Jonathan Edwin Myers

MYERS, PURDUM, SHULER, HUMMEL, PLATTS

Posted By: Marlene Skalberg (email)
Date: 9/24/2012 at 21:51:23

Jonathan Edwin Myers was born near Linn, Ohio September 26, 1842 and died August 29, 1924 at the home of his son Elmer, near Creston, at the age of 81 years, 11 months, and 3 days.
At the age of 18 the deceased enlisted in the army, serving three and one half years in the Civil War in the service of his country with Co. B 11th Ohio volunteer Cavalry. On December 24, 1863 he was married to Nancy Purdum at Sardinia, Ohio. To this union eight children were born, Sarah Bell dying in infancy and Emmett at the age of 34. On February 21, 1915, death called his faithful wife and a companionship of forty-nine years was broken. He is survived by six children. They are F. E. Myers and Mrs. H. W. Shuler of Corning; Mrs. D. B. Hummel of Burlington, Kansas; S. C. Myers of Canada; Emma Platts of Eagle Grove, and Elmer Myers of Creston; also seventeen grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. A. L. Barnes of Kisner, Kansas.
The family moved to Adams County in 1881 and lived in that and adjoining counties the rest of his life. He united with the Methodist Church when a young man and lived a true Christian life. He was a loving husband, a kind father, and a friend to all.
Adams County Free Press, September 6, 1924, page 9