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Wilbur Blackburn Meiser

Wilbur was born in Goshen Twp., Mahoning County near Salem, Oh on Oct 29, 1913. He is the son of Wilbur Ross Meiser and Mary Alice Blackburn. His father married Mary Alice on the 3rd of April 1912. She was born in Fairfield Twp., in Columbiana county, Ohio on the 29th of October in 1882. Mary died on the 3rd of January 1933 in Fairfield Twp. All of their children were born on the farm, north of Salem, which is now a golf course. They had four children as follows:

1. Wilbur Blackburn married to Dorothy Bonnijean Middleton. They were married in Adena, Smithfield Twp., Oh on June 3, 1941.
2. William Eugene married Janet Burt.
3. Mary Ellen was born 29 Apr 1921. She died 15 Jan 1973. Mary married John Wilms. She resided in Columbiana.
4. Robert Howard was born Feb. 19, 1925 in Fairfield Twp, Columbiana. He married Joan Easton.

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Adena Methodist Parsonage H W Middleton 1940 to 1944	Donald Dorothy Parents - Gertrude Wirt Middleton	George's Run Methodist Church H W Middleon 1931-36
Irondale Methodist Church H W Middleton 1928-1931	Mt Zion United Methodist Church W B Meiser pastor May 1942 to November 1945 (2)	Mt Zion United Methodist Church W B Meiser pastor May 1942 to November 1945
New Alexander Methodist Church H W Middleton 1930 to 1936	New Somerset interior United Methodist Church W B Meiser May 1942 to Nov 1945	New Somerset United Methodist Church W B Meiser pastor May 1942 to Nov 1945
Rev H W Middleton 1945	Rev H W Middleton Donald Dorothy 1919	Rev Wilbur Dorothy Meiser Wedding 1941
Rev Wilbur Meiser Dorothy son Keith Washington DC 1956	Richmond Methodist Church upstairs W B Meiser pastor May 1942 to Nov 1945	Richmond Methodist Church W B Meiser Pastor May 1942 to Nov 1945
Wedding	Wilbur Dorothy Meiser 1941 Wedding photo	Wilbur Dorothy Meiser 50 yrs in the ministry celebration June 1989 Galion First Methodist Church
Wilbur Dorothy Meiser 50th annver Jun 31991 1st Methodist Church Galion	Wilbur Dorothy Meiser July 7 1996 (2)	Wintersville Methodist Church Dec 181 1955 Rev Meiser
Wintersville Methodist Parsonage Last family to live in home Wilbur Meiser closed in 1960

Focus on Wilbur Blackburn Meiser

Wilbur lived in the Salem and Middleton (Columbiana County) areas until he entered the United Methodist Church Ministry in Fairfield Twp. Upon Wilbur’s graduation from High School he attended, Asbury College, and Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilnore Kentucky, Western Reserve University, and Kent State University.

Wilbur served the United Methodist Churches in Sherrodsville, Richmond, Cleveland, Wintersville, Tiffin, Mansfield and Norwalk. After retiring in 1977 he served as a Visitation Minister at the First U.M. Church in Galion for 18 years. He now resides at Copeland Oaks, Sebring, Mahoning Co., Oh. with his wife. They have one son, Keith who was born in Richmond, Oh in the Methodist Parsonage.

 
Variant surname spellings found for Meiser, Mysor
Meisser, Miser, Mizar, Mizer, Myser, Myzer
Paternal Ancestry Chart for Wilbur B. Meiser

1. Wilbur Blackburn Meiser born 29 Oct., 1913.
2. Wilbur Ross Meiser (Miser) born 19 May, 1885 Springfield Twp, Jefferson Co., Ohio. Died 6 Nov 1970 in Salem hospital, Columbiana County, Ohio.
3. Cyrus M. Meiser (Miser) born 20 May 1855, Springfield Twp. He died 28 Jan 1942 in Salem. He married Janet Leah Smith, near Amsterdam.
4. George Miser born 5 Jan 1807 in Salem Twp., Jefferson Co., Oh. He died 21 Nov 1893 in Springfield Twp., Jefferson Co., Oh. He married Maria Leas of Salem Twp., Jefferson Co., Oh.
5. Henry Miser was born 6 Nov 1786 in Lancaster Co., PA. He died 22 Feb 1861 in Annapolis, Salem Twp., Jefferson Co., Oh. He married Margaret Druckenmiller.
6. Henry Meiser born 1728 in Lancaster, PA. He died in 1801 in Northamberland Co., PA. He married Anna Marie---.
7. Johann Michael Meiser was born in Germany in 1703 and died in 1745. He came to Lancaster, PA in 1723. He married Anna E. Zeht.
8. Johann Jurg Meiser came from Germany to New York in 1709.

While glancing at Wilbur’s vast pedigree charts, I see several familiar Jefferson and Carroll County surnames.

If you have any information on these families, please contact Wilbur at the following mailing address. He has much more information that we couldn’t possibly list in this small format. He looks forward to contact with anyone that may be researching any of his family lines and is more than willing to share his data. Wilbur Meiser, 802 S. 15th St., Sebring, OH 44672. To contact the Meisser Genealogy Assc. 144 Tuscora Ave., N.W. New Philadelphia, OH 44663. You can inquire about the Meisser Newsletter.

The following records were given to Flora L. VerStraten, on loan from Rev. Meiser. They have since been returned to him. The chapter would like to thank Rev. Meiser for his willingness and interest in preserving the records of his church service while serving in the Jefferson County Circuit. These records will prove to be a great source for those seeking their ancestors, well into the future. The chapter would also like to thank chapter member, Kitty Kutchmark, for all the time she put into extracting and typing up all the spreadsheets and records belonging to Rev. Meiser to make them available on the chapter website.

Rev. Meiser Marriages Digital Book
Rev. Meiser Members Received Digital Book
Rev. Meiser Baptism Records Digital Book
Rev. Meiser Death-Funeral Records Digital Book

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