Cynthia Frances Sears⁵ (Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born February 19, 1842, in Fayette County, Illinois. She married John Lawrence Meyer, son of George Meyer and Margaret Johnson, on March 8, 1859, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born October 10, 1835, in Bremerhaven, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, and died January 13, 1915, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. She died February 24, 1918. They were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois.

Children:

1. Levi B. MEYER b 1 Jan 1860, Fayette Co., IL, d 13 Mar 1956, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m Thilie Ann CASEY, widow of Mart CASEY
2. Margaret Jane MEYER b 24 Jul 1861, Fayette Co., IL, d 9 Nov 1953, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 1st 3 Oct 1879, Fayette Co., IL, Benjamin W. TURNBOW   [s/o George W. TURNBOW and Mary A. HARRIS⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹)] b 30 Jul 1858, Fayette Co., IL, d 4 Apr 1927, Fayette Co., IL, bur Harris Cem. there; children listed under his name in this Part, Ch. 7.6, Descendants of Mary A. Harris ; m 2nd 18 Feb 1894, Fayette Co., IL, William Riley HICKS   [s/o James Jerdan HICKS⁴ (Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Nancy Caroline HALFORD] b 9 Nov 1854, Fayette Co., IL, d 24 Aug 1926, bur Little Hickory Cem., Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; no children; lvd Fayette Co., IL, when census taken in 1900
3. + Frances N. MEYER   b 16 Feb 1863; m John Curtis FORCE.
4. + Elizabeth A. "Betsy" MEYER   b 20 Dec 1865; m Henry C. DAVIDSON
5. + George Lawrence MEYER   b 15 Feb 1867; m 1st Florence Rebecca HARRIS; m 2nd Dora DAVIDSON
6. Lucy Caroline MEYER b 7 Dec 1868, Fayette Co., IL, d 29 Nov 1909, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 17 Nov 1895, Fayette Co., IL, Silas HICKS , [s/o William Riley HICKS⁵ (James J. Hicks ⁴, Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Mary Frances MATTHEWS] b 4 Jun 1874, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 13 Sep 1942, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL); children listed under his name in this part, Ch. 8.5, Descendants of James Jerdan Hicks
7. Joseph Erwin MEYER b 25 Nov 1870, Fayette Co., IL, d 10 Feb 1956, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 21 Jan 1894, Fayette Co., IL, Dora K. MERRIMAN (d/o Dempsey Marion MERRIMAN and Catherine MATTHEWS) b 7 Jan 1874, IL, d 30 Dec 1918, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
   
   Children:
   1. Lora Myrtle MEYER b Jan 1895, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m Homer G. CARLOCK   [s/o Thomas J. CARLOCK⁶ (Martha A. Harris⁵, Thos D.⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Rebecca Jane HICKS⁶ (Emily B. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹)]
   2. Homer L. MEYER b May 1897, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 1920, Vida F. CASEY (d/o Ora E. CASEY and Lottie Pauline WORKER b 1902 (7-1910), Fayette Co., IL
   3. Cynthia MEYER b 1901 (9-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. SEATON
   4. Opal MEYER b 1904 (6-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. CARTER
   5. Everett MEYER b 1906 (4-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL d 1 Jan 1982; m 1927, Ruby RHODES   [d/o Elmer Smith RHODES⁶ (John W⁵., Martha J. Hicks⁴, Cath., Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Lucy Irene BOYD] b 1908 (2-1910) IL; [John W. Rhodes³, also s/o Elliott W. Rhodes², (Alex¹.)]
   
   
8. Marion MEYER b 7 Oct 1872, Fayette Co., IL, d 3 Aug 1938; m 1898, Cora May CONARROWE (d/o William CONARROWE and Hannah SHAFTER) b 11 Jun 1878, Jacksonburgh, OH, d 19 Sep 1946, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, when 1900 census taken, and in Fillmore Twp., Montgomery Co., IL, when 1910 census taken, where the census shows Cora May had 6 children of whom 4 were living
   
   Children:
   1. Clyde L. MEYER b May 1900, Fayette Co., IL
   2. Claud MEYER b 1903 (7-1910), IL
   3. Freda Belle MEYER b 1907 (3-1910,) IL
   4. Fern MEYER b 1908 (age 1y 11 mo 1910), IL
   
   
9. Eldred MEYER b 5 Sep 1874, Fayette Co., IL, d 9 Oct 1913, bur Liberty Cem., Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
10. John Erwin MEYER b 18 Sep 1876, Fayette Co., IL, d 29 Feb 1958, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 11 Dec 1911, Mary E. SEARS (d/o John Johnson SEARS and Frances LANDERS) b 10 Jan 1872, Fayette Co., IL, d 5 Aug 1943, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
11. Homer MEYER b 4 Jan 1878, Fayette Co., IL, d 23 Aug 1879
12. Cynthia Malissa MEYER b 24 Nov 1880, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 4 Jan 1937, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 28 Oct 1897, Fayette Co., IL, Cyrus HICKS   [s/o William Riley HICKS⁵ (James J. Hicks⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Mary Frances MATTHEWS] b 4 Jun 1875, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 27 Jan 1922, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; children listed under his name   in this Part, Ch. 8.5, Descendants of James Jerdan Hicks
13. + Ora Theodore MEYER   b 29 Jan 1883; m Ina Roberta COLE
14. + Anna Arada MEYER   b 12 Jul 1885; m William Matthew HARRIS

Frances N. Meyer⁶ (Cynthia F. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born February 16, 1863, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died November 5, 1919, in Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois. She married John Curtis Force, son of Thomas Force and Elizabeth Hotz, on April 3, 1890, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 11, 1865, in Effingham County, Illinois, and died October 25, 1925, in Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois. He was buried beside his wife at Mulberry Grove Cemetery, Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois.

Children:

1. Laura A. FORCE b 30 Dec 1890, Altamont, Effingham Co., IL; m 24 Nov 1910, Fayette Co., IL, Ernest A. CROWDER (s/o James CROWDER and Victoria ELAM) b 17 Aug 1891, d 25 Mar 1956, Smithboro, Bond Co., IL, bur Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL
   
   Child:
   1. Illinois C. CROWDER b 9 Jan 1914, IL, bur Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m Edward ELMENDORF
   
   
2. Cora Elizabeth FORCE b 31 Jul 1892, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 28 Dec 1910, Vandalia, Fayette Co., IL, Edgar ELSWORTH (s/o John Wesley ELSWORTH and Elizabeth ANDREWS) b 9 Jun 1889, Finney Co., KS, d 21 May 1951
   
   Children:
   1. Roy Curtis ELSWORTH b 25 Dec 1912, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 15 Jun 1940, Dorothy JAY (d/o Orrin Sylvester JAY and Anna Marie LUEBBE) b 13 May 1910, Aurora, Kane Co., IL
   2. George Ray ELSWORTH b 21 Jan 1915, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 15 Jun 1938, Mary Ann GRAHAM (d/o Harry GRAHAM and Katherine GREENMAN) b 16 Aug 1918, Aurora, Kane Co., IL
   3. Marion Lawrence ELSWORTH b 24 Dec 1916, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 20 Apr 1942, Anna Genevieve BROWN (d/o James Arthur BROWN and Elizabeth LAFFERTY) b 31 May 1913, Aurora, Kane Co., IL
   
   
3. Caroline FORCE b 10 Sep 1894, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 7 Jun 1917, Greenville, Bond Co., IL, Charles ANDREWS (s/o Henry ANDREWS and Emma GLEN) b 5 Nov 1891, Fayette Co., IL, d 24 Oct 1936, Waterman, De Kalb Co., IL, bur Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL
   
   Child:
   1. Frances Myrtle ANDREWS b 1 Jan 1912, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 27 Jun 1941, Homer H. SCHAPER
   
   
4. Floyd M. FORCE b 26 Sep 1899, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL, d 10 Dec 1918
5. Cynthia Mildred FORCE b 29 Oct 1906, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m Milton NOLAN

Elizabeth A. "Betsy" Meyer⁶ (Cynthia F. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born December 20, 1865 in Fayette County, Illinois, and died on February 5, 1953. She married Henry C. Davidson, who was born in August, 1851 in Illinois, and died in 1929. She was his third wife. He married his first wife, Cynthia Catherine Cook, daughter of Alfred Burton Cook and Susannah Landers, on February 18, 1872 in Fayette County, Illinois. She died in Fayette County, Illinois, on March 20, 1874, at age 22 years 6 months 13 days. She was buried in Harris Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. He married his second wife, Narcissus Jane Cook, sister of his first wife, on December 23, 1874 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born on February 1, 1841, and died in 1894 in Fayette County, Illinois; Henry and his second wife, Narcissus, and his third wife, Elizabeth, were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. The family was living in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois when the 1880, 1900 and 1910 censuses were taken. In 1910, Elizabeth had five children with four of them still living.

Children of Elizabeth A. Meyer and Henry C. Davidson:

1. (son) DAVIDSON d 1900, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
2. Cynthia K. DAVIDSON b 1901 (9-1910), Fayette Co., IL, d 1873, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; m 1st Homer E. RHODES⁴ [s/o James Asberry Rhodes³, (McComas², Alex¹) and Telithew Jane CULERTSON] his obituary is copied in Part IX, Ch. 5, Descendants of McComas Rhodes; m 2nd Mr. CASEY

   Notes from her obituary (not dated):

   Funeral services were held Sunday in Allen Funeral Home, Fillmore, for Mrs. Cynthia K. Casey, 72, of Peoria. She died at 9:05 a.m. Thursday in Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Burial was in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham. Mrs. Casey was born in Fayette County, a daughter of Henry and Betsy Meyer Davidson. She leaves three sons, Lowell Rhodes of Clinton, Robert Rhodes of Marquette Heights, Earl Rhodes of Royalton, three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson of Pekin, Mrs. Sharon Peterson of Creve Coeur, Mrs. Pauline Forbus of Vandalia, a brother Quenton Davidson of Fillmore, 24 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Three sons preceded her in death.

   Children: (Not listed in order of birth)
   1. Lowell RHODES
   2. Robert RHODES
   3. Dorothy RHODES; m Maurice THOMPSON
   4. Sharon RHODES; m Mr. Paterson
   5. Pauline RHODES; m George FORBUS
   6. Earl RHODES
   7. Ronald RHODES
   8. Arthur RHODES b 23 Jul 1929, d 25 Apr 1938
   
   
3. Narcissa Jane DAVIDSON b 1903 (7-1910), Fayette Co., IL
4. Theodore Clyde DAVIDSON b 1905 (5-1910), Fayette Co., IL
5. Lawrence H. DAVIDSON b 1907 (3-1910), Fayette Co., IL
6. Quenton DAVIDSON b Fayette Co., IL

George Lawrence Meyer⁶ (Cynthia F. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born February 15, 1867, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died May 2, 1955, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Florence Rebecca Harris, daughter of Benjamin A. Harris⁴ (Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Louisa or Eliza Van Watkins, on November 9, 1888, in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born March 1, 1868, near Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died there on November 19, 1906. He then married a second wife, Dora Davidson. Both George and Florence were buried at Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.

Children of George L. Meyer and Florence R. Harris:

1. Chester Barton MEYER b 24 Sep 1889, Bingham Fayette, Co., IL; m Gladys MAY
2. Pearl Valla MEYER b 7 Sep 1891, Bingham Fayette, Co., IL; m 15 May 1912, Sangamon Co., IL, Everett Emery HARRISON (s/o William HARRISON and Cynthia DONALDSON) b 18 Apr 1890, Fillmore, Montgomery Co., IL, d 18 Aug 1957, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
   
   Child:
   1. Charlene HARRISON b 6 Oct 1913, Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL; m 3 May 1932, Rupert ELLER
   
   
3. Virgil Lawrence MEYER b 29 Jul 1893, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Charlotte Emeline SEARS   [d/o Benjamin R. SEARS⁶ (Wm. T.⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹), and Martha Ann SCRIBNER⁵   (Eliz. M. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹)] b Jun 1892
4. Alice Belle MEYER b 10 Jun 1895, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 7 Apr 1924, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m Torney Alonzo HILL   [s/o Joseph Preston HILL and Catherine HICKS⁵ (Alfred R.⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹)] b 26 Jan 1890, Fayette Co., IL, d 1924, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; children listed under his name in this part, Ch. 8.1, Descendants of Alfred R. Hicks
5. Cleda Van MEYER b 23 Nov 1900, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Eddie PADDOCK
6. Bessie Eileen MEYER b 29 Sep 1903, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Jul 1924, Everett Roe HARRIS   [s/o William C. HARRIS⁶ (James F.⁵, Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹) and Rebecca ALEXANDER] b 10 Jul 1901, Ramsey, Fayette Co., IL, d 1964, Litchfield, Montgomery Co., IL

Ora Theodore Meyer⁶ (Cynthia F. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born January 29, 1883 in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and died there on September 11, 1916. He married Ina Roberta Cole, daughter of William Henry Cole and Sarah H. Wilson, on January 20, 1904 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born June 15, 1882 and died on January 1, 1946. These two events took place in Fayette County, Illinois. She and her husband were buried in Liberty Cemetery there.

Children:

1. Clifford Cole MEYER b 13 Nov 1904, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 1 Feb 1973, Montgomery Co., IL, bur Glendale Cem., Fillmore, Montgomery Co., IL; m 12 Aug 1925, Elsie May CASEY (d/o James M. CASEY and Noi ROBERTSON) b 1907 (3-1910), IL
2. Wilbur Lawrence MEYER b 22 May 1906, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 22 Dec 1926, Mollie Eleanor RHODES⁷ [d/o Elmer Smith RHODES⁶ (John W⁵., Martha J. Hicks⁴, Cath., Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Lucy Irene BOYD] b 1906 (4-1910) IL; (John W. Rhodes³, also s/o Elliott W. Rhodes², (Alex¹.); the Elmer S. Rhodes family lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL when 1910 census taken
   
   Children:
   1. Imar Ora MEYER b 20 Oct 1928, Fayette Co., IL, d 5 Nov 1928, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
   2. (infant son) MEYER b 4 May 1930, Fayette Co., IL, d same day
   
   
3. Amber MEYER b 28 Jul 1908, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 28 Nov 1908, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
4. Glen Washington MEYER b 22 Feb 1910, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 28 May 1942, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 23 Aug 1933, Velma MERRIMAN
5. Burnice MEYER b 1 Aug 1912, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 1st 3 Dec 1930, Jerry Bryan DAVIDSON (s/o Joseph DAVIDSON and Bertha WAYNE) b 15 Apr 1909, d 19 Apr 1939, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 2nd 4 May 1946, Edward Isaac SPIRES (s/o David Crocket SPIRES and Mary Ellen WILLIAMS) b 5 Feb 1908, d 5 May 1975
6. Burnell MEYER b 1 Aug 1912, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 9 Mar 1913, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
7. Lucile MEYER b 27 Jul 1914, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 29 May 1934, Fayette Co., IL, Glenn William BAKER (s/o Don C. BAKER and Edith HOMEY)

Anna Arada Meyer⁶ (Cynthia F. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born July 12, 1885 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. She married William Matthew Harris, son of Campbell C. Harris and Telithew Jane Culbertson. He was born August 25, 1881 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died April 25, 1958. He was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. We are not aware of any relationship between Campbell C. Harris and the Isaac Harris family.

Children:

1. Otha Pearl HARRIS b 4 Nov 1903, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 26 Sep 1926, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 14 Feb 1924, Fayette Co., IL, Edith Gurman CARLOCK   [d/o James Robert CARLOCK⁵ (Thersy Rhodes⁴, Lucinda Harris³, Zach.², Isaac¹) and Izetta B. HICKS] b 10 Jul 1905, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL (Thersy Rhodes also d/o Alexander Rhodes)
   
   Child: (of Otha P. Harris and Edith G. Carlock)
   1. Melba Pauline HARRIS b 17 Oct 1925, Fayette Co., IL; m 11 Jan 1945, William K. ERDELAC
   
   
2. Leta Fern HARRIS b 5 Mar 1905, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d Apr 1972; m 2 Jun 1921, Warner BENDA (s/o Frank BENDA and Edith BINGHAM) b 13 Aug 1902, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL
3. Eda Frances HARRIS b 17 Feb 1908, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 1909, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL.
4. Mildred Edna HARRIS b 20 Dec 1910, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 30 Sep 1947, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
5. Harold Meyer HARRIS b 17 Jan 1912, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 24 Aug 1924, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
6. Thurman Ross HARRIS b 6 Mar 1913, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 1913, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
7. Wilda HARRIS b 27 May 1914, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 1st Nova WALSTROM; m 2nd Louis DANZ
8. Anna HARRIS b 4 Jul 1917, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 30 Aug 1935, Ewin BENDA
9. Bernard Matthew HARRIS b 18 Nov 1921, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Mar 1938, Helen COLE [d/o Alva Cleo COLE and Bessie Fern HARRIS⁷   (Wm. A.⁶, Wm. Berry⁵, Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹)]

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