Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 7 October 2005

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JONATHAN J. MYERS, retired farmer and carpenter, Socialville, Ohio. The gentleman above dates his citizenship to Warren County back to 1839. He was born in Indiana April 17, 1817. His parents were Jonathan and Elizabeth (Pryor) Myers; he was born in Pennsylvania, and she was a native of Virginia; they were married in Chillicothe during the latter part of the eighteenth century; they settled at Walnut Hills, now a suburb of Cincinnati, in the beginning of the nineteenth century; he purchased 60 acres of land where Walnut Hills now stands, on which he resided about ten years; he then removed to Switzerland Co., Ind., in which he bought a section of land, living thereon another ten years, when he returned to Ohio and located near Sharon, where he died three months later in 1829, aged about 48 years. He served his country in the war of 1812. His wife survived him, and died a number of years after his death. They were parents of eleven children, five of whom are living viz., Andrew, Elizabeth, Jonathan J., Silas P. and Robert; the deceased are Polly, James W., Joel, Hettie and Emanuel. Mr. and Mrs. Myers were of Quaker extraction and proclivity, and were reared to the requirements of that faith. Our subject was reared to farm pursuits; he remained on the farm with his parents until of age. In the fall of 1840, he was married to Mrs. Lydia M., daughter of John Wilkerson, by whom he had eight children, six living, viz., William McKendell, Mary E., Leonidas H., Cyrus F., Anna M. and John W; the deceased are Samuel A. and Josephine. After his marriage, he purchased 105 acres of land, on which he now lives. Before his marriage, he learned the carpenter's trade, and, during his latter years, has paid considerable attention to it. He and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they were connected before marriage; for more than forty years have they complied with every requirement of that well-known religious body, and have been live workers in the cause; for twenty years, he has led his church class, and has ever borne the standard high. His farm consists of 75 acres of choice land, which is comfortably improved. From Chillicothe, Mr. Myers, Sr., removed to Deerfield, in which he lived but a short time.