Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

HENRY C. MEYER, brick manufacturer and ice dealer; 
Beardstown; is a native of Prussia, Germany; born Sept 20, 
1835.  In 1844, he came to the United States with his 
parents, who settled on a farm in Knox County, Ind., where 
he lived till he was twenty-two years of age.  He early 
began to learn brick-making, at which he worked about eight 
years in Knox County, Ind.  In 1857, he came to Beardstown, 
and started a brick yard near the town, and, after running 
it one year, took as a partner J. Baujan, and they run the 
business in company about five years, when Mr. Meyer 
retired from the business, and bought a farm in Arenzville 
Precinct, this county, and engaged in farming there about 
five years.  He then resumed brick-making, and has ever 
since been engaged, more or less extensively, in that 
business.  In 1870, he bought a half interest in the 
present saw-mill on the bay, and, in company with Mr. 
Baujan run it for two years; then bought out his partner's 
interest, and has since run the mill on his own account, 
employing eight or nine men constantly.  The mill cuts an 
average 4,000 feet per day.  For the past six years Mr. 
Meyer has been engaged in the ice business, and has four 
ice houses with a capacity of 6,000 tons; his farm, mill, 
ice business, and brick-yard, furnish employment for a 
large force of men.  He married Jan. 1, 1863, Amelia, 
daughter of Lewis Boy, of this county; they have had six 
children, one deceased.  Mr. Meyer is a member of the 
present City Council; he is a Democrat.

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