BIO: Horace S. MYERS, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 151.
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H. S. MYERS
Shirley Township, Huntingdon Co., Pa.

Farmer:  He was born in Shirley Township, October 10, 1898.  A son of 
William Myers; he was a blacksmith and farmer for a good part of his 
life; he died in 1907; he married Rebecca Shue, of Hill Valley; she is 
a sister of John Shue; she resides in Hill Valley.  H. S. Myers first 
began his schooling in Shirley Township, after which he attended the 
Upper Hill Valley Schools.  He farmed in Hill Valley and in 1929 came 
to his present location.  He was for thirteen months with the Harbison-
Walker Refractories Company of Mount Union, Pa.  During World War was 
farming.  In politics a Republican.  He has one sister, Florence, 
married to G. B. Wilson, at Pogue, Huntingdon County, Pa.;  they are 
farmers.  He has three brothers:  Lee, Swissvale, with Swissvale Switch 
and Signal Works; Ray, at home; one half-brother, Carl Banks, resides 
in Hill Valley.  H. S. Myers was married to Mary Nelson, a daughter of 
Newton and Mary Nelson.  Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one daughter, 
Margaret, born June 27, 1926; one son, Elmer, born March 3, 1927.

Note: Horace S. (31, farmer), Mary O. (21), Elmer L. (3) and Margret E. 
( 1 11/12) Myers are listed in the 1930 Shirley Township, Huntingdon 
County census.