Isaac Freeman MIERS ¹

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  General Notes:

Isaac Freeman and Hannah Miers are Lucille Miers Webster's Great
Grandparents.

All of Isaac's siblings died as infants or very young except three:
Isaac's brother Jacob was born in 1820 but death date is unknown.
Isaac's brother Levi S. lived to be 40 years old when he died in 1864.
Isaac Freeman lived to be 47 years and died in Knoxville, Iowa. And
Isaac's sister Mary Ann who married Joseph Probasco. See the entry for
Mary Ann.

The 1850 census of the town of Seneca, Ontario, New York, shows a son
Jacob and mother Catherine Creager with a 13 year old Isaac Myers listed
in the same family. These are Isaac's uncle and grandmother. In 1855,
the census shows Jacob and Catherine but Isaac is no longer listed.
However, his uncle Jacob Creager consented to let Samuel W. Salisbury act
as special guardian for Isaas in 1856 when Isaac's grandmother Catherine
Creager's will was being settled. More is written about Catherine
Creager's estate settlement several paragraphs below.

A brother went west from New York, per one family legend. Isaac's
brother, Levi, went to Michigan per his grandmother, Catharine Creager's
will in 1855. Isaac was from Sodus, Wayne, Co. before going to Illinois
and was still under guardianship of his uncle Jacob Creager. Isaac's
oldest brother Jacob C. and their sister, Mary Ann, were in Abingdon,
Cedar Township, Knox County, Illinois in 1855. Indian Point Township had
no towns in it at that time and still does not in March, 2001 so they use
an Abingdon address. See references 7, 10, and 21 below.

Levi was in Michigan with his family in 1860 but Levi died in 1864. In
1870, Levi's brother Jacob C. and his family were living near Levi's
family in Michigan. In 1880, Jacob had died but his wife and two sons
were still living in the same place in Michigan. See notes for Levi and
Jacob.

Isaac Freeman Miers' sister, Mary Ann (Myers/Miers) Probasco and her
husband, moved to Adams County, Iowa, in 1872, and bought 160 acres on
Oct. 3, 1877, less right of way of 200 feet across the property for
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Rail Road Co., for use as track and
maintenance in conjunction with the track. They moved to New York in
1880 where Mary Ann died in 1888, then her husband moved back to their
property in Adams County. Mary Ann's grave site is in Corning, Adams
County, Iowa. See notes about Mary Ann Myers/Miers.

Isaac and Hannah were married in 1857 by Rev. J. Young.

The 1860 census for Galesburg, Illinois, lists Isaac as 23 years old,
having one child, Harriet, wife Hannah. He was a farmer, value of real
estate was $600, value of personal estate was $400. He had one person
living in their household by another name: William Edwards born in Ohio,
12 years old and in school. This would have been Hannah's cousin, her
father's sister's child.

Isaac Freeman Miers was 5 ft. 8 inches tall, white complexioned with dark
hair and gray eyes when he went into the Civil War at age 25, August 9,
1862. He was a married farmer from Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois, when
he mustered into service at Monmouth, Illinois by Capt. Christopher.
After serving three years as a private in Company I, 83rd Infantry, he
was mustered out of service July 26, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, by
Capt. Chickering. (see references 5 and 22 below)

The 1880 census for Jasper Township, Adams County, Iowa, recorded Isaac
as 43 years old, married, a farmer, born in New York, his father born in
New Jersey, and his mother born in Maryland. His wife Hannah was 43,
keeping house, born in Ohio, her father and mother were both born in New
Jersey. Their daugher Della was 13, at home, attended school, and was
born in Illinois. A son James A. was 11, at home, attended school, and
was born in Iowa. Their daughter Florence was 9, attended school, and
was born in Iowa. Their daughter May was 6, attended school, and was born
in Iowa. Their son Joseph was 4, attended school and was born in Iowa.
(Four is a little young to attend school. That was probably a mistake.)

Isaac and Hannah and family moved from Cass County, Iowa, to Marion
County, Iowa, after June 21, 1880. (see reference 31below)

Isaac Freeman is buried in Graceland Cemetry, Knoxville, Marion Co.,
Iowa, Section 9 (North part of old cemetery), Lot 2, beside his wife
Hannah. Hannah was in the Women's Relief (a millitary wifes
organization). Isaac was in the GAR, Grand Army of the Republic.

Isaac was said to be German Dutch. His occupation was carpenter. The
newspaper obituary, saved by Hannah's sister Mrs. W.P. Fowler (Janetta)
of Pella, IA, stated that Isaac had enlisted during and served his
country in the Civil War - enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, Private Co. I. 83
Illinois. June 26, 1865 was discharged. His regiment, made up of
companies A through K served at Ft. Henry, Ft. Helman, Ft. Donelson, and
Clarksville, Tennesee, as well as, guarding 200 miles of communications
and was on provost duty at Nashville, Tenn. All companies in this
regiment were from Illinios, but Companies E. G. and I. were recruited in
Knox County, Illinois. Before mustering out the last of the regiment,
the regiment received a letter of high commendation for bravery,
gentlemanly conduct from Lovel H. Rosseau, Major General Commanding,
Headquarters District of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn. on May 31,
1865. The letter states, " I can truly say I do not know a regiment in
the service whose brave and soldierly bearing more fully entitles it to
the respect and gratitude of the country than the Eighty-third Infantry"
"individually and collectively" (Reference (9) below). Lucille Miers
Webster does not know in January 2001 exactly which of those places were
served by Isaac's Company I. He was a member of the John C. Ferguson
Post (Grand Army of the Republic) G.A.R. of Knoxville Iowa and member of
Co. I. 83 Illinois Infantry Regiment - Died running to a fire. Funeral
held at M.E. Church. Isaac's veterans marker number 61-65 has initials
FCL inscribed on it. A marker on Hannah's grave, showed that Hannah
belonged to the Women's Relief Corp number 170 in 1883.

Lucille Miers Webster sent Isaac's Civil War data to the National
Organization SONS of UNION VETERANS of the CIVIL WAR on June 4, 2001.
The current National Graves Registration Officer is: Leo F. Kennedy, P.
O. Box 820, Greenville, RI 02828, 401-949-1780 E-mail: hdviking@aol.com

One family legend was that one of the Isaac Miers was a survivor of an
Indian massacre so records of the family father back from New York may be
lost. Then, a family legend is that the parent(s) went to town and left
the children with neighbors. On the parents return from town, they were
killed in an Indian massacre and the children were raised by a neighbor,
per Mildred Miers Gross Snyder in a telecon with Lucille Miers Webster on
September 20, 1999 and again February 12, 2000. Mildred also said that
the family did not know how to spell Miers because it was not written
down, so spelled it phonically, Miers. Mildred is the daughter of
Clarence Miers, the son of Joseph Freeman Miers and the grandson of Isaac
Freeman Miers. Note: Lucille thinks that it must have been before the
Isaac and Lydia Miers generation, or before them, in the Indian raid as
too much information is known about their son Isaac Freeman. Since Isaac
F. died in 1846, after his wife in 1839, perhaps the children were still
in Wayne County for a while. If the generation before, it may be
difficult to find who his parents and siblings were. This Indian raid
would not have occured in or aroung Ontarion County after 1779, according
to the Ontario County Historical Society and Museum's letter to Lucille
Webster, dated June 15, 2000, when the Sullivan Expedition removed Indian
settlements. The letter states that there are similar stories occurring
in the Cherry Valley Massacre in 1778. Cherry Valley is in Otesgo Cunty,
New York, near Cooperstown. No Miers is listed as dying there except a
Continental soldier names Thomas Mires (sic).

A land deed shows that Mary Ann, Isaac Freeman Myers/Miers sister, and
Jacob C., Isaac's brother, both sold land to Jacob Creager in Seneca,
Ontario County, New York. Mary Ann's and Jacob's names were spelled Miers
and Mires within the same deed. Mary's middle name was spelled An in one
place on the deed. (see reference 4 below)

Before the above deed was located, the first time period that Lucille
Miers Webster has known of the spelling of Miers with the i instead of a
y as in Myers: January 9, 2000, a diary of Robert Lincoln Young was
read by Margaret Young Rice, his great-granddaugher, of Knoxville,
Illinois. In the diary, Robert wrote entries for December 1893. On the
8th, he and his wife, Emma, went "up home. Mr. E. (Mr. England - her
father) was sick with Ia grippe. Our folks went to Ed Young's and
brought home Aunt Nancy Johnston and cousin Hannah Miers with them." On
the 12th, "Father and mother took cousins over to Collins." (Collins
married the Youngs) Dec. 16th: "Father went for Aunt Nancy and Hannah at
the AM" Dec. 20th: Aunt Nancy and Cousin Hannah left for good." Also
in the diary is a note for Nov. 8, 1893: "Charlie Myers married." It
is not known if he is part of the Miers family or not but may not have
been since the spelling is Myers in the same book as Hannah's spelling of
Miers. May 11, 1892 through June 25, 1892, Robert's parents took a trip
which included Texas, Col., Kansas, Neb., Iowa.

Citation for proving the will of Catharine Creager by Jacob Creager, her
son, dated February 25, 1856, includes a consent by Jacob, the son, to
let S.W. Salisbury "act as special guardian of Isaac Myers, a minor" in
the carrying out of the will. Included is acceptance of guardian
responsibily for Isaac Myers by S. W. Salisbury. The will citation for
the heirs to appear for a proof of the will, also dated February 25,
1856, included the heirs as: Jacob Myers, Joseph Probasco and Mary Ann,
his wife, of the town of Abington (spelled with a t here but Abingdon is
corrrect), in the county of Knox in the state of Illinois and to Levi
Myers of the state of Michigan town and county unknown and to Samuel W.
Salisbury of Canandaigua in the county of Ontario," New York. Catharine
Creager's will, dated March 18, 1849, was "proven" (accepted) on June 30,
1856. (References 11, 12, and 13 below)

Note: Joseph Freeman Miers used to speak of Aunt Lydia and Uncle Jake
Probaco. It is pretty certain that Jake and Lydia are Jacob (called
Jake) and Elizabeth Probasco. Jake is the son of Joseph Miers' Aunt Mary
Ann (Miers) Probasco. Lydia could be a nickname for Elizabeth. Also,
Lydia was Mary's mother. That may possibly have caused the mix up in
names. Joseph was five years old when he moved away from Jake and
Elizabeth Probasco. Jake was an adult when Joseph was five.

There is a Ringer-Creager Cemetery newly discovered. This cemetery may
be on the same lots that Mary Ann and Jacob Miers sold to Jacob Creager.
The cemetery is being investigated in March, 2000. The grave there read:

Grave 1: Ann Eliza wife of Jacob Creager, died June 7, 1857, aged 27?
years & 8 months.
Grave 2: Catherine wife of Jacob Creager, died August 3, 1855.
Grave 3: Jonas Creager, died October 22, 1844, aged 33 years & 10
months. See reference 6 and 7 below.

Jacob Creager had no children of his own or they died young, so on Nov.
17, 1887, his heirs were from his sister's, Lydia Miers, children. Those
heirs are all grand-nephews and nieces of Jacob: (reference 8):
1. Jacob M. Probasco, age 33 Seneca, Ontario Co., NY
2. Catherine A.J. Cramer, age 35, Corning, Adams Co., Iowa
3. John Mires, over 21, Clayton, Lenawee Co., MI
4. Adelbert Mires, over 21, same as above
5. Hattie L. Ford, age 29, Iliff (spelled: ILIFF), Weld Co.,
(presently LoganCo.), Colorado
6. Mary N. Gay, age 27, Corning, Adams Co., Iowa
7. Isetta Betterton, age 25, Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa
8. Della Johnson, age 21 Milford, Dickinson,Co., Iowa
9. James A. Mires, age 19, same as above
10. Florence A. Johnson, age 17, same as above
11. May Mires, age 14, same as above
12. Joseph F. Mires, age 12, same as above
13. Lydia James, age 35, Toulan, Stark Co., IL.
14, Joseph Mires, age 25, Jackson, Jackson Co., MI
15. Frances Mires age 30, same as above
16. Hannah Mires, mother of #9-12. (Note by Lucille: Hannah was
actually mother of #5-12)

The Petition for acceptance to let Lydia Miers' brother's, Jacob
Creager's, heirs know of the probate of his will, lists the above
heirs.The same list of heirs were listed in Jacob Creager's Citation of
Probate of his will. Notices were sent to the heirs, some on Oct. 4 and
some on Oct. 5, 1887. They were also listed for the same purpose in the
Geneva Courier newspaper, Geneva, Ontario County, New York, in six issues
one week apart commencing Oct.7, 1887. Some are listed in the Citation
to Attend Probate of Will, signed Oct. 3, 1887, and filed November 17,
1887. Appraisers appointed for Jacob Creager's personal estate on
November 17, 1887, were Marvin Ringer and Wm. R. Kane. The property
appraisal was finished on December 6, 1887 and notorized December 15,
1887. Notice of Appraisement and Inventory for Jacob Creager's estate
was dated November 19, 1887, and signed on December 15, 1887, that it was
distributed to his heir Jacob M. Probasco, "the only legater and next of
kin". References 8, and 14 through 19 below.

Isaac's Birthplace, Wayne County, and
Ontario County New York

Ontario County was formed in 1789 as a large area including everything
west of the Pre-Emption line. As the population grew, the area was
broken into several counties. Wayne County broke off from Ontario Co. in
1823. So, Miers records after 1823 in Ontario, Wayne County, after 1823,
would be in Wayne County, NY. The town of Geneva was not incorporated
until 1873 and the city of Geneva was incorporated in 1897. Before that,
the city of Geneva was actually a village that was in the town of Seneca,
Ontario County, NY. So Isaac Myers could have been married in Seneca and
could also have lived in present day Geneva. In addition, there is
Seneca County bordering Ontario Cunty on the east near the Geneva area.
See reference 7 below.

The Town of Sodus and Wayne County, New York, History: see notes for
Isaac's father and mother, Isaac and Lydia (Creager) Myers.

Knoxville, Ilinois, Where Isaac and Hannah
Met and Married.

Isaac Miers and Hannah Johnston farmed near Knoxville, Illinois, later
moving to Knoxville, Iowa. The countyside of the two locations looks a
lot the same with rolling hills a little higher in Iowa but essentially
good farm land and easy to work.

Knoxville, Illinois, has several historic buildings in the year 2001.
One is the old Courthouse and Hall of Records, 161 years old in 2001,
with Doric columns in front and where Illinois Supreme Court Judge
Stephen A. Douglas once held court. Another is the log cabin built by
John Sanburn which was the first general store in Knoxville. The Knox
County jail was built in 1845. A typical mid-to-late 1800s working farm
belonged to Capt. John Charles and family, with a cattle-feeding barn
built around the time of the Civil War. John Charles helped lay out the
streets of Knoxville and his son built the first two courthouses, one a
log cabin type, in Knox County. A Gothic style chapel, built between
1881 and 1888, left over from a once popular girl's school, remains with
its European stained-glass windows and other windows made with
mouth-blown glass. In nearby Galesburg, also in Knox County, Carl
Sandberg once lived. (see reference 27 below)
Cass
County, Iowa, History

Cass County is located at an elevation of 1,450 feet in rolling hills
with timber along the streams and coal mines in the southeastern part of
the county. Pottawattamie Indians were the first to live in the county
with several encampments and a burial ground at the Indiantown
encampment, west of Lewis. Most of the Indians left by 1847 and the rest
by 1856, giving up their land by the Treaties of 1846 before any white
settlers lived in Cass County.

Mormans passed through on the Morman trail in the fall of 1846. About 20
families stayed, establishing the first white town in the county, calling
it Iranistan, but most moved on west in 1849. Mail came once a week
from what is now called Council Bluffs. Cold Springs was a later name
attached to Indiantown.

Slowly but steadily people moved into the new territory. Pioneers built
on river banks in the timber instead of on the plains because hauling
wook to build houses was hard work and 90% of the work was done by the
individual living there. Many took three weeks pulling their goods 125
miles by oxen from Rockport, Missouri. The trip took a team of oxen and
three weeks time. All waters from rivers in Cass County flow westward
into the Missouri river. The M & M Divide is just west of Guthrie
Center. The M & M Divide is where the waters to the west flow to the
Missouri and the waters to the east flow to the Mississippi River. The
highest point in Cass County, the NW corner, is 1450 feet above sea
level. Several coal mines are located near Edna.

Cass County was actually organized the first Monday in March 1853. It
was named after Lewis Cass, a senator from Michigan who ran for president
of the U.S. in 1848 and lost.

The first white settlers laid out the first town in the state one mile
from Indiantown calling it Lewis.

In May 1855, the Western Stage started running four-horse coaches from
Des Moines to Council Bluffs passing through Indiantown.

The first census in Cass County was in 1856. The population had grown
from 416 at the original county formation to 815 in 1856, just three
years.

Crops raised in Cass County in 1815 were hay, oats, spring wheat, and
corn. Animals raised were hogs and cattle. There was some manufacturing
as well.

The Rock Island railroad came into the county in 1868, with a stop at
Atlantic. Because of the railroad connection, the county seat was moved
to Atlantic. In 1932, fire destroyed the courthouse but most of the
records were saved.

In1875-1878, during the time when Joseph Freeman Miers was born there and
his family lived in the area, the largest wholesale nursery supply house,
except for New York City, was located in Grove City.


IOWA

Iowa means "Beautiful Land" in Indian. In 1673, Father Marquette found
Iowa in control of the powerful Illinois Indian tribe but after various
battles among several Indian tribes, by the next time white men arrived,
no Illinois were there. Only Fox, Sac, and Iowa tribes possessed the
land. Shortly after the Louisiana Purchase, the Fox and Sac declared war
on the Iowa tribes nearly wiping them out. Several treaties later, the
Indians ceded away all but 400 square miles of Iowa land, known as the
Keokuks reserve, and moved west. Today, only Tama County Indians have
land in Iowa. They are the only Indians in the U.S. that purchased their
land. The state capital was moved from Iowa City to Des Moines, the site
being selected in1856. Pella in Marion County, near Knoxville, was the
other option for location of the capital. Population of the Iowa
territory in 1836 was only 10, 531 people. In 1838, the number was 22,
589. In 1856, the population was 519,055. By 1880 it had swelled to
1,624,463.

References: (1) Data about Joseph Freeman Miers Father's family, not
noted by reference, was provided by Velta Miers Kunkel, Joseph's
daughter. (2) Ontario County Historical Society and Museum's letter to
Lucille Webster dated June 15, 2000. Ontario County Society and Museum
is located at 55 North Main Street, Canandaigua, New York 14424. (3)
Index to Male Marriages, Book Number 1, Knox County, Illinois, Continued
from Vol. 8, No. 1, Compiled by Louise A. Jencks, listed in the Knox
County Genealogical Society Quarterly, published in Galesburg, Illinois,
Book 8 1979-80, as found in the Public Library in Galesburg, Knox County,
Illinois, on April 15, 2000. No day of the month is given. (see
references 28 and 29 below) (4) Mary Ann and Jacob C. Miers' deeds are
registered in the Index of Deeds, page 1692, and refers to location of
the deeds as Liber 76, pages 71 and 73 in Ontario County, New York. Mary
Ann's was filed in Ontario County and it was recorded May 6, 1844 by the
Ontario county clerk. Jacob Miers' was delivered to the Wayne County
office on April 27, the seal was fixed to it on April 29 and it was
recorded in the Wayne County clerk's office on May 6, 1844. (5) Civil
War Roster, Illinois, on the computer internet at web site:
www.geocities.com in October, 2000. (6) Ontario County Historical
Society and Museum, Edward Varno, Executive Director, in a letter dated
June 15, 2000. (7) E-mail from the Ontario County Historical Society,
Sheila German, on November 19, 2000 and letter dated January 9, 2001, but
signed by Edward Varno, Executive Director. Included was a brochure, "The
Ontario County Genealogical Society, General Information Brochure, from
Canandaigua, New York. (8) Geneva, New York, newspaper article: A
citation to appear in Surrogate's Court in the Village of Geneva, New
York, On Nov. 17, 1887, for the probate of the last will and testament of
Jacob Creager of Seneca, Ontario County, NY. In the article, Jacob's
heirs are listed. The article is run once a week for 6 week beginning
October 7, 1887. (9) 83rd Illinois Infantry Regiment History, found on
the Illinois website under USgenweb.org. The data was taken fromthe
Adjutant General's Report. NOTICE on reference 9: This material may be
freely used by non-commercial entities for educational and/or research
purposes as long as this message remains on all copied material. These
electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other
presentation without the permission of The Illinois USGenWeb Project. ©
1997 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved. (10) Last Will and
Testament of Catharine Creager and the petition to issue a citation to
her heirs so they may attend the proof of the will so the will may be
proved and admitted to Probate. The petition is dated February 25, 1856
and signed by her son Jacob Creager. (11) Citation for proving the will
of Catharine Creager by Jacob Creager, her son, dated February 25, 1856,
includes a consent by Jacob, the son, to let S.W. Salisbury "act as
special guardian of Isaac Myers, a minor" in the carrying out of the
will. Included is acceptance of gaurdian responsibily for Isaac Myers by
S. W. Salisbury. (12) Will citation for the heirs to appear for a proof
of Catharine Creager's will, dated February 25, 1856. (13) Catharine
Creager's will, dated March 18, 1849, "proven" (accepted) on June 30,
1856. (14) The petition acceptance, dated Oct. 1, 1887, to let heirs of
Jacob Creager know of the probate of his will in order to establish proof
of his will. The will was dated November 23, 1886. Jacob died Sept.
16, 1887. George W. Johnson agrees to be executor of Jacob Creager's
willon Oct. 1, 1887. On November 17, 1887, C.N. Heniuf or Hieeciufs (?),
cannot read the name, agrees to act as Special Guardian of the infants
named in Jacob Creager's will. The petition for Proof of Will for Jacob
Creager was dated October 3, 1887. (15) Declaration that the citation of
probate for Jacob Creager's will was sent to his heirs, some sent on Oct.
4 and some sent on Oct. 5, 1887. (16) Declaration that a citation for
probate of Jacob Creager's will was served on Jacob M. Probasco on Oct.
5, 1887. (17) Citation to Attend Probate of Will, signed Oct. 3, 1887,
and filed November 17, 1887. (18) Court records of appraisers appointed
for Jacob Creager's personal estate on November 17, 1887, were Marvin
Ringer and Wm. R. Kane. The property appraisal was finished on December
6, 1887 and notorized December 15, 1887. (19) Notice of Appraisement and
Inventory for Jacob Creager's estate was dated November 19, 1887, and
signed on December 15, 1887, that it was distributed to his heir Jacob M.
Probasco, "the only legater and next of kin". (20) 1860 Federal census
for Galesburg Township, Knox County, Illinois. (21) Letter from Ruth B.
Ragsdale, genealogical researcher in Knox County, Illinois, to Lucille
Miers Webster, dated March 7, 2001. (22) Muster and Descriptive Roll of
Company I (the letter i), Eighty Third Infantry Regiment of Illinois
Volunteers, page 36, 1862 - 1865. (23) Cemeteries of Marion County,
Iowa, 1776-1976 book by Marion Co. Genealogical society, published by
R.C. Booth Enterprises, Harlan, Iowa, with a publication date of 1974.
(24) "Cass County Iowa", published in 1980 by Cass County - 1980
HISTORY, INC. (Genealogical Society), From These beginnings We Grew, Page
5, history of Cass County. (25) Cass County History: Cass County
History Page in the IAGenWeb on the internet for Cass County, Iowa,
November 2000. (26) History of Johnson County, Iowa, Containing a
History of the County, and its Townships, Cities and Villages from 1836
to 1882. Published in Iowa City, Iowa, 1883. (27) Welcome booklet for
tourists about Knox County, Illinois, obtained in Fall of 2001, page 24.
(28) Illinois Marriage Record Index, Illinois State Genealogical Society,
run date July 16, 1998, Page 20,856. The index references the Marriage
licenses Vol. 2, Page 97, Knox County, Illinois, Access number 0497092.
The marriage date is given in this index as Nov. 10, 1857. (29) Miers
Family Bible recording Isaac and Hannah Miers wedding day as November 12,
1857. The page was copied for Lucille Miers Webster in 1999 by George
Gross, former husband of Lucille's cousin who also descended from Isaac
and Hannah Miers, Mildred (Miers) (Gross) Snyder. Mildred and George
live in Vero Beach, Florida, in 2002. Mildred has the Miers Family
Bible. (30) 1880 federal census for Jasper Township, Adams County, Iowa,
for Lydia and Isaac Miers'/Myers' son Isaac and Hannah Miers and their
family, records that Isaac, the father who had lived in New York, was
born in New Jersey and his wife Lydia was born in Maryland. (31)
Obituary for May (Miers) Anderson (Clara May) in the newspaper, The
Express, Knoxville, Iowa, Thrusday, February 8, 1940. May was a sister
to Joseph Freeman Miers.
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Isaac married Hannah Fowler JOHNSTON, daughter of James Rusling JOHNSTON and Nancy STEPHENS, on 12 Nov 1857 in Knoxville, Illinois. (Hannah Fowler JOHNSTON was born on 26 Mar 1837 in Warren County, Ohio, died on 2 Sep 1913 in Knoxville, Iowa and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, Iowa, Block 10, Lot 2.)