Rebecca Wyatt^[1]

1814 - 1894  (80 years)

• Name	Rebecca Wyatt
  Born	8 Apr 1814	Mercer Co, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Sep 1894	DeKalb Co, Indiana
  Buried	White City Cem, Spencerville, DeKalb Co, Indiana
  Person ID	I33	Wyatts_All
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	Nathan Wyatt,   b. 27 Apr 1778, Maryland ,   d. 27 Dec 1862, Jackson Twp, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Felton,   b. 7 Jul 1777, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Sep 1874, Jackson Twp, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age 97 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1801	Mercer Co, Pennsylvania
  Notes	Thomas Cannon, Justice of the Peace (d. bef 31 JUL 1871) married them according to the Declaration of a Widow for Pension (War of 1812). The document lists the place as " Mercer Co, Penn (then Queen Ann) " View image of this document attached to Mary Felton. [Posted by: Lynne Nuibe (ID *****4858) Date: December 21, 2005 at 20:35:28 In Reply to: Mary Felton - Mercer County by Jerry In the Mercer Co. Archives Vol. I (Deed Book I) is the following entry: A-1-186 Aug 10, 1804. Thomas Felton to Nathan Weyate, $110.00, a tract in Mercer County on Shenango creek inteh 4th districk of donation lands. 100 acres bounded east by "corner of my track, on which I now live", west by Thomas and John Cannon. Ack: Thomas Felton and wife Mary. Rec: Jan 5, 1805. In the Mercer Co. History, 1888, I see Nathan Wyatt mentioned on page 592 as an early settler in Shenango Twp., and on page 632 as a Shenango Twp. official (an overseer) in 1813. On page 148, Thomas Felton is in the list of taxables for 1800, and is a township official (an appraiser) for Shenango Twp. in 1806.]--Lynne Nuibe at http://genforum.genealogy.com/pa/mercer/messages/684.html
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Maurer,   b. 12 Aug 1814, Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Sep 1869, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age 55 years)
  Married	Jun 1837	Richland Co, Ohio
  Children	1. Rebecca Maurer,   b. Abt 1841, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 20 years)   2. Samuel Maurer,   b. 1842, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. 1919, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age 77 years)   3. James Maurer,   b. Abt 1843, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 18 years)   4. Mary Maurer,   b. 16 Sep 1845, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. 7 Sep 1889, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age 43 years)   5. Hannah Maurer,   b. Abt 1848, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 13 years)   6. Sarah Ann Maurer,   b. Abt 1850, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 11 years)   7. Cyrus Maurer,   b. 1853, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. 11 Nov 1911, Jackson Twp, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age 58 years)   8. Eliza J. Maurer,   b. Abt 1857, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 4 years)   9. Simeon H. Maurer,   b. Abt 22 Mar 1859, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. 16 Mar 1948, Auburn, Jackson Twp, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age ~ 89 years)   10. Rachel Alice Maurer,   b. 1864, DeKalb Co, Indiana ,   d. 10 Jun 1932, DeKalb Co, Indiana  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	28 May 2016
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Apr 1814 - Mercer Co, Pennsylvania Married - Jun 1837 - Richland Co, Ohio Died - 15 Sep 1894 - DeKalb Co, Indiana Buried - - White City Cem, Spencerville, DeKalb Co, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [Information on Rebecca and Jacob Maurer and their children is from 1860 Census of Jackson Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. LDS Church website gives her maiden name as Wyatt and lists International Genealogical Index of North America as the source. Information on marriage to Jacob Maurer is from Probate Court Records of Richland County, Ohio, as noted on LDS website. WPA Index to DeKalb County death records, 1882-1920, gives her age as 75 at time of death, which would make 1819 her birth year. But that doesn't jibe with the 1860 census that gives her age then as 44. I am somewhat mistrustful of the census data, since a census-taker in a hurry might have settled for second-hand information that was almost (but not quite) right. Finally, the cemetery inscription from the White City, Cemetery, Spencerville, IN, (as transcribed in DeKalb County Cemeteries) gives her birth date as April 8, 1814. I have not personally checked the inscription, but I have found instances in which the transcriptions don't accord with the date on the stones. So, there's a window of 1814-1819 for the period of her birth. The transcription also gives the death date as Sept. 15, 1894, although the death records show the date as Sept. 12. It's worth noting that Rebecca was widowed at about age 54 or 55, but might not have had to carry on entirely alone. According to the 1870 Census, Mary, 23, Hannah, 22, and Cyrus, 17, still lived with her, so she presumably had some help raising Eliza, 12, Simeon, 10, and Rachel 8. Also, her married sons James and Samuel are shown by the Census to be farming in Jackson Township, so they probably were near enough to be of help. Finally, information submitted by Richard Newcomer to DeKalb Co., IN, Pioneer Settlers, 1837-1850, says she was born Dec. 11, 1818, but acknowledges the differing cemetery record.]-- Mike Walter at excite.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Ancestral File (R), LDS.