Family/Spouse: Unknown Gregory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grandpa Eyer sent a birthday present to each of his Grandchildren,
withoutfail.The handmade card would contain a penny for each year and was
always decorated with a bird which grandpa would sketch by hand.He was a
rather small man, perhaps 5'6" and 135# and he always wore bib overalls.
Although I was not aware of it, my brother and sister informed me
that grandpa also had a hemp patch that he maintained through the
years.
I remember the farm.The house was quite small with only a large
kitchen,small living room (with the wood stove near the center, and a
bedroom.A trap door in the kitchen (or bedroom at the kitchen door) opened to a
true root cellar.I only remember being down there once, and the floor and
walls were all earthen with shelves of some sort that were loaded with canned
vegetables grown on the farm.There were also containers of apples on the
floor.I think that the total size was perhaps 6'x7'x5'high.
There were a number of out buildings.A smokehouse was located just
out the back door.It was a small building, perhaps 4'x6'. Behind the house
was a small barnyard, perhaps 50' square.The barn was on the back
side of the barnyard.It always seemed large to me, but was probably only about
20x30.I remember a large grinding stone that set either in the
barnyard or just outside of it.The wheel was perhaps 20"x2.5" and
there was a can above it that would trickle water on the stone.
Across the drive from the house (to the North), there was an apple
orchard that ran along the main road.There were maybe a dozen
trees and they were pretty old.They were really great for
climbing, and that was one thing that grandpa did not allow.I
regret to say that I and cousin Wilma Jean Gregory were guilty of the
offense on more than several occasions. Behind the orchard there
were several buildings.One was a sort of garage and the others may
have been chicken or pig pins.There was one chicken house behind
the house and before the barn, on that (south) side of their
driveway. And most important, the house containing the Sears catalog
was located to the rear of the other buildings and almost as far
back as the barn.It was an heroic journey during the winter.
I never really knew where the fields were.Just to the south of the
house by maybe 100 yds. therewas a small stream.Since we usually visited
during the summer, the stream was barely flowing.There were a few
"holes"where there was enough water to wade us to my knees, and a
few small fish and craw dads around.Mother (Susan) said that there
was enough water there to swim in, but that may have been after a
rainy spell.
We visited the site of the old home in October of 1996.The
buildings have all been removed and there is a corn field where the
house once stood.The creek had no running water and was dry except
for several small puddles.The area between the creek and where the
house stood is a hill and has grown wild.
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Confirmed into the Saint James Luthern Church by John Moser on 32 May
1886.
Fritschle Cemetery Record
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Uncle George Eyer's Family
(As written by Vera Shaw in her Family History Manuscript.)
Uncle George Eyer was a school teacher before he married Aunt Della.
He did not teach after he married. He attended college and was well
read.Uncle George made Chester and Violet a heavy steel forged
Screwdrivers as a wedding present. He was very good at math. one
time when Dad and I visit him and his son Jake, he showed me a very
healthy marijuana plant which he was cultivating. He had a very well
cared for garden. He took care of it with a hoe and the ditches ran
everywhere to carry the excess water off. Once I visited, before
Aunt Della died. It was on a Sunday afternoon and Jim had just
brought his bride, Blanche home from Ohio. The Eyer boys had gone
hunting in the morning and Aunt Della had fried a dishpan full of
quail. Every time anyone would go by the pan, they would grab up a
fist full of fried quail. Also, I remember going up the narrow
stairs with Dessie Mae and seeing at least a dozen different kinds
of iron animal banks. I had never seen so many in one place. I had a
horse and my brother Russ had a rabbit. Dad told me that once Uncle
George was up at the Asbraw on one of those annual summer overnight
fishing trips. They all woke up in the night fighting mosquitoes.
Their fires had gone out. Uncle George told them there was no real
reason to rebuild the fire that he had a simpler solution. He went
around to the other side of the wagon and got a handful of axle
grease,came back and passed it around telling them to smear it all
over themselves. He said he would guarantee it to rout out the
mosquitoes. He left camp before day break.(One had to act fast to
get ahead of Uncle George Eyer.) Uncle George also had a light
rigged up on a buttery. The light was up by the family clock and
when one of the kids would come in late he could check the time
himself with out getting out of bed.
The Eyer Family
George Jacob Eyer and Ann Bradle were married in Germany at
Rhinebier and
lived there until 1837. They had children when they came into New York
Harbor July 1, 1837. They were on the ship Thracian from Havre,France.
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More About George Washington Eyer:
Mission (LDS): 21 Jul 1956, Fritschle Cemetery, Richland, Illinois.247
Naturalization: 19 Sep 1869, ,Richland, Illinois.247
More About George Washington Eyer and Della Lenora Goss:
Marriage: 26 Oct 1892, Brides Home, Richland, Illinois.

George married Della Lenora Goss on 26 Oct 1892. Della was born on 12 Jul 1872 in Richland County, Illinois, USA; died on 8 Sep 1945; was buried in Fritschle Cemetery, Richland County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Michael married Arena Cotterell. Arena was born on 11 Oct 1845 in Richland County, Illinois, USA; died on 28 Jan 1909 in Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Fritschle Cemetery, Richland County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Georg married Anna Maria Brödel in Wilgartswiesen, Pfalz, Bayern. Anna (daughter of Johannes Jakob Brödel and Maria Elisabetha Lecromé) was born in Nov 1796 in Wilgartswiesen, Pfalz; was christened on 3 Dec 1796 in Wilgartswiesen, Pfalz; died on 15 Oct 1887 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]