DAVID H. MYERS died at his home in Latimore township on Monday night aged about 75 years.
For the past fifteen years he had been a suffer from heart trouble, but his end was hastened by an accident he met with several weeks ago when he suffered a broken leg.
He was a resident of Latimore township his entire life with the exception of a year when he served in the Civil War as a private in Co D. 78th Penna. Vols. It is a peculiar fact that three important events in his life occurred on Sept. 18th. On that date he entered the Union service was discharged on the same date and now his death on Monday.
Mr. Myers was serving his second term a commander of the Peter Miller Post G. A. R.of York Springs, of which he has been member since 1888. He was one of the oldest schoolteachers in Adams County having followed that profession for many years.
Since the death of his wife fourteen years ago. Mr. Myers had been making his home with his cousin, Miss Louisa Hikes, near York Springs, and from that place the funeral services will take place on Friday morning at 9 o'clock with interment at the Lower Bermudian Church.
Source: The Adams County News Newspaper - Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pennsylvania - Saturday, September 23, 1911
BIOGRAPHY:
The son of Jacob E. & Elizabeth (Hamm) Myers, married Eliza lnu., twelve years his senior, but they apparently no children. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Adams County July 25, 1864, mustered into state service August 7 as a private with Warren's (Fulweiler's) Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit November 30, 1864. He also enlisted in Harrisburg February 18, 1865, mustered into federal service there February 20 as a private with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. D, and honorably discharged with his company August 27, 1865.
A teacher later in life, he also served two terms as commander of York Springs' Peter Miller Post No. 551, G.A.R. He died in Latimore Township at age 75-1-5 from "hemorrhage of the stomach and fracture of the right thigh [from] a fall." His death certificate claims he is buried in Lower Bermudian Cemetery in Latimore Township.
Biography provided by Dennis Brandt FAG # 47232334.
For the past fifteen years he had been a suffer from heart trouble, but his end was hastened by an accident he met with several weeks ago when he suffered a broken leg.
He was a resident of Latimore township his entire life with the exception of a year when he served in the Civil War as a private in Co D. 78th Penna. Vols. It is a peculiar fact that three important events in his life occurred on Sept. 18th. On that date he entered the Union service was discharged on the same date and now his death on Monday.
Mr. Myers was serving his second term a commander of the Peter Miller Post G. A. R.of York Springs, of which he has been member since 1888. He was one of the oldest schoolteachers in Adams County having followed that profession for many years.
Since the death of his wife fourteen years ago. Mr. Myers had been making his home with his cousin, Miss Louisa Hikes, near York Springs, and from that place the funeral services will take place on Friday morning at 9 o'clock with interment at the Lower Bermudian Church.
Source: The Adams County News Newspaper - Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pennsylvania - Saturday, September 23, 1911
BIOGRAPHY:
The son of Jacob E. & Elizabeth (Hamm) Myers, married Eliza lnu., twelve years his senior, but they apparently no children. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Adams County July 25, 1864, mustered into state service August 7 as a private with Warren's (Fulweiler's) Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit November 30, 1864. He also enlisted in Harrisburg February 18, 1865, mustered into federal service there February 20 as a private with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. D, and honorably discharged with his company August 27, 1865.
A teacher later in life, he also served two terms as commander of York Springs' Peter Miller Post No. 551, G.A.R. He died in Latimore Township at age 75-1-5 from "hemorrhage of the stomach and fracture of the right thigh [from] a fall." His death certificate claims he is buried in Lower Bermudian Cemetery in Latimore Township.
Biography provided by Dennis Brandt FAG # 47232334.
DAVID H. MYERS died at his home in Latimore township on Monday night aged about 75 years.
For the past fifteen years he had been a suffer from heart trouble, but his end was hastened by an accident he met with several weeks ago when he suffered a broken leg.
He was a resident of Latimore township his entire life with the exception of a year when he served in the Civil War as a private in Co D. 78th Penna. Vols. It is a peculiar fact that three important events in his life occurred on Sept. 18th. On that date he entered the Union service was discharged on the same date and now his death on Monday.
Mr. Myers was serving his second term a commander of the Peter Miller Post G. A. R.of York Springs, of which he has been member since 1888. He was one of the oldest schoolteachers in Adams County having followed that profession for many years.
Since the death of his wife fourteen years ago. Mr. Myers had been making his home with his cousin, Miss Louisa Hikes, near York Springs, and from that place the funeral services will take place on Friday morning at 9 o'clock with interment at the Lower Bermudian Church.
Source: The Adams County News Newspaper - Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pennsylvania - Saturday, September 23, 1911
BIOGRAPHY:
The son of Jacob E. & Elizabeth (Hamm) Myers, married Eliza lnu., twelve years his senior, but they apparently no children. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Adams County July 25, 1864, mustered into state service August 7 as a private with Warren's (Fulweiler's) Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit November 30, 1864. He also enlisted in Harrisburg February 18, 1865, mustered into federal service there February 20 as a private with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. D, and honorably discharged with his company August 27, 1865.
A teacher later in life, he also served two terms as commander of York Springs' Peter Miller Post No. 551, G.A.R. He died in Latimore Township at age 75-1-5 from "hemorrhage of the stomach and fracture of the right thigh [from] a fall." His death certificate claims he is buried in Lower Bermudian Cemetery in Latimore Township.
Biography provided by Dennis Brandt FAG # 47232334.
For the past fifteen years he had been a suffer from heart trouble, but his end was hastened by an accident he met with several weeks ago when he suffered a broken leg.
He was a resident of Latimore township his entire life with the exception of a year when he served in the Civil War as a private in Co D. 78th Penna. Vols. It is a peculiar fact that three important events in his life occurred on Sept. 18th. On that date he entered the Union service was discharged on the same date and now his death on Monday.
Mr. Myers was serving his second term a commander of the Peter Miller Post G. A. R.of York Springs, of which he has been member since 1888. He was one of the oldest schoolteachers in Adams County having followed that profession for many years.
Since the death of his wife fourteen years ago. Mr. Myers had been making his home with his cousin, Miss Louisa Hikes, near York Springs, and from that place the funeral services will take place on Friday morning at 9 o'clock with interment at the Lower Bermudian Church.
Source: The Adams County News Newspaper - Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pennsylvania - Saturday, September 23, 1911
BIOGRAPHY:
The son of Jacob E. & Elizabeth (Hamm) Myers, married Eliza lnu., twelve years his senior, but they apparently no children. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Adams County July 25, 1864, mustered into state service August 7 as a private with Warren's (Fulweiler's) Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit November 30, 1864. He also enlisted in Harrisburg February 18, 1865, mustered into federal service there February 20 as a private with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry in the second organization of Co. D, and honorably discharged with his company August 27, 1865.
A teacher later in life, he also served two terms as commander of York Springs' Peter Miller Post No. 551, G.A.R. He died in Latimore Township at age 75-1-5 from "hemorrhage of the stomach and fracture of the right thigh [from] a fall." His death certificate claims he is buried in Lower Bermudian Cemetery in Latimore Township.
Biography provided by Dennis Brandt FAG # 47232334.
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