Isaac M Myers (1834 - abt. 1902)

Born 14 Sep 1834 in Preston, Virginia, USA

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Died about 20 Sep 1902 at about age 68 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

From http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/fayette/bios/gresham/mibios.txt

Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania editorially managed by John M. Gresham assisted in the compilation by Samuel T. Wiley, A Citizen of the County Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co. Chicago: 1889

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ISAAC MYERS, one of the foremost businessmen of Henry Clay township, and a leading merchant of Markleysburg, is a son of Jacob and Hannah Van Sickle Myers, and was born in Preston county, Virginia (now West Virginia), September 14, 1834. His paternal grandfather, Isaac Myers, was a native of Somerset county, and removed to Fayette county where he died. He was a farmer, an old line Whig, and a devout member of the Brethren in Christ church. His maternal grandfather, Lewis Van Sickle, was born in New Jersey and emigrated to Allegheny county, Maryland, where he engaged in farming. He was a member of the German Baptist church, served in the War of 1812, and was a strong and active democrat. His father, Jacob Myers was born in Fayette county, was a farmer, republican, and a member of the Brethren in Christ church. His family consisted of four sons and nine daughters. Isaac Myers was educated in the common schools of Henry Clay township, and for several years was engaged at carpentry and farming. He now conducts at Markleysburg, a flouring mill, saw mill, planing mill, and a store under the name of Myers & Sons. In 1864 he enlisted in the Third Maryland Infantry, Home Guards, and was in the battle of Monocacy Junction, besides numerous skirmishes. In 1854, he was married to Miss Priscilla, daughter of Abraham Welsh, of Allegany county, Maryland. The have eight children: William Myers m Alice, daughter of G D Frantz, and resides in Garret county, Maryland; John H Myers; Joshua S Myers, carpenter and married to Samantha Savage; Dora E Myers, wife of J B Thomas, farmer of Garret county, Maryland; Mary E Myers married Burbridge Thomas, of the same county; Catherine E Myers; George W Myers and Laura M Myers. Isaac Myers is a republican and has been chaplain and vice grand in the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows. He is a member of the Church of God, and is an elder in that church. He is one of the live, progressive men of southern Fayette county; is energetic and successful in every enterprise he has undertaken.

Sources

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFSB-M3D : accessed 16 May 2016), Isaac Myers in entry for John H. Myers and Sadie Meyers, 30 Oct 1889; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,318,032.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3S2-QPX : accessed 16 May 2016), Isaac Myers, Henry Clay Township (south side) Markleysburg borough, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,410.
• Source: S133 Herrin, Cynthia, ed. Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Ancestry.com