BIO: George MYERS, Germany Township, Adams County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 _______________________________________________ Part III, History of Adams County, Page 428 GEORGE MYERS (deceased) was one of the substantial and well-known citizens of Adams County. He and his wife, Susannah (Bender) Myers, were natives of this county. Mr. Myers, during his early manhood, and while living at Arendtstown, served as major in the militia, and in fact, during his long life, took an active part in all public affairs, although studiously engaged in his various occupations of farmer, merchant, etc. In 1853 he was elected county commissioner on the Whig ticket, and served three years. He was one of the three who purchased the ground for the present court house, and on the building of the Littlestown Railroad he was among the most active, aiding by means, some $1,500, and influence, in bringing it to a successful completion. Soon after his marriage he engaged in merchandising for nine years at Arendtstown and three years at New Chester. He then bought a farm in Germany Township, and his interests, principally, from that time were there and in Littlestown Borough up to his death. During the last seven years of his life he was engaged in merchandising in Littlestown, in partnership with his son, Ephraim. In 1857 he was taken sick with dropsy in the breast, and though cured of the disease, died in 1858 from apoplexy, leaving an estate worth $20,000.