For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 412
WILLIAM MYERS....Among the citizens of Muscatine county who in the hour of danger nobly assisted in the preservation of the Union may be named William Myers, now living retired in Wilton Junction. He is a native of Clay county, Indiana, and was born April 7, 1834, a son of Michael and Mollie ( Dutton ) Myers, now living retired at Wilton Junction. The parents emigrated from Virginia to Indiana and entered land there, settling on a timber farm. In the midst of the forest Mr. Myers built a log cabin, which he covered with a clapboard roof and provided with a puncheon floor and home-made furniture according to the early style of the pioneers. Later, having prospered as a farmer, he built a more pretentious residence, in which a family of nine chldren were reared, five of whom are now living.William Myers grew up on the old homestead and attended the district school, assisting his father on the farm until twenty-three years of age. On leaving Indiana, he removed to Rock Island county, Illinois, where he enlisted in Company A, Sixtieth Illinois Infantry, and was soon sent with his regiment to the front, participating in many important battles of the Army of the West. He marched under General Sherman to the sea and returned northward to Washington, D. C., being present at the grand review in June, 1865. Having received his honorable discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, he came to Cedar county, Iowa, where he engaged in general farming and became one of the prosperous citizens of the community. Since 1886 he has lived retired at Wilton Junction.
In 1858. in Muscatine county, Iowa, Mr. Myers was united in Marriage to Miss Margaret A. Wilhelm, a native of Dayton, Ohio, and a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth ( Krise ) Wilhelm. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Ohio. Some time after their marriage they removed to Vigo county, Indiana, and in 1856 took up their residence in Muscatine county, Iowa, where the mother departed this life January 14, 1890. The father was called away on November 9, 1894. There were eleven children in their family, two of whom are now living. Five children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Myers : George W., who was born August 3, 1859, and died in 1883 ; Francis M., now of Muscatine, Iowa ; Elizabeth A., the wife of Frank Leinkuhler, of Moscow, Iowa ; U. S. L. Grant, now a practicing physician of Muscatine ; and Lee, who was born in 1872 and died in July, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have been separated from two of their children under circumstances unusually distressing, both of the sons meeting their death by drowning. Bravely have they faced the vicisssitudes of life, sustained by a faith in an all wise ruler whose providence is synonymopus with justice and love.
Mr Myers is affiliated with the republican party and served as school director and road supervisor. He is a valued member of Post N. 250, G. A. R., and Mrs. Myers is affiliated with the Ladies Relief Corps of the same post. They have many warm personal friends in Wilton township.
Back to Biographical Index Page