William S. MYERS & Druscilla SPRINGER & Nancy DULANEY & Clarissa Jane LISTON

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William S. MYERS
Druscilla SPRINGER
Nancy DULANEY
Clarissa Jane LISTON

Husband: William S. MYER / MYERS / MYRE / MEYERS
Birth: 30 May 1826, Allegany Co., MD
Death: 1860-70
Occupation: blacksmith
Father: Peter D. MYER/MYERS
Mother: Nancy Ann PRICE

Marriage-1:

Wife-1: Druscilla / Drusilla SPRINGER
Birth: ca. 1 Aug 1828, VA
Death (31y 4m 5d): 6 Dec 1859
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Uriah SPRINGER, b. 1795/6, VA
Mother: Lydia McDANIEL, b. 1799/1800, PA

Marriage-2: 31 May 1860, Wetzel Co., VA [now WV]

Wife-2: Nancy DELANEY / DULANEY
Birth: 1835/6, Tyler Co., VA
Death: ca. 1866
Occupation: homemaker
Father: John DELANEY (1800-1867)
Mother: Nancy HARDIN / HARDEN (1804-1878)

Marriage-3: 2 Apr 1867, Wetzel Co., WV

Wife-3: Clarissa Jane LISTON / LISTEN
Birth: 1840/1, VA
Other Spouses said to be: m2. 1 Jan 1873, Wetzel Co., WV, Lemuel POSTLEWAIT; m3. Jeremiah H. KING (1824/5- ); m4. William Eldridge McCUMBERS (1855- )
Other Children: Jeremiah H. KING, b. 25 Dec 1874, Wetzel Co., WV; d. 13 Jan 1923
Father: William LISTON, b. 1805/6, VA
Mother: Lydia __?__, b. 1823/4, VA

Clarissa's marital history needs work, but as she is not my main interest, I'll leave this chore for others.

Child with Druscilla SPRINGER — born in Wetzel Co., WV:

1. William O. MYERS, b. Oct 1859

Why no children born before William? Is he the only survivor?

Children with Nancy DULANEY — born in Wetzel Co., WV:

2. Thornton MEYERS, b. 1860/1
3. Thomas A. M. MEYERS, b. 1863/4
4. Virginia Bell MYERS, b. 1864/5
5. Ida A. MYERS, b. Aug 1866

Children with Clarissa Jane LISTON — born in Wetzel Co., WV:

6. Mary C. MYERS, b. Jul 1868
7. Oscar N. MYERS, b. 30 Mar 1872; d. 3 Jun 1937

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Sources:

1a. Virginia Marriages, 1851-1900 (online at Ancestry.com):

William MYERS Nancy DULANY 31 MAY 1860 Wetzel Co.

1b. West Virginia Marriages, 1863-1900 (online at Ancestry.com):

William MYERS Jane LISTON 2 Apr 1867 Wetzel Co.

Lemuel POSTLETHWAIT Jane MYRE 1 Jan 1873 Wetzel Co.

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 99): District 64, Wetzel Co., VA, Roll M432_981, p. 13A, 174/174, enumerated 24 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

William Myre 24 M Blacksmith Md

Drusilla " 22 F Va

Also in Wetzel County (p. 15A) are Drusilla's parents, Uriah SPRINGER (æ 54, b. VA) and his wife Lydia (æ 50, b. PA) (p. 15A); and (on p. 24A) is Nancy DELANY (æ 14, b. VA), living with her parents, John DELANY (æ 50, b. VA) and Nancy (æ 46, b. VA). Can't find Clarissa or her parents.

3a. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #47 of 169): Pinegrove P.O., Wetzel Co., VA [now WV], Roll M653_1384, p. 47, PN 47, 321/322, enumerated 20 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

William Myers 34 M Blacksmith 225 400 Md

Nancy " 24 F Va

William O " 7/12 M "

Matilda Wyatt? 9 F "

William and Nancy had only been married one day on the official enumeration day, so Nancy must not be William's mother. Listed three households from our subject's parents, Peter D. & Nancy (PRICE) MYER (q.v.). Also in Wetzel County is Clarisa J. LISTON (æ 19, b. VA), living with her parents, William LISTON (æ 54, b. VA) and Lydia (æ 36, b. VA).

4a. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 26): Pine Grove P.O., Grant Twp., Wetzel Co., WV, Roll M593_1701, p. 165A, PN 1, 2/2, enumerated 15 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Meyers William 44 M W Blacksmith 200 100 MD

______ Clarissa 26 F W Keeping House Va

______ Thornton 9 M W "

______ Thomas A M 6 M W West Va

______ Ida A 4 F W "

______ Mary C 2 F W "

4b. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 22): West Union P.O., Central Twp., Doddridge Co., WV, Roll M593_1686, p. 7A, PN 13, 87/84, enumerated 29 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Myer Peter 67 M W Blacksmith 25 Maryland

____ Nancy 66 F W Keeping house Virginia

____ Mary C 26 F W At home Virginia

____ Thos P W 24 M W Blacksmith 400 Virginia

____ Wm O 11 M W Virginia

____ Virginia B 6 F W West Virginia

5a. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 71): Grant Dist., Jackson Co., WV, Roll T9_1404, p. 524C, PN 31, SD 2, ED 46, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

264 265 Myer Peter W M 77 / Blacksmith Md At Ocean

____ Nancy W F 77 Wife / Keeping House WVa WVa WVa

____ Mary C? W F 35 Dau / No occupation WVa Md WVa

____ Wm O W M 20 GSon / Laborer WVa Md WVa

____ Thos A M W M 16 GSon / at home 4 WVa Md WVa

____ Virginia W F 15 GDau / No occupation 4 WVa Md WVa

5b. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 4): Washington District, Calhoun Co., WV, Roll T9_1401 (Book 1), p. 212D, PN 4, SD 1, ED 142, enumerated 12 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 13 21 22 23 24 25 26

22 22 Postelwait Jane W F 39 D Keeping house / / WV WV WV

Myre Ida A W F 13 Dau / At home / / OH WV WV

____ Mary C W F 11 Dau / At home / / WV WV WV

____ Oscar M W M 9 Son / / WV WV WV

King Jery H W M 5 Son / WV WV WV

Unless Ida was not born in Aug 1866 and she was not age 4 in the 1870 census, she has to be Jane's step-daughter, not her daughter. Listed next to Jane's apparent ex-husband, Jery H. KING (æ 55, b. WV) who is married to a 29-yr-old wife and has a four-yr-old child. Why did Jane go back to using her second husband's surname? Was that part of the divorce settlement from KING? It's a bit unkind to her son, Jerry, who must have had to grow up perpetually explaining why his mother wasn't "Mrs. KING."

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.

Name Deathdate Age at Death Result

Drusilla Springer 6 Dec 1859 5d 4m 31y 1 Aug 1828

(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

8. The Springer Family in Northern West Virginia: Druscilla Springer (online at members.aol.com/GLKS/page12.html).

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). A file there has William born in Washington Co., MD; another gives William two middle initials, both "S"; several others show children of William & Nancy to be Sanford, Thomas A., McClellan, and Virginia Bell.

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