All Adam's children were born in PA they moved to Jefferson County, IL sometime after 1850 and lived in Cooks County, IL. At the time, his brother Jacob established the settlement of Eyer's Grove, Pennsylvania. According to Adam's death certificate, he was hit by a train some months before his death and never recovered. He was age 85 yrs.
Abraham was a miller and carpenter by trade. He died at McPherson's Hospital after contracting yellow fever working as a hospital aide for the Union Army in the Civil War and is buried there.Abraham died at the age 41.
Margaretta grandchildren always knew her as grandma Shalley. She died at the age of 80.
Margaretta grandchildren always knew her as grandma Shalley. She died at the age of 80.
She was 78 yrs old when she died.
Albert was supposedly a Texas Ranger at the time of his death. He was aged 24 yrs when he died.
He was 91 yrs old when he died.
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 OHL. Eyer Philip 77 M W Gent. 4,000 1,400 Pa. Eyer Catharine 74 F W Housekeeper Pa. Eyer Anna 19 F W At home Pa.
She was 78 yrs old when she died.
