Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Myers, H. 1839 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  H. MYERS, merchant, Robinson, was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1839, and when
sixteen years of age emigrated to America, landing in New York. He went to Ohio,
where he engaged in clerking in a clothing store. He remained there about a year
and a half and then returned to Europe, but in three months came back to
America, and located at Jacksonport, Ark., where he remained until the breaking
out of the war, in 1861, when he enlisted in Hardee's Corps, Maj. Schoup's
Battalion of Artillery, C. S. A., for a term of four years, or until the close
of the war; he participated in the following battles; Shiloh, Corinth, Bowling
Green, Nashville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Tenn., Meridian, Miss., Columbus,
Miss., etc. He was discharged at Meridian, Miss., in 1865. He went to Memphis,
Tenn., and engaged in steamboating, then to Hopkinsville, Ky., and back to
Tennessee, and engaged in the mercantile business, but in 1869, sold out and
went to Evansville, Ind., where he remained about a year, when he made another
trip to Europe, but shortly after returned to Evansville, thence to Columbus,
Ky., where he went into merchandising. He next went to Sullivan, Ind., but soon
after removed to Robinson, where he still resides, and is extensively engaged in
the clothing business. He was married in 1870 to Miss Jeanetta Pettinger, of
Evansville. They have four children living-Melanie, Jacob, Abraham and Isaac.
Mr. Myers is a member of the Robinson Lodge, No. 250, A., F. & A. M, and of the
Knights of Honor.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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