Bartholomew-Shelby County IN Archives Biographies.....Myers, Charles W. 1869 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

CHARLES W. MYERS.

   Charles W. Myers, who owns and operates a farm of one hundred and twenty-two
acres in Flat Rock township, was born in Jackson township, Shelby county,
Indiana, on the 18th of May, 1869. The family is of German descent and the
grandfather was a resident of Pennsylvania, and at Harrisburg Jacob Myers, the
father of the subject, was born in 1814. When a young man he left there and
removed to Ohio, settling near the city of Dayton, where he formed the
acquaintance and married Miss Elizabeth Bolinger, who was born near Dayton in
1823. After living for a time in Ohio they removed to Shelby county, Indiana,
where he engaged in contracting and building and became one of the leading
builders in that locality. He also engaged in farming, owning sixty acres of
well improved land. He was a Democrat, and was a member of the Lutheran church.
He died in August, 1885, and his widow survives him at the home farm. They had
seven children: David, who married Susie Bell, and follows farming; Joe, a
salesman for the Reeves factory of Columbus, Indiana; John, who is a twin
brother of Joe, and is upon the old homestead; Andrew, a saw filer in
Evansville, Indiana; Kate, the wife of Joe Scott, a farmer of Shelby county;
George, who is superintendent of a sawmill in Evansville with sixty men under
him, and Charles.

   Charles W. Myers acquired his education in the common school, and then turned
his attention to farming, which he has always followed. He came to this county
in 1899 and is now the owner of a rich tract of one hundred and twenty-two acres
one and a half miles east of St. Louis Crossing. His fields are rich and return
a golden tribute as a reward for the care and cultivation bestowed upon them.
The improvements are of a substantial character, indicating careful supervision
and attention to details. On the 7th of April, 1897, occurred the marriage of
Mr. Myers and Miss Nellie Nading, daughter of Charles and Julia (Rogers) Nading,
both of whom were natives of this county, his birth occurring in the year 1850.
Mrs. Myers is the eldest of their family of seven children, the others being:
George, who is a sawyer at St. Louis Crossing; Delby, who is employed in a
sawmill in Indianapolis; Sarah, the wife of Marshall Higgins, of Flat Rock
township; Oliver, who is operating the old home farm at St. Louis Crossing;
Earnest, who is railroad agent at St. Louis Crossing; and Nancy, who is teaching
in Hope, though making her home with her mother. The grandfather of Mrs. Myers,
Milton Nading, was one of the pioneer settlers, coming to this county from North
Carolina. He settled in the Haw Patch and improved a
one-hundred-and-twenty-five-acre farm, and, as financial resources increased,
the family after his death extended the farm until it comprised four hundred and
forty acres. He was thus actively associated with the early development and
improvement of the county. In his family were nine children and he was accounted
an influential and prominent citizen. Milton Nading settled upon and improved
the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Myers now live, and erected the buildings and here
he lived, and died while still a comparatively young man. His widow remained and
with her sons operated the farm, her last years being spent with her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Wright, her death occurring at the old homestead about ten years
since at an advanced age. Mrs. Myers began to teach at sixteen years of age and
for seven years taught in Flat Rock township schools. She and her husband
purchased the old Nading homestead at the settlement of the estate.

  Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one son, Lester, who was born on the 24th of October,
1898. They are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Myers
is an active supporter of the Democratic party. As a wideawake business man he
has prospered and is now accounted one of the men of affluence in his community.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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