Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....MYERS, JOHN LORENZO March 8, 1928
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. Gladwin County Record dated 03-15/1928 Column - 3 Page - 4
John Lorenzo Myers died Wednesday, March 7, 1928, at his home in Tobacco 
township of Bright's disease. Mr. Myers was born Jan. 30, 1847 in Custer 
county, Ohio. He served 3 years and 3 months in the Civil war, enlisting June 
3, 1862. He was discharged owing to sickness but re-enlisted at the expiration 
of the time and serving 3 months more. He was promoted from private to 
corporal in company A, 128 Ohio regiment. After the war he worked in the oil 
fields for about 6 years had a drug store at Cygnet, Custer county, Ohio. In 
1899 he came to Gladwin county and located on a farm in Tobacco township. He 
has lived in Arkansas, Ohio and Michigan.
   He was married Oct. 29, 1875 to Laura Beatty, Nine children were born to 
them, seven of whom, George, Myrtle, Byron, Lorenzo, Jr., May, Adam and one 
baby unnamed are deceased. Two daughters, Mrs. Helen Shaffer of Beaverton and 
Mrs. Leona Disel of Findley, Ohio, two grandchildren, Doris and Delos Disel 
and Mrs. Myers survive him. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. The 
funeral was held at Dale, Saturday afternoon, March 10, at 2 o'clock conducted 
by Rev. A. J. Preston. The pallbearers were: John Flock, Charles Tolles, 
William Richardson, Elmer Coolidge, Ira Brand and Henry Smith. 

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