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Joseph H Royer

Birth	:	10 Aug 1847 Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	21 Aug 1905 Harrison County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Branscome Cemetery, Dugspur, Carroll County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.8184628, -80.6425688
Plot	:	Original Addition, Block 4
Description	:	HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891 BIOGRAPHIES Page 865 JOSEPH H. ROYER Joseph H. ROYER, a well-to-do farmer of Lincoln Township, and a resident of section 5, came to the county in the spring of 1882, and purchased a quarter section of wild land upon which he now lives. Here he made necessary improvements, such as breaking up the virgin sod; erecting a house and barn, together with granary and other out-buildings. His present farm consists of three hundred and sixty acres, one third of which is under the plow. He has a fine bearing apple orchard of seventy trees,... Read More	HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891 BIOGRAPHIES Page 865 JOSEPH H. ROYER Joseph H. ROYER, a well-to-do farmer of Lincoln Township, and a resident of section 5, came to the county in the spring of 1882, and purchased a quarter section of wild land upon which he now lives. Here he made necessary improvements, such as breaking up the virgin sod; erecting a house and barn, together with granary and other out-buildings. His present farm consists of three hundred and sixty acres, one third of which is under the plow. He has a fine bearing apple orchard of seventy trees, with many shade and ornamental trees, which lend beauty to the premises. He was a soldier in the Forty-fourth Iowa Infantry, enlisting January 11, 1864. Our subject was born in Blair County, PA, August 10, 1847. He is a son of Jacob and Eliza (ZIMMERMAN) ROYER, who were natives of the Keystone State and the parents of six children, of whom our subject was the fifth. The children were in the following order--Mary, Samuel,Daniel, Susan, Joseph and Franklin, all of whom are living. When our subject was six years old, his parents emigrates to Scott County, Iowa, believing that the growing Hawkeye State afforded better advantages for one disposed to work, than did the rock-robbed territory of the Eastern States. When twenty-one years of age, our subject left home, which marks an important era in any young man's life. For one year he worked out by the month the next three years he broke prairie, with ox teams, in Powesheik County. From there he went to Minnesota, worked through the summer, and retraced his steps into Iowa, as far as Black Hawk County, attending school there that winter. After working in the harvest field the following summer, he went to Colorado, where he worked on a railroad, and also oil irrigation ditches. After one season he returned to Iowa, worked through harvest and canvassed for books through the winter, and then went to Black Hawk County again, where he worked in the summer, and attended the district school through the winter. Having a thirst for for knowledge, he attended the Seminary at Waterloo and Taught an occasional term of school, while finishing his education, after which he followed teaching in Scott County for three years, receiving $50 per month, but on account of poor health he abandoned teaching, and bought eighty acres of land in Monona County, which he farmed for three years, prior to his coming to Harrison County. Among the more important events of this man's life, and one intended to mark his future pathway, along the line of more complete happiness, was that of his marriage, which occurred in March, 1886. He chose for a life companion, Maggie CARRIGAN, the daughter of James and Amanda CARRIGAN, who had five children, our subject's wife being the oldest. The father was born in Ireland, and the mother in Virginia. Their family were Maggie, Ella, Katie, James and Harry. Mr. and Mrs. ROYER have had their marriage union blessed by the birth of three children: Howard J., born April 11, 1887; Clarence D., October 7, 1888; and Fannie, April 7, 1800 - - - - - - - - - - CIVIL WAR VETERAN He was a soldier in the 44 Iowa Infantry, enlisting January 11, 1864.

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Joseph H Royer's memorial is located at: Branscome Cemetery, Dugspur, Carroll County, USA.
When did Joseph H Royer death?
Joseph H Royer death on 21 Aug 1905 in Harrison County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 36.8184628
Longitude: -80.6425688

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Margaret “Maggie” Carrigan Royer

(1866 - 1936)

Siblings

Children

Howard Jacob Royer

(1887 - 1973)

Frances Royer Atherton

(1890 - 1970)

Susie Royer

(1892 - 1959)

Ralph Henry Royer

(1898 - 1973)

Glenn Wilson Royer

(1901 - 1972)

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