Myers - William
Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, IN (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 422
William MYERS, retired farmer, Ladoga, came with his parents, John and Catharine (HONTZ) Myers, to this township from Virginia in 1833. He was born on September 4, 1816, in the old hilly state of Virginia. At the time they settled in Montgomery county their market for many years was LaFayette, or to points on the Ohio river through a wild timbered country, without roads or bridges, winding through the forests, crossing, or rather fording, streams at the safest places. On October 20, 1836, he married Miss Lydia HARSHBARGER, a native of Virginia, who came to this county far back in its early history. Mr. Myers, like his father, was reared a farmer, which business he always followed. In 1852 he built the fine brick residence where he now lives, on the county road one mile west of Ladoga. He is now spending his declining years in his comfortable home, made by a life of honest toil. He has six children living: Saloma C., Elizabeth A., Daniel A., Amanda E., Mary L. and Susan A.. His father died in 1842, at the honored old age of seventy-seven years, after an industrious life of honest labor. His mother died in 1850. He has nineteen grandchildren, and is one of the representative men of Scott township. - transcribed by kbz
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Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain counties, Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, pp 697-698
WILLIAM MYERS, one of the prominent and early agriculturists of
Montgomery County, Ind., and now a well-known resident of Ladoga, is a
native of Roanoke County, Va. In the early part of the present century
this county was called Botetourt, and it was thus designated when, in
1816, our subject was born. The paternal grandfather of William Myers
was a native of Germany, and made the long, wearisome, and often
dangerous passage across the Atlantic in the slow sailing-vessels,
almost the only mediums of transportation to America in those days.
Landing safely upon the shores of the New World, it was not long before the sturdy German emigrant received employment and made for himself a comfortable and happy home among the colonists, who gladly welcomed all frugal, industrious, honest new-comers to their midst. Among the family which gathered in the home of this ancestor of our subject was his son John, who served as a teamster in the War of the Revolution. John was born in Pennsylvania, and his native State was the stage upon which occurred many of the most important events of our National history.
Amid the stirring scenes of war and perilous adventure John Myers arrived at mature age and entered into matrimony with Miss Katherine Hants, also a native of the Quaker State, who became the mother of William Myers, our subject. After a time they journeyed with their family to the new State of Indiana, and located upon section 24, just west of Ladoga. The farm of one hundred and sixty acres was mainly unimproved, but yielded to its careful cultivation an excellent return.
Our subject on reaching manhood was married in 1836 or 1837 to Miss Lydia Harshbarger, who came with her father, Jacob Harshbarger, to Montgomery County in 1831. This lady was one of a well-known family of eight children, and has herself become the mother of seven children, five of whom, three daughters and two sons, are yet living. Salome C. was married to John Graybill, and resides in the State of Kansas; Lizzie became the wife of Frank Franz, and died leaving two children, Winnie and Lou; Daniel is a resident of Clark Township; Amanda married M. C. Williams, and died leaving two children, Gertrude and Edwin; Mary is now the wife of James Gill, a resident of Butler County, Kan.; J. Franz lives in Montgomery County, Ind.; and Alice is the wife of William Baldwin, now living in Clark Township.
J. Franz, the youngest son of our subject, received excellent educational advantages in the Asbury, now Depauw, University, located in Greencastle, Ind. He entered this institution of learning in 1870, and attended regularly three years, finishing the preparatory course and remaining through the freshman year. Returning home, he desired to establish himself in some profitable avocation in life, and as he had already acquired experience in agriculture engaged in 1875 in farming. He was prospered, and has already accumulated a valuable property, consisting of three hundred and twenty acres of fine land, highly improved and yearly increasing in estimated worth.
In 1877, J. Franz Myers and Miss Sarah O'Neall were married and carried with them into their home the hearty and best wishes of a large circle of friends and relatives. Mrs. Myers is the daughter of Abijah O'Neall, an old resident of Mountsville County, where his children were reared. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are the parents of one child, their son Franz. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are active in its benevolent, social and religious duties. They are all interested in the conduct of public affairs, and Mr. Myers, although not an active politician in the full significance of the term, is well posted in national and local affairs, and casts his vote with the Republican party. - transcribed by kbz
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Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Wed Feb 22, 1905
William Myers died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wildie Baldwin in Oklahoma Monday. The body will be brought here for burial. -- - transcribed by kbz