Adam D. Myers, one of Shrewsbury Township's most highly esteemed citizens and a veteran of the Civil War, died Monday evening at his home near Hametown. His death was due to stomach trouble and complications. Mr. Myers had been up and about and attending to his business affairs the greater part of the time. On Saturday his condition became more serious and he was compelled to take his bed.

Mr. Myers was a son of the late John Myers, a well known resident of Shrewsbury Township. He attended school in his native township until he was 15 years of age and then learned the mill wright trade. For two years he worked as a mill wright and then enlisted as a soldier for service in the Civil War, entering Company K, 166th Pennsylvania Volunteers. During his nine months term of enlistment he served largely on guard duty. He was mustered out of service at Camp Curtin, July 28, 1863.

After the war he attended school at Glen Rock and Loganville and then entered upon the teaching profession. After teaching several terms in Shrewsbury and Springfield Townships, he was appointed a United States government storekeeper at the distillery of Washington Ruby, where he served for three years. He next embarked in the jewelry, boot, shoe and notion business in Glen Rock, continuing in that business for 11 years. During his residence in Glen Rock he took an active interest in the affairs of the town and successfully filled the offices of chief burgess, councilman, justice of the peace and borough treasurer. Subsequently he bought a farm in Shrewsubry Township and spent his latter years there. In addition to his farming of 51 acres, he also engaged extensively in the manufacture of cart saddles, his annual outpouring as high as 500 dozen. He was also interested in fruit culture and was especially successful as an apple grower.

Additional Information: Adam stood 5' 10" tall and had dark hair, hazel eyes, and a mole on his left cheek. He was drafted in York County October 24, 1862, and mustered into federal service at York on November 9 as a private with Co. H, 166th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). He was accidentally shot in the left leg with buck-and-ball ("very near blowing off the entire leg") by a nearby member of the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry, who was cleaning his musket. Surgeons sent him to a Harrisburg hospital where doctors amputated his left leg above the knee. He remained hospitalized until late March 1864 and did not receive his formal discharge until June 29, 1865, to date July 28, 1863, the day his regiment had mustered out.