John
Myers
Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
Son of John Myers
and Alice (Slack) Myers
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Smith) Myers
— married
about 28 Oct 1815 in Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret (Myers) Bream, George Myers, Mary (Myers) Chambers, Susannah (Myers) Dull, Harriett (Myers) Bream, Gabriel Myers and Elizabeth (Myers) Parker
Died about
at about age 35
in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Oct 2013
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Biography
Alice Cronise's research on the ancestors of the Lamar family of Frederick, Maryland, gives John's death date as August 19, 1835, but John's son Gabriel gives the date August 19, 1828. In any case, records generally agree that both John and his wife Mary died relatively young.
Sources
Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company, Benton County, Indiana. 1899. Biography of son Gabriel Myers, starting on page 248, gives a summary of John's life.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Sharon Casteel for creating WikiTree profile Myers-3694 through the import of slc2.ged on Oct 22, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sharon and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
V. (Davis) Casteel 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T307643 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Sharon Casteel :
23andMe, GEDmatch M371518 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jim McGuire :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T168906 [compare]
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