Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Singree Myers and Elizabeth "Libby" Platt




Husband George Singree Myers 1

           Born: 19 Jan 1792 - Harford Co, MD 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1872 - near Van, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Georgeville Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA


         Father: Henry Meyers (1761-1849) 2
         Mother: Mary Sarah Stroble (1766-1835)


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Eleanor Burns (1796-1865) 1 - 15 Oct 1815



Wife Elizabeth "Libby" Platt

           Born: 13 Apr 1829 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1909 - the area of Salina, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried:  - Nickleville Cemetery, Nickleville, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


Children
1 M Ira M. Myers 4

           Born: 9 Oct 1866
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jessie F. Montgomery (1866-1947) 5
           Marr: 1 Mar 1887 - ? Venango Co, PA 4. (Divorced on 1 Apr 1889)
         Spouse: Susanna Sherman (Abt 1875-      )
           Marr: 3 Jan 1893 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6



General Notes: Husband - George Singree Myers


He came to Venango County, Pennsylvania, from Harford, Maryland, in 1833, and built a mill in 1835-1836. The community of Georgeville in eastern Rockland Township was named for him.

Venango Spectator:
Died: MYERS - In Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA. Aug 14, 1872, George S. Myers, aged 80 years and six months. (He was born in Maryland and settled in this area about 1834). Born Jan 19, 1792. War of 1812: Private \emdash Inf 138th P.M.

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Sources


1 Patricia Ann Hays Roberts, Generations III: My Myers and Koch Families (Aiken, SC: Self-published, 2002), Pg 148.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1001.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 34.

4 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 29.

5 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 26, 29.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2203.


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