William Frederick Mayer was born in Brackenheim Konigreich Wurtenberg, Germany, August 22, 1830. He came to the United States about 1853, and in 1854 removed from New York to Johnstown, where he became engaged in the furniture business, later working for the Cambria Iron Company. He was married in 1857 and died August 21, 1896.
~ History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume II, 1926, Page 673