The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-02-24
More Family History.

More Family History. q
Our New Windsor correspondent writes
The following poem was found talong Wi
an old Bible, of which gave an account
last weeks paper among the papers of job
Weaver, father of the late Jesse Weave
The Keyser family lived in Germantown, Pa
at the same time the Weaver family live
there. John Weaver, the great-grandfath
of Isaac Weaver, of Westminster, was ma
ried to Susanna Keyser, and moved afte
wards into Maryland and bought the farm ne;
New Windsor, which was owned by the We
yer family about eighty years. Mr.. keyse
who wrote the poem, was descendant OF IL
Keyser family; some of them reside in Bait
more now. Michael Wagner, father of jess
w., married q Weaver, sister to John Weave
father of Jesse:
THREE GENERATIONS WHO WERE BORN AND BRE
IN GERMANTOWN, PA.
My fathers father ~ was man
Who lived in days of yore,
Was born and bred in Germantown,
Some six score years or more.
His household then consisted of
Four sons and daughters three,
Who all were born in Germantown,
And livd old age to see.
My father (2) was his eldest son,
A pious man was he;
Who liv'd an inoffensiye life
In the community.
He saw as many feeting years
AS most old people see;
And at his death his years were told
To be four-score and three.
His sons and daughters equal were,
Just three there were apiece;
They all lived to maturity,
The day of his decease.
His eldest daughter (3) liv'd without,
Far distant from the rest;
She lived truly Christian life
Her friends can this attest.
Her constant care was doing good,
Until her years were run;
Which were prolongd in usefulness
To near four score and one.
His eldest son a. is living now,
And is an aged man;
Last years he plow'd and sow'd his grain
According to his plan.
Thus pass his life in husbandry,
Among the farming men;
His useful life has been prolonged
Beyond four score and ten.
His second daughter (5) lived to see
Much trouble, care and grief;
Withal she liv'd pious life,
Which is my firm belief
She liv'd and died in Franklinville,
Among the aged few;
nd at her death her wears were told
To be four score, less two.
His second son is passing now
A single happy life,
Of nearly four score years and two,
And never had wife.
He occupies spacious house,
With many comforts in it;
Except wife, who might thro' life,
Console a dropping minute.
The youngest of his daughters (7) was
For many years wife;
But now, for twenty years or more,
Has lived widows life.
She lives in peace and plenty now,
AS she has heretofore
And she can say this present year,
My age will be four score.
His youngest son (8) is blest with health,
Much more than old men be;
This present year his age will be
Three score and five times three.
He's thankful for the gifts bestow'd
On his large family too;
Which does consist of seven sons,
And daughters four times two.
Now three times three of these reside
In diff rent States far West
They're all in health, and doing well,
With sons and daughters blest.
Now I'll conclude this narrative
About these aged men,
And women, too,-and can subscribe
The truth-and say Amen.
January 31st, 1915 X
1, Derrick Keyser. 2, John Keyser. 3, Sussau
Weaver 4, Jacob Keyser. in 1874 5, Mary He
Ter. T. Ann Weaver, daughter of Susanna Wsav'
nee Keyser, g. Chas. Keyser. \ Tennessee, Miss
sippi, Missouri, Illinois.