Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....Myers, Hiram H. March 27, 1900
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Grand  Rapids Herald March 1900
EATH OF "UNCLE HIRAM"  One of the best-known  Pioneers of Northern Kent  Special
to Grand  Rapids Herald
SPARTA, Mich., March 27-Hiram Myers is dead. He  was sly and robust until within
the past year.  Mr. Myers was born in Brantford Ont., in 1814. He moved to Port
Huron while Michigan was a  wilderness and became a resident of Kent county  in
1843. Mr. Myers homestead just east of the  village of Sparta where he resided
with his son,  Supervisor Henry Myers at the time of his death  is one of the
best-known places in northern Kent. Mr. Myers' family consisted of his wife,
seven  sons and four daughters. Five sons and two  daughters survive him. The
funeral will be held  form his residence Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Second Obituary

HIRAM MYERS NO MORE  Age Pioneer Expired at His  Home Monday of Cancer.  The
closing days of March have seen the passing away of another pioneer.  Hiram
Myers, father of Supervisor Henry Myers,  died Monday after long, weary months
of suffering form cancer, at his home across the river.   Hiram Myers was one of
Sparta township's most  honored citizens, and his death has brought to a  close
a life of usefulness and success. Away back in the days of woods and swamps,
somewhere in  the forties, he left his native soil in Canada  and turned his
face toward the setting sun,  hoping to better his fortune in the lower 
peninsula of Michigan. Lumbering was then the  leading occupation of their
settlers, and Mr.  Myers ran a saw mill in the vicinity of  Plainfield, cutting
timber that grew on the bank  of Rogue river. Later he removed to this 
township. He was the father of eleven children,  seven of whom are now alive. 
Their funeral was  held Wednesday afternoon at the house. Many old  friends who
had been acquainted with the sterling worth of the dead came and listened in
sadness  to the words of Rev. L. W. Calkins, who delivered the funeral sermon.
The remains were laid to  rest in the East Sparta cemetery, overlooking the
waters of the Rogue, a beautiful and fitting  spot for the long sleep of a good
man.

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