MYERS-William - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

William Myers, farmer, Steam Corner, is the second son of Abraham and Catharine (Saltsgaber) Myers. Abraham and Catharine were born in Pennsylvania and were blessed with two sons: Isaac born July 5 1808 and William born March 1 1812. In 1836 they moved from Ohio to Indiana, staying one year, and in the spring of 1837 bought land in the northeast part of Mill Creek township, In their old age they found a home for sixteen years with their son William. They were members of the United Brethren church. He was politically a Jackson democrat, then a whig and in his late years a republican. He died /September 30 1870, aged ninety years, and his wife died February 17 1857, aged eighty six years, six months and three days. William Myers was married in Ross county, Ohio, December 25 1833 to Sarah Van Gundy, daughter of John and Anna M. (Davis) Van Gundy. She was born in Pennsylvania April 6 1808. Her parents were Pennsylvanians, and in 1836 moved to Scott's prairie, fountain county Indiana, where they died; he on October 27 1860 aged ninety three years and she October 7 1854 aged eighty one years, nine months and twelve days. Mr. and Mrs. Myers settled first on Scott's prairie and lived there nearly five years. In 1841 they moved on their present farm, which had been entered by John Van Gundy. He and wife experiences all pioneer haps and mishaps. Mr. Myers taught school two winters, and was the first male teacher in the district. While he struggled with problems in the school room, wood or field, Mrs. Myers was at her reel or loom, or at other household duties. They have been long connected with the United Brethren church, of which he is a pillar. Mr. Myers was a whig, but is now a republican. Financially he has made life a success, yet has laid up no great store. In their family are five children: Maria, now Mrs. Murphey Lewis) Calvin, Harriet, now Mrs. Adam Hershberger) Malinda (now Mrs. Wilkey), and Josiah D.