MYERS, Jacob 1831 - 1900

MYERS, HIRSHBERGER, VOGEL

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/12/2011 at 11:52:58

"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, May 23, 1900
Page 7, Column 5

OBITUARY.

Fairfield, Iowa, May 21, 1900. A tribute to my friend and brother, Jacob MYERS, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, 1831, came to Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1848 and was married to Catherine HIRSHBERGER in 1853, and to them were born three children, all boys. In 1869 he sold his farm in Lower Richwoods and went to Kansas, settling in Nemaha County near Centralia.... died Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. of heart failure.... Leaves wife and two sons to mourn his departure.

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"Jefferson County Republican"
Friday, May 25, 1900
Page 1, Column 2

PLEASANT PLAIN. Wm. VOGEL received word of the death of his half brother in Centralia, Kansas, last Saturday. His name is Jacob MYERS, and is well known in Walnut Township, where he formerly resided....

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: This is one of several men named Jacob MYERS with local connections. We count four such burials in the county as of the time of this posting; the one above is not one of them.