Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Myer, Lewis S. 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 20, 2006, 4:44 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) LEWIS S. MYER. This veteran of the Civil War is to be counted among the progressive and influential farmers and business men of Carroll county, where he has lived for seventy years. He has figured as one of the builders of the community and is especially worthy of consideration in this volume. By his industry, good management and foresight, he has been able to acquire a large competency for old age. Not only has he advanced his personal fortunes, but he has materially assisted in promoting the welfare of the community, having in many ways lent his valuable time and influence in behalf of worthy public movements. Lewis S. Myer, the proprietor of "Bachelor Run Stock Farm" of one hundred and thirty acres, situated northwest of Flora, adjoining the corporation on the Delphi and Flora gravel road, was born in Carroll county, April 3, 1845. He is the son of John Myer, Jr., who married Lavina Shideler. John Myer, Jr., was a native of Union county, Indiana, born on March 26, 1814, and died on May 24, 1873, at Salem, Oregon. His wife, who was born on July 8, 1821, died on February 11, 1891. She also was a native of Union county, Indiana. John Myer, Jr., and his wife grew up in Union county, Indiana, and were married in that county. After their marriage they came to Carroll county, Indiana, and settled on land which John Myer, Sr., had entered from the government This tract of land was located in section 24, of Monroe township. There they built a cabin and passed through all of the pioneer experiences common to the day and generation. John Myer, Jr., owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres near the present site of the town of Flora. The paternal grandparents of Lewis S. Myer were John, Sr., and Elizabeth Myer, the former of whom was born on January 2, 1785, and the latter on October 17, 1784. Their children were Samuel, born on June 29, 1806; Mary, August 9, 1808; Sarah, August 17, 1816; Barbara, September 3, 1812, and John, Jr., March 26, 1814. John, Sr., and Elizabeth (Sloffel) Myer were married in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1802, and immigrated to Indiana in the fall of 1806. On September 17, 1882, Samuel Myer, the eldest son of John, Sr., and Elizabeth Myer, was married to Susan Kingery. John, Jr., and Lavina (Shideler) Myer were the parents of nine children, four of whom are now living, namely: Lewis S., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, the wife of Albert Holmes, of Camden, Indiana; David, .a farmer near Flora, and Amanda, the wife of Elias Shiveley, of Bringhurst, Indiana. Ellis T., another son, was a member of Company H, Third Indiana Cavalry, and died in the army fighting in the defense of his country at Munfordville, Kentucky, in January, 1862. Reared on a farm in Monroe township and educated in the district schools of the township, Lewis S. Myer was twenty years old when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1865. After the war Mr. Myer came home and was married to Mrs. Margaret (Hunt) Bright, on January 23, 1868. She is a daughter of Edward Hunt, and had married Peachy Bright, a soldier in the Civil War, who was drowned on the steamer "Sultana," leaving one daughter, Estaline, the widow of D. S. Trent. Mr. and Mrs. Myer were the parents of five children, namely: Laura, who. married John M. Koonsman, died on August 9, 1894; Virgil, born on December 25, 1870, who was graduated from the Flora schools and for a time was a teacher, but is now a merchant in Flora and a member of the school board, married Jennie Snobarger, September 30, 1896; Dora B., born on September 23, 1872;' who is a graduate of the high school and an undertaker and furniture dealer, is unmarried and lives at home; Lena L., born on June 8, 1875, who is the widow of Elmer J. Todd and a graduate of the Flora high school, is now a teacher of music in the Flora schools; Dr. W. L., a graduate of the Flora high school and formerly a teacher in the Flora schools, is a dentist at Rensselaer and manages a farm of two hundred acres. Lewis S. Myer was one of the organizers of the Bright National Bank and was a large stockholder. He also helped to organize the Carroll County Loan, Trust and Savings Company and is one of the large stockholders of the company. He has been active in farmers' institutes and has served as secretary of the Carroll County Farmers' Institute. He keeps a very high grade of stock on the farm where he lives and has been very successful in agriculture. Mrs. Myer is an active worker in the Baptist church. Mr. Myer attends church regularly and is a liberal supporter of religious enterprises. He is a member of Samuel Stewart Post No. 557, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a past commander of the post and is the present quartermaster. He is also a member of Fountain City Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor. He is also a member of the grand lodge of Indiana. Politically, Lewis S. Myer is identified with the Republican party. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Biographical Section of HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/myer147nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 5.9 Kb