Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth Date22 Oct 1791
Birth PlacePennsylvania, USA
Death Date24 Aug 1873 Age: 81
Death PlaceBoggs Township, Centre Co., PA, USA
ReligionPresbyterian
FatherConrad KYLER I (1740-1816)
Misc. Notes
A Jacob Kyler was born in Franklin county, Pa., in the year 1789, and removed with his father to Bellefonte, Centre county, where he is said to have built the fourth house that was erected in that place.
In the year 1803 the family came to Clearfield county, and settled in what is now Morris township, near Philipsburg. Mr. Kyler purchased the tract of land comprising the farm in Bradford township, which is at present the home of his son Mark, where he devoted years of toil to clear up and improve, and provide comforts for his children.
When he first settled, only one neighbor lived within a reasonable distance; the surroundings were an unbroken forest, inhabited by the bear, the wolf, the panther, and flocks of deer, and the two former were often so numerous as to be annoying to the settlers. Not unfrequently, was Mr. Kyler aroused from his slumbers in the night to go to the relief of his hogs, in consequence of their being attacked by bears. Deer was the chief reliance for summer meat, and sometimes even for the entire year, while the howling of wolves was a common occurrence.
But, notwithstanding the hardships of the pioneers, Mr. Kyler always claimed that the people of those days enjoyed life better than their descendants. He lived to attain the age of eighty-four years, and the Clearfield Republican, in speaking of his death in 1873, said: His burial attracted the largest number of people ever seen together in this vicinity.
We are told that Mr. Kyler, at one time, was personally acquainted with every citizen in the county. He was a Democrat and neighbor who knew no guile, and for over sixty years led an active business and political life. As a politician he was very zealous and consistent, and squared his politics, as he did his business, by a true moral code.
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John W. Kyler, second son now living of Jacob Kyler, above mentioned, was born on the 11th day of July, 1823. In 1848 he married Miss Sophia Shirey, daughter of John Shirey.
For a period of five years, he resided in Bradford township, and in (1853?) removed to his farm in Boggs township, where he at present resides surrounded with the comforts of substantial and convenient improvements, as a monument of his own industry.
His farm, consisting of two hundred and eight acres, presents the appearance of one of the best in the township. He received a good common school education, and has frequently been chosen to fill the various township offices in the gift of his neighbors, who attest to his upright conduct in all the duties of a citizen.585
In the year 1803 the family came to Clearfield county, and settled in what is now Morris township, near Philipsburg. Mr. Kyler purchased the tract of land comprising the farm in Bradford township, which is at present the home of his son Mark, where he devoted years of toil to clear up and improve, and provide comforts for his children.
When he first settled, only one neighbor lived within a reasonable distance; the surroundings were an unbroken forest, inhabited by the bear, the wolf, the panther, and flocks of deer, and the two former were often so numerous as to be annoying to the settlers. Not unfrequently, was Mr. Kyler aroused from his slumbers in the night to go to the relief of his hogs, in consequence of their being attacked by bears. Deer was the chief reliance for summer meat, and sometimes even for the entire year, while the howling of wolves was a common occurrence.
But, notwithstanding the hardships of the pioneers, Mr. Kyler always claimed that the people of those days enjoyed life better than their descendants. He lived to attain the age of eighty-four years, and the Clearfield Republican, in speaking of his death in 1873, said: His burial attracted the largest number of people ever seen together in this vicinity.
We are told that Mr. Kyler, at one time, was personally acquainted with every citizen in the county. He was a Democrat and neighbor who knew no guile, and for over sixty years led an active business and political life. As a politician he was very zealous and consistent, and squared his politics, as he did his business, by a true moral code.
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John W. Kyler, second son now living of Jacob Kyler, above mentioned, was born on the 11th day of July, 1823. In 1848 he married Miss Sophia Shirey, daughter of John Shirey.
For a period of five years, he resided in Bradford township, and in (1853?) removed to his farm in Boggs township, where he at present resides surrounded with the comforts of substantial and convenient improvements, as a monument of his own industry.
His farm, consisting of two hundred and eight acres, presents the appearance of one of the best in the township. He received a good common school education, and has frequently been chosen to fill the various township offices in the gift of his neighbors, who attest to his upright conduct in all the duties of a citizen.585
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