HENRY MYERS
The Pennsylvania House was built for a boarding school and was purchased by Frank H. Whitney, in 1866. He ran it as a hotel till December, 1867. Mr. Myers had bought it in August preceding, but did not take possession till December. Trade was booming then, and in the spring of 1868 the house was made the station of the Western Stage company. Mr. Myers has run the hotel since that time. The house has a goodly number of rooms, and furnishes comfortable accommodations to guests.
Henry Myers is a native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, born March 20, 1817, He is a son of Jacob and Mary (Toot) Myers, of whom the former died in June, 1883, aged eighty-nine years, and the latter in 1874, at the age of seventy-seven. Both were natives of Pennsylvania, where they died. Henry Myers resided upon a farm in the neighborhood of Gettysburg, until he removed to Cass county in the spring of 1867. A division of the Union army was encamped on his land both before and after the memorable battle which occurred at that place. He had at that time, 7,500 rails burned, horses stolen and crops destroyed. In consequence of his losses he sold his property there, and came, as before stated, to Cass county. He had previously traded for two hundred and forty acres of land in Cass county, the same amount in Calhoun county, and one hundred and twenty acres in Harrison county, and eighty acres in Pottawattamie county. He located on Seven-Mile creek, and that year purchased Frank Whitney's hotel. He then returned to the East for his family. He has since that time been engaged in keeping the Pennsylvania House, at Lewis. He was married in Pennsylvania, in 1837, to Lydia Eppley, a native of York county, Pennsylvania. By this union there were thirteen children: Mary Margaret married to Albert L. Barr, a native of Pennsylvania; Ann Elizabeth Jane, who died infancy; his two eldest sons, Jacob E. and John A. B., were in the Union array during the rebellion. Neither of them was of age when they enlisted. Jacob E. was a number [member] of the Third Maryland Cavalry, and John A. B. of the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Both served three years. The other children by this marriage, who are living, are: Isaac D., Belle Jannette, wife of D. W. Woodward, and James H. T. Of those deceased, six died in Pennsylvania, of dipththeria. Their names were: Ann Elizabeth, Edward D. S., Ella Virginia, Sam. F. D., Lillie Sue and Albert Williams, all of whom died between the twenty-first and twenty-seventh days of January, 1861. Mrs. Myers died September 25, 1859. Mr. Myers was married September 4, 1860 to B. Lizzie Eppley, a native of Adams county Pennsylvania. By this marriage there were seven children, three of whom are living: Cora May, married to Calvin F. Duphorn; Luther G. and Jessie Kate, married to E. S. Phillips, a native of Massachusetts. The other four are dead. Their names were George McClellan, Kate Eppley, Julia Grace and Linnie Sophia. Mr. Myers is a member of the Congregational church, and has been a member of the Odd Fellows' organization since 1844.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 542-543.
