1920 Census, PA, Columbia Co., Greenwood twp, ED #31, image 21 of 21 shows Robert M. Eyer, owned, age 66, born PA, laborer, railroad, Sarah A. age 60, born Wales, parents born Wales.
These marriage records were extracted from the "Columbia Democrat" by WPA Project 5175. The "Columbia Democrat" was a newspaper that began in 1837. It covers what we now know as Columbia and Montour Counties.
29 Nov Robert Eyer (Eyers Grove) Sarah Samuels (Bloomsburg)
Record from Doneva Shepard shows Census 1850 Madison twp, Montour Co., PA, 1880 Madison twp, Columbia Co., PA, 1880 living with son John.
JACOB E. WELLIVER, merchant, Eyer's Grove, was born in Madison Township, August 1, 1836, son of John and Anna (EYER) WELLIVER. John WELLIVER was born about the year 1801, a son of William WELLIVER, who came from New Jersey and settled in Madison Township at an early day. Several children were born to William WELLIVER, among whom was John, the father of our subject, and who was reared in Madison Township; he married Anna, daughter of Ludwig EYER, by whom he had seven children: James, Uriah, Catharine, Jacob E., Jeremiah, Elizabeth and John. Jacob E. was reared in Jerseytown, and when a young man clerked for several years in different localities, came to this place in 1874, and succeeded William EYER in the merchandise business, and has since carried on a general store. He has had charge of the postoffice several years, and has been postmaster since 1881. He was married to Almira, daughter of Philip and Rachel (DYE) COTTNER. They have five children: William, Loyd, Clyde, Irene and Jay.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 482)
