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From: Karl Moyer <>
Subject: [KANSAS] Self-introduction of new list member
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 14:35:23 -0500

Dear list members,

Let me say hello as a new member of Kansas-L.

My research deals with descendants of various MOYER families and
associated names:

SAMUEL MOYER (d. 1893 in Hiawatha, Brown Co) and some of his children who
moved there:

NANCY, m. to DANIEL HOCKMAN, Horton KS
various Hockman sons: Michael Keen Hockman (bur near Stockton),
Samuel Behler Hockman, Henry
Hockman, Spencer Hockman (bur. Lenora KS);; some lived near
Beattie for a while.
dau: Emma, m. to ____ Siebenmorgen (Horton KS)

ELIZABETH, m. to SAMUEL MACHAMER, Sabetha KS
dau married Charles Matthews, first blacksmith of Dresden KS.

JOHN HENRY MOYER, Powhattan KS
various children; a grand-daughter Louisa Moyer (d. 1991, Hiawatha
KS) did some genealogy work and a large
booklet (private publication) on the John Henry Moyer family
This family is now totally gone from Brown Co.

MICHAEL FOX MOYER (d. 1911), Emporia KS
son: Michael Leonard Moyer (Emporia); dau Sallie (m. James Sleisher) of
Emporia.

HENRY MOYER (d. 1908), Emporia KSAlvin Moyer (d. 1968), Emporia; James
Blaine Moyer (Emporia), d. 1968.

ADDISON HORTICK (d. ca. 1920's?) lumberman of Coffeyville; no children.

JOHN ALBRIGHT (d. 1962) of Mulvane
children incl. Lura (m. to Fred Whitted) and Edna (m. to Clye Boughman)

OSCAR FISHBURN (d. 1966) of Haven KS
son: Oscar Paul. dau's: Twila (author of significant notebook on this
family line), Betty (m. Arnold Geffert),
Anne (m. Harold Wiebe); these folks remain around Haven, though
some have died.)

Various family lines were or remain also in Wichita, Topeka, Marysville,
Valley Center, Cheney, Minneapolis, Pratt, Hutchinson, Philipsburg,
WaKeeney, Hill City, Hoxie, Densmore (now all but off the map!!!), and
Hugoton.

I have spent a total of about six weeks in Kansas, three of them this
past July, in research. I would be grateful to hear from anyone who knows
or knows of any of these folks. The objective is to prepare a book to
update portions of Meyer, Henry, _Genealogy Of the Meyer Family_, 1890,
including these of persons who moved from Pennsylvania to Kansas or
Pennsylvania to northern Illinois (Stephenson Co) and then to Kansas. The
name has generally changed to Moyer, except in Centre Co PA (site of Penn
State U.), where it remains Meyer.

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