BIO: Benjamin Myers, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER LX.

                       WEST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

585  WEST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

  BENJAMIN MYERS, retired, P. O. Big Spring, was born April 8, 1816, on 
the homestead owned by John Armstrong.  Rev. Abraham Myers was the 
first of the United Brethren faith in this locality.  He subsequently 
married a Miss Baker, who bore him three sons:  Abraham, Benjamin and 
John.  The reverend gentleman not only engaged in farming, but for many 
years rode over a large territory while preaching, and his own house 
was one of the regular appointments.  He died about 1825.  Abraham, the 
eldest son, was born in 1789 on the farm now owned by Mrs. James 
Greason.  He was married to Nancy Myers, whose parents were also early 
settlers in the valley.  Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Myers settled on the farm 
now owned by John Armstrong, and there reared a family of seven 
children:  Samuel, James, Benjamin, Abraham, William G., Mary A. and 
Elizabeth.  Of this family, William G., an M. D., practiced medicine 
for many years in this county, and now resides near Carlisle with his 
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hosler.  The other sons were farmers, but 
Benjamin is the only one residing in this township.  In 1817 our 
subject married Mary, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Raber, of York 
County, Penn. (both now deceased), and to this union were born Samuel, 
George, Alfred, Joseph, John, Benjamin, Abraham, James, Ellen, Annie, 
Concordia W. and Flora.  Mr. Myers' married life was begun on his 
father's homestead, but three years later he purchased an adjacent 
farm, and in 1855 bought his present home, where for so many years he 
has lived and prospered.  Some of the children are in the West, doing 
well, and those remaining with the parents make joyous the old home 
hallowed by so many pleasant memories.