Mill Details

Moyer & Son, Reliance Mill

Montgomery Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: 1882-85
Township: Franconia Twp. / Souderton Borough
Watersource: Steam power/electricity

Official Website: www.emoyer.com/About.html
Location / Directions

Moyer & Son, Reliance Mill

From Pa 113 at the NW edge of Souderton, take Reliance Road about 500' to S. 4th St. and turn left. the mill complex is on the right.

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Moyer & Son, Reliance Mill

The Moyer & Son Inc. feed complex as it looked in October 1982. The two brick structures in the background are the oldest, with the 2.5 story brick with biege trim being the original mill of 1882-1885. The 125th Anniversaty was celebrated in November, 1994.

Moyer & Son, Reliance Mill

In 1889,Moyer & Bro. purchased the Clemens & Alderfer Feed Store and Coal Yard on Reliance road, creating a second hay house for Jonas, who had gone off on his own and bought back the S. Front St. hay house, forming the Standard Hay Company. This business was the former Hunsberger's Hay House, then bought by Moyer & Bros., then sold to Isaiah K. Alderfer in 1888 and bought back by Jonas in 1889. It also gave Christian & Enos Moyer a second feed mill and coal yard.

Moyer & Son, Reliance Mill

In 1903, Christian Moyer retired from the business and Enos' son, John M. Moyer became the part owner, from 1903-10, hence the name Moyer & Son was coined. Fires in 1904 and 1912 caused Jonas and his sons to lose the Standard Hay enterprise on S. Front Street. A fire in 1918, closed down the Reliance Rd. hay business, a hastening of the inevitable, since the horse was giving way to gasoline engines. In 1913, John M.Moyer died and Jacob M. Moyer, Enos' other son, partnered until 1939 with his sister's husband Michael R. Clemmer. From 1939 to 1953, Clemmer part owned the business with Jacob's son, Nelson D. Moyer. Jacob M. Moyer was the first ordained minister of Souderton Mennonite Church in 1914; a position he faithfully filled for the next 50 years, retiring 3 years prior to his death.

Moyer & Son, Reliance Mill

In 1994, the business was controlled by three grandsons and two greatgrandsons of Enos Moyer. The five generation business in 1994, that began 125 years ago with Christian, Enos, and Jonas Moyer's hay and feed store is still today serving the Indian Valley communities with three main divisions--Home Services, Plant Nutrients, and Pet & Animal Feeds.

 
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