Ring Family History

 (last update 05 Oct 2003)

Third Generation

( MARY ELIZABETH² ALLEN, WILLIAM¹)

Child of Mary Allen and unknown Spiller

1. LOUVENIA SPILLER [13966] was born 1814 in Louisiana. She married GEORGE KEITH. He was born 1805 in New York and died before 1860. After George's death Louvenia and her children lived with her mother Mary.

Children of LOUVENIA SPILLER and GEORGE KEITH are:

1. LYDIA KEITH, b. about 1838, Orange County, Texas
2. OLIVER KEITH, b. about 1842, Texas
3. ELLEN KEITH, b. about 1846, Texas
4. SUSAN KEITH, b. about 1849, Texas
5. ISADORA KEITH, b. 1850, Texas.

Bibliography:

• 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Texas, page 240a
• 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Orange County, Duncan Woods, page 327b, Mary Myers.

Children of Mary Allen and Charles Myers

2. REESE ALLEN MYERS [13963] was born August 1825 in Louisiana, and died after 1900 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Reese was a farmer and a saddler. He married (1) PERMELIA BURRELL on 14 June 1846 in Jefferson County, Texas. She was born 1828 in Orange County, Texas, and died in Orange County, Texas. He married (2) MINERVA ANN LEWIS on 17 August 1874 in Orange County, Texas.

Children of REESE MYERS and PAMELA BURRELL are:

1. FRANCIS CISERO MYERS, b. November 02, 1847, Orange County, Texas; d. December 19, 1927, Orange County, Texas; m. SUSAN JEMIMA SIMMONS, December 21, 1874, Orange County, Texas.
2. + DANIEL ALLAN MYERS; b. about 1848, Texas; married MARTA PATTILLO, daughter of Leroy Pattillo and Minerva Ann Lewis, 4 April 1873, Orange County, Texas.
3. GEORGE MYERS, b. 1852, Orange County, Texas.
4. OPREY E. MYERS, born about 1857, Orange County, Texas.
5. THOMAS MYERS, born about 1859, Orange County, Texas.
6. ELGINEY MYERS, born about 1860, Orange County, Texas.
7. LEMUEL MYERS, born about 1861, Orange County, Texas.
8. CLEMENTINE MYERS, born about 1865, Orange County, Texas.

Children of REESE MYERS and MINERVA LEWIS are:

4. RICHARD P. MYERS, b. 1875; m. BERTIE [last name unknown].

5. JANE EMILY MYERS, b. 12 May 1876, Silsbee, Orange County, Texas; d. 18 February 1868, Brooks Hospital, Atlanta, Texas; m. JOHN DILLARD HUNT COOMBS, 15 March 1902, Jefferson County, Texas; b. 14 December 1879, Wharton County, Texas; d. 27 February 1965, Odessa, Ector County, Texas.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Texas, page 247a
• 1870 Federal Census, TX, Orange County, Precinct 5, R. C. Meyers.
• 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Orange County, page 29, Reese Myers
• 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Orange County, page 78b.

5. ROBERT CHARLES MYERS [13962] was born 7 March 1836 in Orange County, Texas and died 1 March 1903 in Orange County, Texas. He married RACHEL PATTILLO on 3 August1858 in Orange County, Texas, daughter of JAMES PATTILLO and HESTER HARMON. She was born 14 September 1843 in Orange County, Texas, and died 15 June 1909 in Orange County, Texas. Robert served the CSA during the Civil War enlisting as a Private in Company B of the 11th Texas Infantry and Cavalry Regiment, Texas Volunteers, in July 1862. He was promoted to Corporal and mustered out in 1865. He applied for a CSA pension while living in Orange County, Texas but was rejected. Interestingly, after his death Rachel was granted a CSA Widow's pension.

Children of ROBERT MYERS and RACHEL PATTILLO are:

1. MARY ELLEN MYERS, b. 8 Sep 1860, Orange County, Texas; d. 23 May 1895, Orange County, Texas; m. HENRY MINER COCHRAN.
2. REESE VERNON MYERS, b. 1 Feb 1862, Orange County, Texas; d. 22 Apr 1877, Orange County, Texas.
3. EMILY HESTER MYERS, b. 02 Nov 1865, Orange County, Texas; d. 31 Dec 1935, Orange County, Texas.
4. ROBERT CHARLES MYERS, b. 11 Jan 1868, Orange County, Texas; d. 11 Jun 1952, Glenmora, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; m. JENNIE RUTH SILER, 22 Dec 1897, Orange County, Texas; b. 05 Dec 1877, Tennessee; d. 11 Nov 1931.
5. HENRY CLAY MYERS, b. 28 Jan 1870, Orange County, Texas; d. 28 Jan 1931, Orange County, Texas; m. LAURA ABI MERRIMAN, 22 Dec 1895, Orange County, Texas; b. 03 Jun 1873, Orange County, Texas; d. 1959, Orange County, Texas.
6. RACHEL ELIZABETH MYERS, b. 9 Oct 1872, Orange County, Texas; d. 21 Feb 1965, Orange County, Texas.
7. CORA LEE MYERS, b. 24 Jul 1874, Orange County, Texas; d. 26 Mar 1966, Orange County, Texas; m. JAMES H. WALKER, 23 Dec 1891, Orange County, Texas; b. 1870, Orange County, Texas; d. 1949, Orange County, Texas.
8. + BERTIE JOHNNIE MYERS, b. 1 Feb 1876, Orange County, Texas; d. 6 Apr 1943, Orange County, Texas; m. STEPHEN CLEVELAND, 27 Nov 1895, Orange County, Texas; b. 15 Sep 1874, Texas; d. 22 Oct 1954, Orange County, Texas.
9. SUSAN PATTI MYERS, b. 21 Aug 1879, Orange County, Texas; d. 19 Mar 1927, Orange County, Texas;  WILLIE J. BOUTWELL; b. 10 Jan 1872, Orange County, Texas; d. 05 Aug 1949, Orange County, Texas.
10. FRANCIS ISADORE MYERS, b. 26 Oct 1881, Orange County, Texas; d. Unknown; m. HENRY MEINKE, 21 Aug 1904, Orange County, Texas.
11. WALTER BRUCE MYERS, b. 28 Feb 1884, Orange County, Texas; d. 25 Jul 1951, Orange County, Texas; m. ELLANOR HOGGE, 15 Sep 1923, Orange County, Texas; b. 24 Feb 1895; d. 10 Jul 1982, Orange County, Texas.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, TX, Jefferson County, page 225a.
• 1860 Federal Census, TX, Orange County, Duncan Woods, page 322a.
• 1880 Federal Census, TX, Orange County, page 29.
• 1900 Federal Census, TX, Orange County, page 78b.
• 1920 Federal Census, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, page 17b
• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic."
• Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Archives & Manuscripts, "Electronic," Confederate Pension Applications, [Robert C. Myers, Invalid, Rejected, Orange County, Texas]
• Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Archives & Manuscripts, "Electronic," Confederate Pension Applications, [Rachel Myers, Widow #11595, Orange County, Texas (Robert C. Myers)]