Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Meyers, Sammy 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net February 3, 2011, 12:21 pm Lake Odessa Wave Times, 17 & 24 May 1912 Uncle Sammy Meyers who has been living with his daughter Mrs. Robt. Hamp and family in Keene township, died Wednesday morning age 85 past, a gradual decline from advanced old age taking him away. The funeral is held here today in the Radical U.B. church, at 2 p.m., Rev. Jarvis to preach the funeral sermon. Mr. Meyers was a well know personage of this section, especially by all the older people, he having been a pioneer settler here and also actively identified in church work and otherwise. Mrs. Jasper Morrow here is another daughter of the deceased and Mr. Will Meyers of west Sebewa a son. See obituary notice next week. ---- Obituary Samuel Meyers, Another Pioneer of the United Brethren Church Gone. Samuel Meyers, son of John and Cathreen Meyers was born in Luzerne Co., Pa., December 7, 1826 and died at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Robert Hamp in Keene township, Ionia Co., Mich. May 15, 1912 at the advanced age of 85 years, 5 months and 8 days. When eleven years old he with his parents moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio where they remained until 1850 when the family came to Michigan. After coming here Brother Meyers settled on a farm in Woodland township, Barry Co where he lived until the spring of 1885 when he sold the Woodland farm and bought another north and west of Lake Odessa, near the church known as the West Odessa church where he lived for a number of years, when he again sold his farm and moved to Woodbury, when he later bought a home and lived until his home and lived until his home was broken up by the death of his wife, since which time he has lived most of the time with his children. On May ?, 1856 he was married to Miss Julia Ann Haskins. To them 12 children were born 6 of whom are still living, 3 girls and 3 boys all of whom were present at the funeral except Edwin who lives in South Dakota. Julia Ann Meyers his wife died June 19, 1886 and in the fall of 1887 he married Mrs. Sarah J. Meyers of the State of Iowa, who died April 24, 1907. Father Meyers has been a life-long member of the dear old United Brethren church having sustained an official relation for many years, serving the church as leader, Sunday school superintendent, trustee, and for many years secretary of the quarterly conference of Barry circuit and was a highly respected member of the class at Woodbury at the time of his death. He leaves to mourn his death one sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Cramer of Lake Odessa, and one brother Valentine Meyers of Sunfield, who is an honored member of the United Brethren class at that place; also 3 sons, 3 daughters and several grand and great grand children, beside a large circle of other relatives and friends by whom he will be greatly missed. The funeral was held at the U.B. church at Lake Odessa, May 17, 1912. The sermon was preached by the writer, from II Timothy 1, 12, assisted by Rev. I. H. Mourer. Interment was at Lakeside cemetery. C.D. Jarvis. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/meyers10776nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb