of the Presbyterian Church at Green Valley²
Death*: 10 October 2018; Green Valley, Tazewell Co., Illinois²
Obituary: 13 October 2018; Pekin Times²
Burial*: 16 October 2018; Green Valley Cemetery, Sand Prairie Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois²

Last Edited: 2 Jul 2019

Family: James Merle Woodrow b. 20 Oct 1925, d. 30 Jul 2016

Citations

[S114] Green Valley Centennial Association, Green Valley, Illinois: 1872-1972 (Green Valley, Illinois: Green Valley Centennial Association, 1972), p. 61.
[S26] News Article, The Pekin Times, Pekin, Illinois, Obituary of Donna Woodrow - 13 October 2018.
[S74] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2012.
[S57] News Article, The Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois, Obituary of Merle Woodrow - 31 July 2016.

Dorothy Irene Meyer^1,2,3

b. 15 March 1912, d. 9 December 1994

Father: Edward Isaac "Ike" Meyers¹ b. 30 Aug 1886, d. 15 Dec 1960
Mother: Gertrude Adams² b. 15 Jan 1886, d. 23 Nov 1970

Name-Married: Dorothy Verban
Birth*: 15 March 1912; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois^2,3,4
Residence: 1920; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois²
Residence: 1930; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois⁵
Graduation*: 1930; Lincoln High School, Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois³
Education*: Cook Co. School of Nursing; Lincoln State School and Colony School of Nursing³
Graduation: February 1934; Degree in Surgical Nursing³
Marriage*: 2 June 1934; Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois; Principal=Steve J. Verban^1,3
Occupation*: 1940; Nurse⁶
Residence: 1940; Taylorville, Christian Co., Missouri⁶
Employer*: between 1946 and 1972; Lincoln State School and Colony, Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois³
Residence*: 1959; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois⁷
Retirement*: 1972; Assistant Chief Nurse at the Lincoln State School and Colony, Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois³
Notes*: between 1979 and 1984; Board of Directors of St. Clara's Manor, Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois³
Notes: between 1980 and 1981; Chairwoman of the Home Economics Extension Council of Logan Co.³
Religion*: Member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois; First Female Elder³
Death*: 9 December 1994; Midland, Midland Co., Michigan; Died at Dublin Manor, Midland, Michigan^3,4
Obituary: 12 December 1994; Lincoln Courier⁸
Burial*: 13 December 1994; St. Mary's Cemetery, Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois³

Last Edited: 23 May 2018

Family: Steve J. Verban b. 25 Jan 1912, d. 16 Jun 1986

Citations

[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Golden Wedding Celebration of Mr & Mrs. E. I. Meyer - Unidentified Date.
[S4] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.
[S14] News Article, The Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Obituary of Dorothy Irene Verban - 10 December 1994.
[S23] Social Security Administration. "Social Security Death Index ". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011.
[S3] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1930". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2002.
[S74] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2012.
[S43] Ancestry.com. "U.S. City Directories: 1821-1989". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Dorothy Verban - 12 December 1994.

Ebina Meyer¹

Birth*: Germany²
Name-Married: Ebina Buhs¹
Marriage*: Principal=Tjark Buhs¹

Last Edited: 5 Oct 2016

Family: Tjark Buhs

John Buhs² b. 14 Feb 1879, d. 18 Oct 1937
Gretus Ebinus Buhs³ b. 31 Dec 1883
Tjark Simons Buhs⁴ b. 19 Mar 1886
Margaretha Gelina Dorothina Buhs⁵ b. 17 Jul 1889
Egge Dorotheus Buhs⁶ b. 14 Jan 1891

Citations

[S137] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Methodist Church Vital Records: 1824-2009". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2014, Hartsburg, p. 135.
[S10] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index: 1916 - 1947". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2011, John Buhs.
[S137] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Methodist Church Vital Records: 1824-2009". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2014, Hartsburg, p. 134.
[S137] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Methodist Church Vital Records: 1824-2009". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2014, Zion, Emden & Hartsburg, p. 136.
[S137] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Methodist Church Vital Records: 1824-2009". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2014, Zion, Emden & Hartsburg, p. 138.
[S137] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Methodist Church Vital Records: 1824-2009". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2014, Zion, Emden & Hartsburg, p. 140.

Egge Meyer¹

Residence*: near Green Valley, Tazewell Co., Illinois¹
Marriage*: Principal=Diertje Jibben¹

Last Edited: 23 Sep 2017

Family: Diertje Jibben b. c 1854

Citations

[S114] Green Valley Centennial Association, Green Valley, Illinois: 1872-1972 (Green Valley, Illinois: Green Valley Centennial Association, 1972), p. 80.

Elizabeth Geerds Meyer¹

b. 28 October 1854, d. 1856

Father: George (Geerd Harms) Meyer² b. 9 Mar 1807, d. 9 Sep 1891
Mother: Gertruid Magdalena Hinderks² b. 25 Feb 1814, d. 25 May 1903

Birth*: 28 October 1854; Germany¹
Baptism: 5 November 1854; Evangelisch Kirche, Pewsum, Landkreis Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany¹
Death*: 1856; Germany²

Last Edited: 12 Feb 2018

Citations

[S157] Ancestry.com. "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages and Burials: 1519-1969". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2016.
[S32] Ancestry.com. "Ancestry.com Public Member Trees". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah.

Elmond Robert "Pick" Meyer^1,2,3

b. 27 September 1916, d. 5 December 2014

Father: Herman Tonjes Meyer¹ b. 1 Jan 1884, d. 4 Mar 1957
Mother: Caroline Katherine Buchholz¹ b. 17 Sep 1883, d. 28 Sep 1971

Birth*: 27 September 1916; Hartsburg, Logan Co., Illinois⁴
Residence: 1920; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁵
Residence: 1930; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁶
Residence: 1940; Orvil Twp., Logan Co., Illinois⁷
Military Service*: between 1941 and 1945; U.S. Army Veteran of WW II; Served with Troop G, 112th Cavalty. Wounded in Action in the Pacific Theater. Awarded the Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars, the American Defense Medal, the WW II Medal and five Overseas Service Bars.⁸
Marriage*: 24 February 1945; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois; Principal=Mabel Lillian Campbell⁹
Residence*: 1957; New Holland, Logan Co., Illinois¹
Widowed*: 1 October 1990⁴
Marriage*: 5 July 1991; Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois; Principal=Mary "Jackie" Armstrong⁴
Occupation*: Farmer, near New Holland, Logan Co., Illinois⁴
Death*: 5 December 2014; New Holland, Logan Co., Illinois; Died at Lincoln⁴
Obituary: 9 December 2014; Lincoln Courier⁴
Burial*: 11 December 2014; Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois⁴

Last Edited: 6 Oct 2019

Family 1: Mabel Lillian Campbell b. 28 Mar 1921, d. 1 Oct 1990

Family 2: Mary "Jackie" Armstrong b. 30 Jul 1942, d. 13 Mar 2016

Citations

[S37] News Article, Miscellaneous Newspapers, Obituary of Herman T. Meyer - Unidentified Newspaper - Unidentified Date.
[S37] News Article, Miscellaneous Newspapers, Obituary of Mabel M. Brandt - Springfield (Illinois) State Journal-Register - 21 November 2003.
[S14] News Article, The Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, News Article - 11 June 1941.
[S16] News Article, The Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois, Obituary of Elmond Meyer - 9 December 2014.
[S4] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2010.
[S3] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1930". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2002.
[S74] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1940". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2012.
[S50] Logan Co. Genealogical & Historical Society, This Is My Story - Veterans of Logan Co., Illinois, Vol. 2 (Lincoln, Illinois: Logan Co. Genealogical & Historical Society, unknown publish date), p. 234.
[S14] News Article, The Bloomington Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Obituary of Mabel L. Meyer - 2 October 1990.

Emma Jane Meyer^1,2,3

b. 1871, d. 1918

Name-Married: Emma J. Deverman¹
Birth*: 1871³
Birth (alt): October 1881; Illinois¹
Marriage*: 9 August 1894; Logan Co., Illinois; Principal=Adolph Gerhard Deverman^1,2
Residence*: 1900; Eminence Twp., Logan Co., Illinois¹
Death*: 1918³
Burial*: Old Union Cemetery, West Lincoln Twp., Logan Co., Illinois³

Last Edited: 19 Aug 2017

Family: Adolph Gerhard Deverman b. 20 Mar 1873, d. 1959

Betty Lucile Deverman¹ b. 1898, d. 1991

Citations

[S7] Ancestry.com. "United States Federal Census: 1900". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2004.
[S72] Ancestry.com. "Illinois Marriages: 1851-1920". Database. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, Utah: 2005.
[S19] "Find A Grave". Database. FindAGrave.com, Emma Jane Deverman.