OBIT: Jacob Henry Myers, 1916, Brushtown, Adams County, PA

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Jacob Henry Myers

Following an illness of sixteen weeks from a complication of diseases, Jacob 
Henry Myers, a well-known merchant of Adams county, died at his late home in 
Brushtown, Sunday afternoon, at 1:15 o’clock.  Mr. Myers’ illness has been of a 
serious nature for the past five weeks.  He was aged 56 years, 4 months and 29 
days.

The deceased was a son of the late Adam and Elizabeth (Lohr) Myers, and was born 
in West Manheim Township, where his early life was spent.  When a young man he 
learned the milling trade with Leander Myers, at the Gitt mill, and followed 
that occupation until ten years ago when he moved to Brushtown and opened a 
general store.

On February 13, 1886, he was married to Miss Florence Newman, daughter of the 
late Charles E. and Amanda (Brown) Newman, of Union Township, Adams county, who 
survives with four children:  Charles Myers and Mrs. Paul Rahn, of Brushtown; 
Clayton Myers, of McSherrystown, and Miss Lottie Myers, at home.  There are 
three grandchildren, Richard and Marie Rahn and Mildred Myers, of Brushtown.  
One brother, Lewis O. Myers, Lancaster County, and a sister, Mrs. David Reigle, 
of Union Township; three step-sisters, Mrs. Jacob Sterner, of Sell’s Station; 
Mrs. Annie Mary Lynard, of Hanover, and Mrs. Wesley Wolf, of near town, also 
survive.

Mr. Myers was faithful and consistent member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church, 
McSherrystown, and served as an Elder of this church for many years.  He enjoyed 
the esteem of a wide circle of friends.

In 1910 he was elected a Road Supervisor of Conowago Township which office he 
held for one term refusing to be a candidate for re-election.

Funeral, Wednesday, June 21, short services at the house at 9 a.m., further 
services in St. Paul’s Lutheran church, McSherrystown, Rev. C. W. Baker 
officiating.  Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, June 24, 1916