1870 John W. Mizer died on August 16, 1870 and was buried at Evans Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. [1]
A Genealogy of the Meisser Family reports [2]
JOHN W. MIZER 4/4, son of Johann Adam Meiser 3/9 (Johann Michael Meiser 2/2, Johan Jurg Meisser 1/1) and Mary Eckhart, was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the year 1787 and died August 16, 1870.
According to the War of 1812 Pension Records, John W. Mizer was married to Mary Stone who died in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 8, 1838. On November 22, 1839 he married Catharine Stone, sister of his first wife. She was born ca. 1801 and the marriage was performed by Philip Mizer 5/7, J. P.
The Pension Records also reveal that John W. Mizer served in the War of 1812 under Captain Latta and Col. Duval from September 21, 1812 to March 16, 1813.
Deeds to land reveal that John W. Mizer was the owner of tracts of land in Wayne and Tuscarawas Counties. The Wayne County Recorder's office shows that sixty acres of land was deeded to John Mizer May 22, 1824 by his parents, Adam Meiser and his wife Mary. The land in Tuscarawas County, Ohio is described in the County Recorder's records as being purchased from the President of the United States August 26, 1828. It was an eighty-six acre tract described as being the West 1/2 of the South-west 1/4 of Section 16, Township 7, Range 3. It has been said that it was from this farm that he donated some land for the site of the Renner Church and Cemetery about the year 1840.
The Evans Creek Lutheran Church records show that he and his wife were regular communing members of this church until his death in 1870. They also reveal a daughter, Nancy, was baptized here in 1840.
A great-grandson of John W. Mizer, Harry Dreher, relates that John was a great hunter and that on one occasion while hunting at "Standing Rock," he killed eight deer with only nine shots. John's daughter, Nancy, also tells that one of the playthings she had when a little girl was a pile of deer horns about three feet high.
CHILDREN:
5/1 Sally Mizer, born ca. 1806-09.
5/2 Anna Mizer, born ca. 1811-17.
5/3 Betsy Mizer, born ca. 1812-18.
5/4 Catherine Mizer, born 1819.
5/5 Solomon Mizer, born ca. 1820.
5/6 Moses Mizer
5/7 Margaret Mizer
5/8 Eli Mizer, born 1824.
5/9 Lovina Mizer, born June 7, 1827.
5/10 John Mizer, born 1828.
5/11 Mahala Mizer, born 1828; married George Dietz.
5/12 Christina Mizer, born 1832.
5/13 Adam Mizer, born 1833.
5/14 Samuel Mizer, born 1835.
5/15 Nancy Mizer, born 1840.
5/16 Benjamin Mizer, born 1844.Excerpts from a letter dated October 11, 1928, by Mrs. Laura S. Price DAR, a Meisser Michael Davis descendant, as follows: Tommy Davis "I went to Bedford just out of Cleveland and stayed all night with Mrs. Rosenberry, who Nora Belle was our neighbor girl (Slife) at Shanesville. She really had a happy time trying to recall nd the Misers, and when she recalled a little Johnny Miser who had sixteen children, I thought we would have to give up the struggle. But here they are: John, Solomon, Moses, Eli, Sam, married Ob Adam, Benj., Sally, Anna, Betsy, Mahala, Christina, Lavina, Margaret (Peggy), and Nancy. Lorenz, One she could not recall. Often I heard my parents speak of Nancy Miser. Mrs. Koos said married the sons went west years ago."
[1] Find A Grave Memorial 84740589, [FindAGrave].
[2] Lloyd E. Mizer, Joseph A. Meiser, Meisser Genealogy Association, A genealogy of the Meisser family (Meiser, Miser, Mizar, Mizer, Myser, Myzer) (1975, other versions: 1986), John W. Meiser, see page 641, image 663, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].