John Simon Meyers

John Simon Meyers, I have always wanted to stop at Shafer School House Cemetery, but am always just traveling by there. I got a chance to stop this summer, while traveling that way more than usually. I was surprised that the cemetery had so many old stones, I had it in my mind that the cemetery was not very old. There is a chapel next to it named “Grace Chapel” which was original Shafer school house. Here is more information from an article written by Ms. Dahlma,. Yesterdays photos, for the Pocono Record. http://blogs.thepoconos.com/yesterdays-photos/2014/02/04/1890-shafers-school-house/

The stone was a replacement for the original that was unreadable. It was erected by family members, and the details on the new stone are a genealogist dream. John Simon Meyer born 26 May 1790 in Hamilton Twp., Monroe Co., Pa. Going by the name of Simon all his life, he and his family lived in Stormville, were he was a Master Carpenter and farmer. He was the son of Johan Ludwig and Katherine Topper Meyer. He married Susanna Shirly (20 Oct. 1788-2 July 1878), she was the daughter of John and Hannah Trapp Shirly. They had children: Rachel, John Melchoir, Hannah (married Peter Marsh) and John Lewis.  Simon died 2 Feb. 1871 and he and his wife and most of their family is buried at Shafer School House Cemetery.