From Timothy Francis Myers (0.307) : BEGIN My grandfather was named after President Theodore Roosevelt and his parents received a letter signed by the President's secretary thanking them for naming their son after the President. My grandfather, Theodore R. Myers, used to say that his father got sick, went to the hospital, and died while in the hospital (Robert Packard Hospital, Sayre, Pa) so he refused to go to a Doctor for the rest of his life. He was true to his word and never did go to the doctors or a hospital until he passed on. His death was caused when he fell from the ladder as he was climbing on the roof of his camp at a lake in Oxford, NY when he was 82 years old. He worked at Goudy Station power plant (New York State Electric and Gas Corp) in Johnson City, New York for over 40 years until his retirement and received a gold watch when he reached 50 years as an employee (in retirement). Grampa used to say that he was "Pennsylvania Dutch" and that the famous football player Harold "Red" Grange was his cousin. I always thought this was something he made up, but since I have been researching I have found that this was true! I know that he was a good athlete and played baseball on the teams that were prevalent during the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's around the Binghamton, N.Y. area. At one family reunion down at Uncle Ellicott Lee's house (where they are still held today) he was playing catch with my brother (who was playing high school baseball at the time, and he threw the ball so hard that my brother had to duck out of the way and the ball went right through the lawn chair that he was sitting in. My grandfather used to talk of Aunt 'Lib", Aunt Sadie, and Aunt Norma. The Aunt "Lib" is Elizabeth Margaret Hinkle Shaffer (the half sister of his grandfather John P. Myers), Aunt Sadie is "Red" Grange's mother, and Aunt Norma is "Red's" older sister. Dad tells some stories about Grampa which are really funny. One time it seems they were riding in Grampa's 'Hupmobile' along the New Albany when the wooden spoked wheel came off the car and rolled down into the creek. (I can see Grampa cursing now!!!). He told us that they used to raise chickens at the Sanitaria Springs house. they would have chicken for dinner from time to time. It seems that Grampa wanted to get one of the roosters for dinner one night and he could not catch the chicken. He picked up a brick to throw at him and missed and killed one of his prized hens! END From "The Myers Family History" by Timothy F. Myers (0.307) in 2005: BEGIN Ruth Elizabeth Kishpaugh and Theodore Roosevelt Myers were married on October 26, 1926 in Johnson City, New York. They were living on Oak Street, Fairmont Park, in the Town of Union, Johnson City, New York in a small house next door to her father, George Kishpaugh. Her sister Helen and brother-in-law Louie Pettis and their children were living with George. Each year Ted Myers, my grandfather, would add on to the house as more children were born. They eventually moved in 1936 to a larger house in Sanitaria Springs, New York, where daughter, Sandra Grubham still lived on 2004. There have been some changes and some reconstruction on the house, but it remains basically the same. Their son Victor built a full cellar under it when he was in a full leg cast, recovering from a break in a his [sic] kleg [sic] that he suffered playing football. END From "The Myers Family History" by Timothy F. Myers (0.307) in 2005: BEGIN Theodore R. Myers worked at Goudy Station power plant (New York State Electric and Gas Corp) in Johnson City, New York for over 40 years until his retirement and received a gold watch when he reached 50 years as an employee (in retirement). My grandfather was named after President Theodore Roosevelt and his parents received a letter signed by the President's secretary thanking them for naming their son after the President. Grandpa used to say that his father got sick went to the hospital, and died while in the hospital (Robert Packard Hospital, Sayre, Pa) so he refused to go to a Doctor for the rest of his life. He was true to his word and never did go to a doctors or a hospital until he passed on. His death was caused when he fell from the ladder as he was climbing on the roof of his camp at a lake in Oxford, NY when he was 82 years old. I remember many times when Grandpa used to talk about his grandfather Ira J, [sic] Sturdevant with great reverence. He also used to look at me and say that I was solid like his father who was over 200 pounds! He used to say that he was "Pennsylvania Dutch" and that the famous football player Harold "Red" Grange was his cousin. I always thought this was something he made up, but since I have been researching I found that this was true! I know that he was a good athlete and played baseball on the town teams that were prevalent during the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's around the Binghamton, NY area. Grandpa loved sports and used to watch baseball games all summer long. He loved to play catch with a baseball once in a while. At one family Reunion down at Uncle Ellicott Lee's house (where they were held into the 1980's) he was playing catch with my brother (who was playing high school baseball at the time but was out with a broken leg) and grandpa threw the ball so hard that my brother had to duck out of the way and the ball went right through the lawn chair that he was sitting on. My grandfather, Theodore Myers, used to talk of Aunt "Lib", Aunt Sadie, and Aunt Norma. The Aunt "Lib" is Elizabeth Margaret Hinkle Shaffer (the half sister of his grandfather John P. Myers), Aunt Sadie was "Red" Grange's mother, and Aunt Norma was "Red's" older sister. My dad, Victor R. Myers tells some stories about his father which are really funny. One time it seems they were riding in his dad's 'Hupmobile' along the Susquehanna River on the way to Masonville, NY to visit Grandpa Kishpaugh, when the wooden spoked wheel came off the car and rolled down into the creek. (I can hear Grandpa cursing now!!!). He told us that the family used to raise chickens at the Sanitaria Prings house. This was one of the things his brother, Burton was most in to. They would have chicken for dinner from time to time. It seems that his dad wanted to get one of the roosters for dinner one night and he could not catch the chicken. He picked up a brick to throw at him and missed and killed one of his prized hens! I guess that is a form of "eating crow" - but it was a favorite hen chicken! My grandmother, Ruth Elizabeth Kishpaugh Myers talked warmly of her older brother, Victor, who died in 1918 during the worldwide influenza pandemic when he was 19 years old,. [sic] This saddened her greatly for many years and she named her first born child, my dad, after him. Her brother was Victor Valentine Kishpaugh and she named my dad Victor Roy Myers. She used to tell dad that when she was young they would walk the canal in Newton, New Jersey but that they had to watch for the cottonmouth snakes. Grandma was baptized in 1922 when she was 19 years old. After her mother, Minerva, died in 1924, her father moved the family to Johnson City, New York where he went to work at the Endicott-Johnson Shoe factory. She also worked at Endicott-Johnson and became friends with Daisy Lee, half sister to Ted Myers. Daisey [sic] is the one who introduced them in 1925 and they were married in 1926. They spent their honeymoon at her [sic] Margery Keeper's house in Newton, New Jersey. After they were married they lived with her father, George Kishpaugh, in Johnson City. They eventually built a small two-room house up the street from his house and added a room as each of the kids was born and finally built a second floor on the house. Grandma told Linda Myers that they had the best water well on the street and all of the neighbors always came over to get water from their well. Grandma, Ruth Myers ended up having 10 children, Victor being the oldest. She worked at Fairplay Carmel on Grand Blvd. in Johnson City, NY when she was very young, and when they lived in Fairmont Park. For many years thereafter Grandma used to have flavored caramel 'suckers' for all of us kids whenever we visited. Grandpa used to bring them home to Sanitaria Springs weekly since he worked for the rest of his working life at the Goudey Station in Johnson City. I used to go almost every summer and stay at Grandma and Grandpa Myers house in Sanitaria Springs, New York. I remember playing with my brother Ted and cousin Jimmy Hoover in the creek down over the hill behind their house; we used to catch 'crabs' there. We use to play on the 'cliffs', that were really the creek bank behind the house. I also remember playing in the old cherry tree up behind where the barn used to be across the street. I can still taste those cherries! We used to go the [sic] Myers house in Sanitaria Springs often for Sunday dinner. I will never forget the sound of the pressure cooker going with the roast beef inside. Grandma used to have fresh homemade bread always too and 'farmer's' milk from the farm up the road in a big glass jar in the refrigerator. I remember the wrap-around porch where we used to sit and play and the big pine trees in the front that we used to play hide and seek around. We would sometimes take hikes away on the other side of the field across from their house. There was another creek way up there that we would swim in. One thing about going to their house was that there were always a lot of people there. It was always full of noise and 'goings ons'. Dad was the oldest of ten Myers kids and they all had families of four or five kids. Usually there was a game of cards for the adults, pinochle. Grandpa has a great temper, especially when he was accused of trying to cheat, he would curse and throw the cards and everyone refused to play with him, but the next week they were always playing again. They used to take vacations and go fishing and camping - they even had a camping trailer for a while, which ended up across the highway and totaled when it flipped over. Uncle Stan Bush was driving the car pulling the trailer and it started fish-tailing and ended up flipping. Sandy was riding with Uncle Sam and Aunt Doreen - grandma thought she was in one of the other cars. When she came up and saw Sandy next to the flipped car, she fainted right away on the road, even though she was fine. One time we met all of the family up in the Thousand Island's area for a large family fishing and camping trip. I guess grandma and grandpa Myers must have rented a large cabin. I remember most of the family was there. My fondest memory of that trip was fishing with Uncle Theodore, Dad, Ted and me in a row boat with a small outboard motor on it. I have never seen such large sunfish anywhere before or since. I also remember the time when I was about six when my brother Steve hit a bowl of hot tomato soup off the table and it flew all over my face. I had blisters for a couple of weeks and had to miss school. I remember having lots of pop-cycles that week. There was one time when me and Ted, Aunt Sandy and our cousin Jimmy Hoover, were playing in the old 'doodle-bug' parked across the street when a swarm of yellow-jackets came out from under the seat and stung Ted a BUNCH of times. Grandma made a bunch of mud and put it all over him. I loved staying there because grandma always had good things to eat and I always spent a lot of time with my cousins, especially Jimmy Hoover. What wonderful times we all had up there in Sanitaria Springs! I never heard my Grandmother Myers ever say a bad thing about anybody. I don't ever remember her raising her voice to anyone either although I'm sure there were times when she did. She used to say, "If you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything." I remember when I went away to college and played football and there was a one page write-up about me in the local sports magazine. How proud she was! She cut the article out and put it in her scrapbook. When Grandpa Myers fell and was in the hospital for the first time in his life and Dad and all of his brothers and sisters were at the hospital and I was there too, Grandma called me in to talk with her. I was the only grandchild she asked what to do about allowing him to die peacefully or trying to keep him alive. I knew he hated doctors and would never want to spend time in the hospital and told her so. They disconnected him from all the equipment and he died that night. She took me aside at her house after his death and hugged me and aksed me to go through all of his bank books etc. in order to make sure they were in order. This was one of the greatest complements she ever gave me. She trusted me to go through her bank books, insurance records, and important papers, and to go to her bank to make sure she could access any money she had in the bank. The last time I saw her when she knew me was the night she had her last massive stroke. My brother Steve and I visited her in Binghamton General Hospital on our way back to Albany, NY.; we had been on our sister's house working on it. We had a great visit with grandma for half an hour or so before we got big hugs and kisses and left. We found out that night that she had the stroke about two hours later. She lived for another year but did not really recognize anyone. My grandmother was a wonderful lady who would do anything for anybody. I miss her greatly still today! END