John Wimer

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR John Wimeris not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Samuel Wimer Son of Christophel Wimer and Mary Sophia Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	20 Feb 1797	Adams County PA
Marriage	1824		To Nancy Coulter d. July 1864
Death	17 May 1867	Butler Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6       Generation 7          Generation 8
 
                                      +-- [unknown]
                                      |   (????-????)
              +-- Christophel Wimer --+ 
              |   (1770-1842)         |
 John Wimer --+                       +-- [unknown]   
 (~1797-1867) |                           (????-????)
              +-- Mary Sophia Snyder
                  (1769-1842)             

Sources:

Children

(7 children with Nancy Coulter)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary Sophia Wimer	F	1825	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.)		died 1845 age 19 yrs 8 mo.
Nancy Wimer	F		Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.)		died age 11 or 12 listed as 2nd child by Paul W. Myers
Isaac Finley Wimer	M	29 Sept 1827	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.)	m. on 1 Oct 1864 Marinda Covert (b. 6 Oct 1837-d. 11 Dec 1872) boarded at the home of John and Nancy Wimer while teaching school.	d. 29 Feb 1904
Jonathan J. Wimer	M	21 Sept 1833	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.)	m. Catherine Miller (b. 26 Dec 1845, d. 4 Nov 1925)	d. 4 June 1897
Nancy Rebecca Wimer	F	6 Oct 1836	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.)	m. Cyrus Alben	d. 4 Nov 1865
John W. Wimer	M	18 July 1840	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.)	never married	d. 8 June 1918
Samuel Silas Wimer	M	28 Dec 1844	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.)	m. Anna Katherine Link (b. 1842, d. 1935	d. 17 Feb 1900

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Adams Co. Pa,	birth in 1797
Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA	by 1810	assume to be with parents
Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA (Note: became Worth Twp. in 1854)	by 1830
became Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA	in 1854

Photos

Gravestone of John Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA

Gravestone of Nancy Coulter Wimer at Wolf Creek Cemetery

Gravestone of Jonathan Wimer & Catherine Miller at Wolf Creek Cemetery

Gravestone of Marinda Covert, wife of Isaac Finley Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1800 United Stes Federal Census, Hamilton's Bunn Twp, Adams Co, PA, Pg 4. The family headed by Christopher Wimer includes: 3 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10 and 1 female 26-44.
2	1810 United Stes Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, Pg 3. The family headed by C. Wimer includes: 3 males <10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 26-44. This is an exact fit for the family of Christophel Wimer There is also a family headed by J. Wimer: 1 male 16-25, 1 male >45, 2 females <10, 3 females 10-15, and 1 female 26-44. This family is one away from C. Wimer.
3	1820 United Stes Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, Pg 146A. The family headed by Chriss Wimer includes: 2 males 10-15, 1 male 16-18, 3 males 16-26, and 1 male and 1 female >44. This is an exact fit for the family of Christophel Wimer
4	1830 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 7. Family headed by John Wimer: 1 males <5, 1 male 30-40, 2 females <5, 1 female 30-40. Also on the page are families headed by Jacob Wimer (age 20-30) and Isaac Wimer (age 70-80). The children are Mary Sophia, Nancy and Isaac Finley Wimer.
5	1840_United_States_Federal_Census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler County PA. (from Ancestry.com pg. 19). Household of John Wimer: 1 male age 40-50, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 5-10, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 15-20, & 1 female <5. There is a daughter who is not found in the subsequent census. The other children match the ages found in the 1850 census.
6	1850_United_States_Federal_Census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler County PA, page 17. Census dated 29 Aug 1850. Lines 24-30: John Wimer, 58, farmer; Mary, 45; Isaac F., 22, farmer; Johnathan, 16, Nancy R., 13, John, 9; Samuel, 5. All b. PA, all children except Isaac in school. Also on page (lines 14-19) is the family of Mary Wimer, age 65. The family of Johnathan Wimer is on lines 35-42 of page 16 and lines 1-2 of this page.
7	1860_United_States_Federal_Census, Worth Twp., Butler County PA, page 2. Census date 2 July 1860. Lines 9-15: John Wimer, 63, farmer, $4410 real, $2385 personal property; Nancy, 55; Isaac, 30, farmer, $2200 real, $657 personal property; Johnathan, 27, farmer, $1980 real, $343 personal property; John, 21; Samuel, 15, attended school; Priscilla Motherwell, 19, servant. All born PA; all can read and write English. Family of Johnathan Wimer, age 51 on lines 1-8.
8	History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895 Page 1240: Christopher Wimer came from Adams Co., PA, to Butler Co., PA in 1798 and settled in Worth Twp. He married Miss Snyder of Adams Co., and together they had seven children named Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac, and Rebecca. Rebecca married Thomas Kelly. Christopher's son Samuel Wimer was born in Adams Co. in 1792.	transcript
9	The Wimer Family, by Paul W. Myers, self-published manuscript, undated(printed before 1985. Eight generations of the Wimer family charted, with biographical information on Christopher Wimer and his children, derived from interviews of descendants and extensive research of property deeds, military records, and wills. John Wimer (b. 20 Feb.1797-d. 17 May 1867, with a will), m. 1824 Nancy Coulter(d. July 1864). 7 children listed. John & Nancy buried Wolf Creek cemetery.	(See additioinal notes)
10	History of Butler County PA 1883 by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago., p. 358 biography of Christopher Wimer. Christopher Wimer arrived present Worth Twp. in 1798. Seven children: Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac, & Rebecca wife of Thomas Kelly. John married Nancy Coulter, res. Worth Twp; seven children of John & Nancy listed. (Complete text)