Biography of J M Myers, Clay Co, AR

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The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of N. E. Ark.
Biographical Information.

J. M. Myers, mayor of St. Francis, and one of the most enterprising men of the
town, was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and is the son of Michael Myers, who
came with his father from Pennsylvania, settling in Ohio, and was there married
to Miss Susan McClane, a native of Ohio. J. M. Myers remained in Sandusky until
1886, when he came to St. Francis, where he engaged in the lumber business and
has continued this calling since. He is the owner of 380 acres of land in his
native [p.236] State, and 8,000 acres of timber and oval land in Morgan County,
Ky. After arriving in Clay County, Ark., Mr. Myers joined the firm of Juvenall,
Myers & Co., operating Mr. Rosengrant's mill. Afterward in company with W. S.
Bryon, of St. Louis, he built a mill and opened under the firm name of J. M.
Myers & Co. This he still continues and has now completed one of the largest and
best equipped mills in the county or State. When the town of St. Francis was
organized in 1888 Mr. Myers was elected to the office of mayor to fill the
interim until the first municipal election, when he was re-elected, and is now
holding that position to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He has built,
in addition to the two mills, the finest residence in the county. Although not a
member of any church he has assisted materially in the building of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, to which he contributed very liberally. He was married
in Ohio to Miss Ella Bair, who came from Pennsylvania with her parents, Jacob
and Amy (Uber) Bair, a number of years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Myers have been born
five children: Edith Floy, Sadie Grace, Gail Roena, Grover C. and an infant
unnamed. Mr. Myers is a Democrat in politics.