Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Meier, Authur J 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Meier, Authur J., a prosperous agriculturalist of Good Farm Township, has the 
distinction of being a grandson of John Meier, one of the first settlers of 
this township, who emigrated from Bavaria, Germany, in the latter forties, and 
located in Good Farm Township, Grundy County. With his wife he took a 
prominent part in the beginning of what is now one of the best farming 
communities of the county. They were the parents of four sons and three 
daughters, Augusta, Carrie, Maggie, John, Leonard, George and Henry. Henry 
Meier, father of Arthur J. Meier, was born in Good Farm Township, where he was 
reared on the homestead of his father, and was sent to the neighborhood 
schools. He was married to Minnie Schrotberger, and they had nine children, 
six of whom are deceased. Laura, who died June 16, 1914, lived with her 
parents. Mable, who was Mrs. F. Dransfeldt, died in Good Farm Township, 
February 12, 1914. Arthur J. and Jesse, who lives in Good Farm Township; and 
Pearl, who is living at Dwight, Ill., with her parents, the father being 
retired.

Authur J. Meier was born in Good Farm Township, November 14, 1882, and while 
assisting his father in the work of the farm, went to school. He remained with 
his father until he was twenty-six years old at which time he married and 
settled on 120 acres of the old homestead. On this property he is carrying on 
general farming, making a specialty of breeding Chester White hogs and 
thoroughbred Rhode Island chickens.

On June 22, 1909, Mr. Meier was married to Nellie Patmore of Gardner, Ill., a 
daughter of Orlando and Anna (Gough) Patmore, natives of Pennsylvania and of 
Nova Scotia, respectively. They came to Gardner, Ill., where the father died 
in 1896, his burial being in the Braceville Cemetery. The mother survives, 
having married (second) George Beverly, of Gardner, Ill. There were three 
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Patmore: Lucinda, who is now Mrs. George Myers 
of Joliet, Ill.; Nellie, who is Mrs. Authur Meier; and Erwin, who is living at 
Joliet, Ill. There were two children born to the second marriage of Mrs. 
Meier’s mother: Edward Beverly, who is living at Gardner, Ill.; and Mayona, 
who is deceased, and is buried in the Braceville Cemetery. Mr. Meier is one of 
the progressive farms of the county and he and his wife take an important part 
in the social affairs of this locality, their hospitable home being the scene 
of many pleasant gatherings.

page 866

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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