Occupation when Lewis Schults was born was farrier. Age 25.
birth certificate for child Lewis shows Jennie was age 28 when she had him
JAMES K. EYER, merchant, Bloomsburg, was born in Madison Township, a son of Philip P. EYER, who was a son of Ludwig EYER. Ludwig was a dyer by trade and owned the land and laid out the town of Oyertown, now Bloomsburg, his dyeing shop, being located near the bridge leading to Hemlock. He later brought a farm near Black Run, where he also had a saw-mill and there resided until his death. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and donated the land where the First Lutheran and German Reformed Churches were built; his son, Jacob, donated the land for the present Lutheran Church on Market Street. Philip P. EYER was a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade, a business he carried on many years at Black Run. He died in Bloomsburg in 1883, at the age of ninety-two years. His wife, Catharine KENNEY, died at Bloomsburg and she and her husband are both buried in Rosemont Cemetery. They had ten children--five sons: James K., John A., Andrew J., F. Philip and Jacob (all deceased except J. K. and F. P.), and five daughters: Sarah A., married D. WILSON; Rebecca, married Dr. WILLITS; Catharine, married William PURSEL; Mary, died single, and Martha, wife of Amos OHLE. James K. EYER was reared on a farm and in 1862 or 1863 came to Bloomsburg; in 1844 he married Elmira HOLLINSHEAD of Catawissa. Mr. EYER has the following named children, living: John Wesley, Harriet E., wife of Mr. NOYER, and S. Lettie; five are deceased. Mr. EYER has been a member of the Methodist Church for forty-five years and class-leader for nearly thirty years. In politics he is a Republican. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 335) 1870 census...all residing in the same household: Eyer James K. 53 M W Retail Merchant 6,000 5,000 Pa. Eyer Elmira 50 F W Housekeeper Pa. Eyer Alice C. 14 F W At home Pa. Eyer Loretta 12 F W At home Pa. Eyer J. W. 27 M W Butcher 700 Pa. Eyer Elizabeth 23 F W Housekeeper Pa. Eyer Milton B. E. 5/12 M W Pa.
Occupation: 1870 Retail Merchant Occupation: 1880 Keeping Store Census: 1870 Bloomsburg W., Columbia co., PA Census: 1880 Bloomsburg, Columbia co., PA
