MYERS, Henry - 1914

MYERS, AHRENS, EASTON, BAUMAN, VALCKER, NILES, BOWERS

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

HENRY MYERS.

A worthy representative of agricultural interests in Cherokee county is Henry Myers, who owns and operates a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section u, Pitcher township. His birth occurred in Winnebago county, Illinois, December 14, 1865, his parents being John and Sophia (Ahrens) Myers, natives of Germany, who emigrated to the United States as young people with their respective parents. Their marriage was celebrated in Winnebago county, Illinois, where John Myers operated a farm throughout his active business career. He is now living retired in Pecatonica, Illinois, at the age of sixtyeight years, but his wife is deceased. Unto them were born seven children, as follows : Henry, of this review; Emma, who is the wife of Robert Easton and resides in Illinois; Ella, who gave her hand in marriage to Fred Bauman of Melvin, Iowa; Fred, living in Pecatonica, Illinois; Mattie, the wife of Fred Valcker, of Colman, South Dakota; Albert, of Pecatonica, Illinois; and Julia, who is the widow of Dwight Niles and makes her home in Pecatonica, Illinois.

Henry Myers attended the schools of his native state in the acquirement of an education and remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. When twentyone years of age he came to Cherokee county, Fowa, and for a time was employed as a farm hand. In 1890 he made his way to the Black Hills, South Dakota, and there took a claim but did not prove it up. Returning to Cherokee county by team, he was here married and subsequently cultivated rented land near Aurelia for two years. On the expiration of that period he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 11, Pitcher township, to the further cultivation and development of which he has given his attention continuously since. The property is now highly improved and the land is in an excellent state of cultivation. His undertakings as an agriculturist have been attended with success and he has long been numbered among the substantial and representative citizens of the community.

On March 3, 1892, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Bowers, a native of Germany, who came to the United States in 1888, locating in Illinois, where she continued to reside until the time of her marriage. She is the mother of two children, namely: Edna, who was born March 19, 1893 and has enjoyed an excellent musical education; and Roy C., whose natal day was August 22, 1895.

Mr. Myers gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has ably served as a member of the school board but is not an office seeker, preferring to concentrate his time and energies on his private business affairs. Fraternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in both of which organizations he had filled all the chairs. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Johns Evangelist church, to which his wife and children also belong. His life has ever been upright and honorable and the motives which guide his actions are such as will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.