BIO:  John Andrew 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

JOHN ANDREW MYERS, postmaster, was born November 6, 1845, and is a son of Samuel 
and Leah Myers of this township.  He was reared a farmer, engaged in agricultural 
pursuits on his own account in 1866, and so continued until 1869, when he entered 
the mercantile trade at Siddonsburg; in 1873 he was appointed postmaster.  June 
3, 1884, he started on an extensive tour of the South and visited the southern 
part of Florida, and all points of interest in the Gulf States.  He was married, 
December 26, 1865, to Sarah A., daughter of Peter Brenneman, of this township, 
and to this union were born Rosetta E., January 13, 1867, died October 8, 1870; 
Sarah Alice, November 13, 1868, died January 1, 1879; Clarence B., January 29, 
1871, died March 29, 1871; Agnes, September 14, 1873; Jennie May, September 7, 
1875.  Mr. and Mrs. Myers are members of the Church of God, Siddonsburg, of which 
Mr. Myers has been deacon for a number of years, as well as superintendent of the 
Sunday-school.  Mr. Myers is a stockholder in the Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad, 
and a stockholder in and director and secretary of the Mt. Pleasant Hall 
Association.