Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 574
JOHN H. MEYER, one of the enterprising men of Muscatine, Iowa, was born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 9, 1823, and there grew to manhood, receiving a liberal education. In 1845, when a young man, he resolved to cast his lot in the New World, and emigrated to America, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he secured employment in a furniture factory for twelve years. While in that city, in the month of April, 1863, he led to the marriage altar Miss Mary Behring, who was born in Prussia, March 21, 1838. Soon after their marriage the couple removed to Iowa, settling at Muscatine, where Mr. Meyer again engaged in a furniture factory. He subsequently embarked in the express business, which he followed for ten years, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity. Although in limited circumstances on his arrival in this country, hie energy, ability, and good management have secured him a comfortable competency, and he is to-day numbered among the well-to-do citizens of Muscatine. He was the first to establish his father's name on the soil of Iowa, and for a quarter of a century has been identified with the history of Muscatine County, aiding in all its interests and enterprises as far as he was able.

By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer four children have been born : Eddie, born Feb. 10, 1864, died at the age of nine years ; Sophia, born Aug.17, 1866, is now the wife of Peter Bair, Trinidad, Colo.; Henry, born March 22, 1870, is a printer of Kansas City ; Frankie, born March, 1873, resides in Muscatine County. In politics, Mr. Meyer is a Democrat. He is held in high esteem by all with whom business or social relations have brought him in contact, and is well deserving of the confidence of all.

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