Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-08-01
Died
at his home in this city July 81,
at 8 % M. r. w. Myers.

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at 3 p m, F. w. Myers.
He was a Representative
farmer of Taylor township, re
siding on section IL, came t
Harrison county in the sprin;
Of 1869, and hired out by tn
month on a farm in Ragla
township. After fourtee
months he went to the Blac
Hills country, with Messrs. Coz
don & Wright, who were lndlal
traders. He rode through o.
horseback, but only remained I
short time. He returned tn,
same way as he went, his tri,
consuming about six months
In the spring of 1871, he Dough
the farm he now lives upon
There were two hundred acres
of partly improved land, which
had a one-story frame house
upon it, in which he lived unit
the autumn of 1883, when hi.
present two story frame resi-
dence was erected, the same
being 40x50 feet.
Mr.. Myers was born il
Adams County. Pa. June Z
1916. He was the son of An.
thony K. and Margaret c.
(Wolfford) Myers, both natives
of Pennsylvania. The de
ceased remained under the pa
rental roof until September /
1864, when he enlisted in Com
pany A, Two hundred and
Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers
and was assigned to the Army
of the Potomac. He took part
in the following engagements:
The battle of Fl. Steadman,
Yellowhouse Landing, then
went on to Petersburg, and was
at Appomattox Courthouse,
and was there when Lee sur
rendered, and was within a
mile of the spot where Gen.
U. S. Grant demanded and OBJ
tanned an "unconditional' sur
render of the great leader of
Southern Confederacy.
The deceased participated in
and made one of the vast throng
the like of which the world
may never see again the
Grand Review of the armies at
Washington, D. c. He was
discharged at Alexandria, Va,
May 81, 1865, and then return
ed to his home in Pennsylvania,
where he remained only a short
time, and then went to selling
fruit trees in Virginia. This
was in the spring of 1866. At
ter four months at this bust
ness he went to Chicago and
formed a partnership with O..
Boles and followed the mercan-
tile business for nine months.
This business adventure did not
prove a success, so he went to
Blackhawk County, Iowa,
where he canvassed for the
pictures of Grant and Colfax.
He followed this for two
months and then went to Guth-
rie County, Iowa, and hired out
on a farm, where he worked
nine months and then came to
this county.
December g, 1871, he was
in Harrison county, to
Miss Maggie E Garner, the
daughter of Henry and Anna
(Mahoney) Garner. This mat
rimonial union was sealed and
made more sacred by the birth
IF Carlos U Henry A., a pair
If twins, a boy and girl, wi 0
died in infancy, and Stephen.
Mr. Myers belonged to Lodge
No. 232. A. F. & A. M, of Mis-
souri, Valley; also the Royal
Arch Chapter at the same
place. He is also a member of
The Grand Army of the Repub-
lie at Mo. Valley In his political
belief he always supported the
party up to the
present campaign, bat is now
identified with the Peoples
party. In April, 1891, a
Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union was organized in
Harrison County, of which the
deceased was made President.
The funeral will be under the
of the Masonic Lodge
Of this city, of which he was q
Be buried in Mag
nolia cemetery Sunday, August
18th. A funeral sermon will be
preached by Rev Williams, of
Council Bluffs, at II a. m, at
The M. E. church in this city.
A funeral will be held at the