This venerable and Christian gentleman may properly be called one of the old settlers of Wabash County, as he was the second white man who located in Pleasant Township. His parents, John and Sarah (Royer) Myers, were natives of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and had thirteen children, only four of whom are now living. Jesse Myers was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1809. He attended school during his youth and obtained a good education. He was united in marriage, August, 1828 with Lavina Lukens, with whom he lived happily until they were separated by the death of Mrs. Myers, May 4, 1872. They were the parents of the following children: Wilson H., Joseph T., Cordelia, Samantha, Martha, Albert, Sarah Ann, Theressa, Nancy S., Caroline M, Evangeline. Mr. Myers came to Wabash County, Indiana June 1835, and settled in what is now known as Pleasant Township. In 1839, he moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where he remained until 1855, and then went to Iowa, finally returning to Pleasant Township in 1864. He has been a minister in the German Baptist Church since 1856. Elder Myers and Col. Anderson named the township of Pleasant. Mr. Myers was again married, June 17, 1873 to Mrs. Lettie Miller, a native of Virginia. She had fifteen children by a former marriage. This aged couple are comfortably situated on a tract of five acres a short distance west of Laketon, Wabash County, where they are passing the eveing of life in peace and happiness.
Source: 1884 History of Wabash County, Indiana page 463
Source: 1884 History of Wabash County, Indiana page 463
This venerable and Christian gentleman may properly be called one of the old settlers of Wabash County, as he was the second white man who located in Pleasant Township. His parents, John and Sarah (Royer) Myers, were natives of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and had thirteen children, only four of whom are now living. Jesse Myers was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1809. He attended school during his youth and obtained a good education. He was united in marriage, August, 1828 with Lavina Lukens, with whom he lived happily until they were separated by the death of Mrs. Myers, May 4, 1872. They were the parents of the following children: Wilson H., Joseph T., Cordelia, Samantha, Martha, Albert, Sarah Ann, Theressa, Nancy S., Caroline M, Evangeline. Mr. Myers came to Wabash County, Indiana June 1835, and settled in what is now known as Pleasant Township. In 1839, he moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where he remained until 1855, and then went to Iowa, finally returning to Pleasant Township in 1864. He has been a minister in the German Baptist Church since 1856. Elder Myers and Col. Anderson named the township of Pleasant. Mr. Myers was again married, June 17, 1873 to Mrs. Lettie Miller, a native of Virginia. She had fifteen children by a former marriage. This aged couple are comfortably situated on a tract of five acres a short distance west of Laketon, Wabash County, where they are passing the eveing of life in peace and happiness.
Source: 1884 History of Wabash County, Indiana page 463
Source: 1884 History of Wabash County, Indiana page 463
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