David Armstrong Myers (1848 - 1927)

Born 28 Feb 1848 in Gettysburg, Darke Co.,Ohio

Ancestors

Died Jul 1927 at age 79 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana

Biography

David A. Myers was born February 28, 1848 in Gettysburg, Darke Co., Ohio. David was the child of Scipio Myers and Mary Campbell. David married Martha E. "Mattie" Wolfe November 20,1878 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. David A. Myers passed away July 1927 at Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indian. Burial July 11, 1927 at Crown Hill Cemetery.

PICTORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. Indianapolis And Marion County, Indiana. Chicago. Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers 1893. D.A. Myers. Page 198

"D.A. Myers. One of the well-known attorneys at law of Indianapolis who commands the respect as well as the admiration of his brother practitioners is D.A. Myers, who stands as a living refutation of the popular idea that "there is no honest lawyer." His birth occurred at Gettysburg, Ohio, February 28,1848, a son of Scipio and Mary (Campbell) Myers, the former of whom was born on what afterward became the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the latter's birth occurring near that place. This worthy couple, in company with some of their Pennsylvania neighbors, moved by wagon to Darke County, Ohio, where they took up their residence on a farm, their neighbors settling in the same vicinity. They established the town of Gettysburg, Ohio, and named the township Adams in honor of their old home in Pennsylvania. Scipio Myers manifested his patriotism at the opening of the Civil War by enlisting in the Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry and re-enlisting in January, 1864, in the Eighth Ohio Calvary service, and was in command of Gen. Phil Sheridan to the close of the war. After his return home at the close of hostilities, he was elected to the State Legislature from Darke County, and in this capacity, as well as that of a soldier, his duties were discharged faithfully, earnestly and efficiently. He is still a resident of Darke County and is retired from the active duties of life and in the enjoyment of the fruits of a life well spent. He and six children survive the wife and mother, who died September 1892, and all reside near Gettysburg, Ohio, with the exception of D.A. Myers. He was brought up on his father's farm and in early life attended the public schools, finishing his education in and graduating from the Iowa State University in June, 1874. The following year he graduated from the law department of the State University at that place, after which he came to Indianapolis, a total stranger, and entered upon the practice of his profession. Unlike the majority of young attorneys he was not compelled to wait long for clients, and his agreeable manners and undoubted ability soon won him recognition at the bar, a reputation which has known no diminution since that time. His practice extends in nearly all the courts. He is a forcible speaker and pleader, and in the advocacy of cases before a jury he is especially strong and sucessful. His legal training has been careful and thorough, which enables him to grasp and easily solve the most complicated legal questions into elementary constituent principles. He is attorney for three of the leading building and loan associations of the city, as well as for a number of its most prominent business firms. He enjoys the confidence and esteem of all the brethren of the legal profession, and in all matters looking to the advancement and welfare of the community he has always been prompt and liberal. In 1879 Miss Mattie Wolf, who resided in the vicinity of Indianpolis, became his wife and to their union two children have been given: Ernst and Tyner. Mr. Myers and his wife are church members."

Sources

• PICTORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. Indianapolis And Marion County, Indiana. Chicago. Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers 1893. D.A. Myers. Page 198 (copy and paste)  ://archive.org/stream/pictorialbiograp00good#page/198/mode/2up
• Matha Wolfe, "Indiana, Marriages 1780-1992"/ Marriage: 20 November 1878, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana/ Spouse: David A. Myers
• The Martin Meyers Family 1749-1965, Volumes 1 & 2
• FIND A GRAVE: David A Myers/ Birth: Feb 28, 1848 Gettysburg, Darke Co., Ohio/ Death: July 1927 Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana/ "Burial July 11, 1927"/ Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana/ Memorial# 45976376

CENSUS

• David A Myers, (1870) / Adams, Darke Co., Ohio/b. 1847-1848 Ohio/ OTHER: Scipio, Mary, Zacariah, Mattie, Alexander, Mary
• David A Myers, (1900) Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana/ b. Feb 1848 Ohio (Spouse: Mattie E. Myers/ Children: Ernst S. Myers, Tyner W. Myers/ Other: Estella Preston.)

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