Biographical Sketch of Rev. John Meyer, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Rev. John Meyer, pastor of the Methodist Church at Concordia; born in
Germany, October 5, 1832.  Was raised and educated there until he was
nine years of age, when his parents brought him to the United States,
locating in Henry county, Mo., where they lived for sixteen years.  He
then went to St. Louis, where he finished his studies of the common
branches.  Being in somewhat straitened circumstances, he was obliged
to pursue his studies under great disadvantages.  By dint of hard work
and close application, however, he succeeded in acquiring a very good
education.  He is a self made man in the full sense of the word.  In 
1865, he began his studies for the ministry, finally passing his exami-
nation before the Southern Illinois Conference.  In 1869, he was 
ordained an elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, since which time 
he has officiated as pastor in the following named places: Second Creek,
Gasconade County; Union, Franklin County; Hopewell, Warren County; 
Burger, Franklin County; Lake Creek, Pettis County; Concordia, Lafayette
County.  He settled in the latter place in 1880, preaching his first
sermon on the 3rd day of October.  He is an enthusiastic expositor of 
the doctrines which he has espoused, doing his duty as he sees it, 
regardless of consequences.

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