BIO:  David D. Myers, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Monaghan Township, Pg 149

DAVID D. MYERS, son of John and Eliza Myers, of this township, was born February 
1, 1847, and is of German descent.  He was reared on the home farm, of which he 
assumed charge in 1868.  In 1871 he made an extensive tour of the West; in 1874 
he commenced dealing in agricultural implements at Dillsburg, and in 1881 he 
bought the home farm of eighty-seven acres, of which fifteen acres are in 
woodland.  Mr. Myers has taken great interest in politics; has served his 
township as inspector; was a delegate to the Republican county conventions from 
1868 to 1884 twelve times; and to the State conventions of 1881 and 1883, and his 
is also a prominent member of the P. of H.  In December, 1867, he married Eliza 
Jane, daughter of Joseph Elcock, of Mechanicsburg, and this union has been 
blessed with six children:  Minnie Florence, Elizabeth Lillian, Walter Loudon, 
Mary Ellen, Eliza Edith and Lura (deceased).  Mrs. Myers is a member of the 
Bethel Mt. Pleasant Church.