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

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

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.