MEYER, FRANK W. whose success in a mercantile line has been so remarkable as to entitle him to a foremost position among the representative men of Cass County, is a wholesale and retail dealer in general merchandise at Nos. 601 to 611 E. Fourth street, Beardstown. He was born at Muscatine, Iowa, April 9, 1865, a son of John Meyer. He lost his parents in childhood and was reared in Adams and Morgan counties, Ill., and early displayed these qualities which later aided him in developing his present large business connections. In 1883 he went to Kansas where for seven years he was profitably engaged in various callings, but in 1890 he returned to Illinois and established his present business in Beardstown. From the start he has been eminently successful and his name is synonymous with upright dealing and reliable goods. Mr. Meyer has had faith in Beardstown and has invested in realty and in addition to his business he owns the two-story building in which it is located, a half block of other business property on East Fourth street, and his private residence. In politics he is a Republican. The Methodist church holds his membership.

While living in Kansas Mr. Meyer was married, on March 23, 1888, to Ida Boellner, born in Cass County, Ill., April 10, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer became the parents of the following children: Walter P., Grace A., Lorena M., Frank W., Jr., Glenn Logan and Logan Glenn, twins, and Eva May, all of whom were born in Cass County, except the eldest. Perhaps Cass County has no busier man than Mr. Meyer for the increasing demands of his flourishing business entirely absorb his time and attention, and that he puts both to excellent use, his prosperity testifies.