Bio of Myers, George Francis (m620) - Unknown County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Diane Drogich 23 Jan 2002 Return to Unknown County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/okstate.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Bios, Oklahoma & Greene Co. IN - George Francis Myers USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Diane Drogich ddrogich@viaduct.custom.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surnames: Catt, Glass, Plummer Locations: Martinsville, Morgan Co., IN; Benton Harbor, Michigan; Shelbyville, IN; Knox Co., IN; Oklahoma; Knoxville, TN; Pennsylvania George Francis Myers George Francis Myers, one of the most highly skilled woodworkmen that ever labored in Greene county, who is just now closing a long career in this profession and entering upon the quiet life of a farmer, was born in Bloomfield August 30, 1869. He attended the common schools of that city up to the seventh grade. From 1886 to 1890 he was on a farm. Then he learned the carpenter's trade under his father, which he made his life work. He was employed in L.H. Jones' planing mill at Bloomfield from 1892 to 1902. He worked for a time in the employ of Nordyke & Marmon as a millwright. In 1903 he left this company and took charge of a planing mill at Jasonville, Indiana, which he operated for eighteen months, when the mill was moved to Linton. He then went to Martinsville, Indiana, where he worked for the Southern Indiana Lumber Company for eighteen months. The company sent him to Benton Harbor, Michigan, where he remained a short time. He returned to Greene county and later went to Shelbyville, Indiana, where he worked in McClaren's lumber mills. But his health began to fail and he gave up his work, moving back to Bloomfield in 1907, working at his trade until the spring of 1908, when he traded for thirty acres of land near that city and moved thereto in April, 1908. He is now engaged in farming in connection with his trade. The subject was married December 24, 1891, to Georgia E. Catt, a native of Knox county, Indiana, and the daughter of George W. and Lidia (Glass) Catt, both natives of Knox county, who came to Greene county and purchased the flour mills at Bloomfield. In 1902 they moved to Oklahoma, where they now live on a farm. They are the parents of the following children: George, Granger, Royal, Laura, Nora, Bertha and Georgia, wife of Mr. Myers, our subject. Hiram Glass, grandfather of the subject's wife, was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion and died in Knoxville, Tennessee, of smallpox. Jacob P. Catt, the paternal grandfather of the wife of our subject, spent his entire life in Knox county, having been an extensive land owner and stock raiser, where he died in 1902, having been eighty-two years old. George F. Myers is the son of William Henry and Susanna (Plummer) Myers, the former having been born in Pennsylvania in 1845. He came with his father, William D. Myers, to Greene county, Indiana, in 1856, settling in Washington township, where the grandfather of the subject died in 1874. There the father of the subject grew to manhood, where he learned the carpenter's trade with his father, which he followed until five years before his death. His disabilities resulting from his services in the army from 1861 until 1865 finally caused him to abandon his trade and he moved to a farm inherited by his wife, which is located in Washington township. When the first call for troops was made to suppress the rebellion Mr. Myers made an effort to get to the front, but he was too young and was rejected. He later applied and was assigned to Company C, First Indiana Heavy Artillery. He was wounded at Fort Spanish, Alabama. After the war he returned to Greene county and followed his trade, marrying in 1868 Susanna Plummer. Seven children were born to this union, all of whom are living and all being educated. They are: George F., the subject of this sketch; John W., Ora H., Laura G., Ralph W., William T. and Rena E. They are all married. Two children have been born to George F. Myers, our subject, and wife. They are Mabel B. and Laura G., each living at home and attending public schools. The former is studying music. Both the subject and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian church. The former is a Democrat but he does not take a very active part in politics. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bloomfield, having first united with his lodge at Lyons. He has served all the stations in the lodge and has twice been representative in the grand lodge. He is a member of the Sons of Veterans. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Myers lives up to his church and lodge beliefs, as any one who is acquainted with his daily life will testify. Consequently he has justly gained the high esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Source: "Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1908.