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 ILLIAM MYERS has been a resident of Coles County since the spring of 1863, when he emigrated with his father’s family from Hendricks County, Ind. He was born in Miami County, Ohio, April 30, 1844, and is the son of Amos Myers, a native of Hamilton County. His mother, Lydia (Sutphon) Myers, was a native of New Jersey, whence she removed early in life to Northern Ohio, where her parents were among the earliest settlers. The parents of our subject continued residents of the Buckeye State until 1849, and then emigrated to Hendricks County, Ind., when they followed farming until 1863. Amos Myers then determined to push still further West-ward, and coming to this county purchased 152 acres of land in Charleston Township, which he operated upon until the fall of 1878. Being then well advanced in years he wisely determined to abandon active labor, and removing to the city of Charleston, lived there in retirement until his death, which occurred in January, 1884, after he had passed his seventy-third birthday. The wife and mother had preceded her husband to the silent land in 1865, leaving seven children, of whom the record is as follows: Irvin M. is engaged in the grocery business at Indianapolis; Catherine, and Elina, now Mrs. Feagan, are residents of Charleston; William is living in Charleston Township; Mary is deceased; Henry is farming in Osage County, Kan. ; Sarah, the wife of David W. Hall, is a resident of Sangamon County, Ill. William Myers was a child of five years when his father removed from Ohio to Indiana. He remained a member of the parental household, coming with the family to Illinois in 1863, and assisted his father and brothers in tilling the soil. Later he varied his occupation for a couple of years, and engaged in butchering. He continued on the homestead after the parents had retired to Charleston, and is now the possessor of 153 acres under a good state of cultivation. Of late years he has dealt quite extensively in live-stock, and is considered one of the representative and enterprising farmers of this locality. The marriage of William Myers and Miss Priscilla B., daughter of David and Harriett C. Stites, took place at the home of the bride in Charleston Township, Sept. 26, 1882. The result of this union has been two children Walter A. and Mary C. Our subject, politically, is a genuine Republican and has held the local offices of his township. He was brought up in the Methodist faith, which was the faith of his parents, and has been connected with that denomination since eighteen years of age. In all the relations of life, as a husband, father, citizen and business man, his course has been creditable in the extreme and worthy of imitation. |
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